Space Enterprise Coordinator

Peraton; Beale Air Force Base (CA); On-site; USD 104,000 - 166,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k)

Paid time off

Job summary

Peraton is looking for a Space Enterprise Coordinator at Beale Air Force Base, CA, to coordinate communications and training for space warfighting operations. The ideal candidate will have at least five years of experience in a high‑tempo space operational environment and an understanding of orbital mechanics.

This role requires an active TS/SCI clearance and involves working closely with the DoD and the Intelligence Community. The position offers a salary range of $104,000 – $166,000, along with comprehensive benefits including healthcare and a 401(k) plan.

Qualifications

• Minimum five years of prior relevant experience.
• Experience working with contractors and government officials.
• Understanding orbital mechanics is essential.

Responsibilities

• Ensure task orders are implemented across the customer enterprise.
• Maintain situational awareness and operational continuity.
• Coordinate training and exercise events for national operations.

Skills

Experience working in a high‑tempo space operational environment

Understanding of orbital mechanics and space surveillance systems

Active TS/SCI clearance with adjudicated polygraph

Education

Bachelor’s degree (BS)

Master’s degree (MS)

PhD in a related field

Tools

STK or other astrodynamics systems

Job description

About Peraton

Peraton is a next‑generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and non‑traditional threats across all domains—land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace—and serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and every branch of the U.S. armed forces.

About The Role

As the Space Enterprise Coordinator for a national security program conducting 24/7 space warfighting operations, you will synchronize communication, procedural workflows, system integration, and training efforts across operations centers, mission ground stations (MGSs), commercial resources, and other partnered agencies. As a space defense mission and system subject‑matter expert (SME), you will facilitate rapid adoption of developing system tools and align network capabilities to maximize a total‑enterprise force response to meet rising challenges within the space domain.

You will frequently travel and liaise with DoD, IC, and supporting commercial community staff and leadership to assess mission protection readiness, best practices, and identify potential risks to assure informed program management and customer decision‑makers. The ability to manage training and coordinate participation in cross‑organizational exercises from both tactical and operational perspectives with advanced knowledge of specialized Indications and Warning (I&W) tools is fundamental to this position. Additionally, you will maintain knowledge of current task orders, space events, systems, and mission needs and programmatic goal timelines—serving as an SME focal point for the program, customer, and related system development contracts while ensuring strategic plans are implemented as intended.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Strategic Plans Division and Mission Protection to ensure approved task orders are implemented as intended across the customer enterprise.
• Maintain enterprise‑wide situational awareness and operational picture continuity.
• Measure effectiveness and performance criteria development; assess risk and predict performance and coordinate with IC and DoD stakeholders.
• Coordinate training and exercise events for national operations centers and MGSs.
• Synchronize planning efforts; ensure courses of action (COAs) and tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) meet mission protection needs through training, exercises, and test checkout.
• Assess collection management prioritization and mission impact to drive improved efficiencies.
• Liaise with operations centers and enterprise‑wide leadership; lead briefings and facilitate tours.
• Document weekly activity reports (WARs) tracking significant enterprise statuses and progressions.
• Facilitate testing and integration efforts as new technologies link with all space protection missions.
• Support strategic planning and anticipate future threats and operational requirements.
• Frequently travel to partnered operations centers (CONUS, multiple sites within program) and ground segments.
• Work full‑time on‑site at a government facility in Vandenburgh, CA.

Qualifications

• Minimum five (5) years of prior relevant experience with a bachelor’s degree (BS); nine (9) years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree, three (3) years of relevant experience with an MS degree, or zero (0) years of relevant experience with a PhD in a related field.
• Experience working in a high‑tempo space operational environment with contractors and government officials (both military and civilian) at all ranks and leadership levels.
• Understanding and applied knowledge of orbital mechanics and space surveillance systems.
• Active TS/SCI clearance with adjudicated polygraph.

Preferred

• Six (6) or more years of experience in a high‑tempo space operational environment with contractors and government officials.
• Experience using STK or other astrodynamics systems (e.g., ASW, ATLAS, SPADOC, and/or available I&W tools).
• Experience within the Intelligence Community supporting space domain missions.
• Experience supervising personnel and/or leading relevant operational teams.
• Experience in planning, such as Joint Operational Planning & Execution System (JOPES), CCMD/Joint Staff planning process, Joint Special Technical Operations, or managing team execution of Joint DoD and IC plans.

Details

Target salary range: $104,000 – $166,000. Salary is determined by various factors including scope and responsibilities, experience, education, knowledge, skills, competencies, geographic location, and contractual considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and discretionary bonuses in addition to base pay.

Benefits include medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long‑term disability, employee assistance program, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off, and company‑paid holidays. A comprehensive list of available benefits can be found at https://www.careers.peraton.com/benefits.

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