Strategic Space Operations Analyst

Peraton; Fort Belvoir, Northern (VA, KY); Hybrid; USD 112,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Space Operations Assessment Analyst to translate operational realities into actionable outcomes, supporting a space warfighting mission within the Plans & Strategy Division. You will evaluate mission performance in real time, shape future operations, and drive improvements across space and cyber domains.

The role requires an experienced space operations professional with strong interagency collaboration, cyber awareness, and exercise design capabilities, in a fast‑paced,

Qualifications

• Minimum of 12 years w/o a degree or 10 years with AS/AA or 8 years with BS/BA or 6 years with MS/MA or 4 years with PhD
• Background in current operations, future operations, or operational assessment within a joint, CCMD, or national security space environment
• Experience supporting or assessing exercises, training events, or operational readiness activities
• Familiarity with cyber domain operations, cross‑domain effects, or cyber‑space integration concepts
• Working knowledge of effects‑based operations, threat assessment, and lessons learned processes
• Experience collaborating with IC, DoD, and interagency partners in a mission‑focused environment
• Active TS/SCI with polygraph required

Responsibilities

• Assess the effectiveness of current and future operations, mission systems, and procedures — identifying gaps, risks, and opportunities to improve operational performance and mission outcomes in near‑real time
• Support future operations planning by developing and refining courses of action (COAs), operational criteria, and TTPs that optimize effects‑based operations across the space and cyber domains
• Integrate cyber effects considerations into operational assessments and future operations activities, ensuring space mission systems account for cyber threats, dependencies, and cross‑domain impacts
• Design, support, and assess exercises and training events — capturing lessons learned, evaluating force readiness, and translating findings into actionable procedural and capability improvements
• Analyze and document lessons learned from exercises, real‑world operations, and contingency events to drive continuous improvement across operations, training, and mission assurance
• Monitor and assess evolving terrestrial, space‑based, and cyber threats — including adversary patterns of behavior, collection priorities, and operational risks — to inform current and future operations decisions
• Advise on the integration of emerging Indications and Warning (I&W) systems, cyber tools, and collection capabilities into current and future operations workflows
• Identify intelligence, operational, procedural, and capability gaps impacting mission effectiveness and provide recommendations to leadership
• Support collection management activities and provide operational expertise to optimize mission effects against threats to agency assets
• Coordinate and provide support for operational working groups, exercise planning conferences, and senior leader engagements
• Collaborate with government, military, intelligence, and interagency partners to ensure unity of effort, operational continuity, and mission readiness

Skills

Space operations

Operational assessment

Interagency collaboration

Cyber effects

Risk assessment

Exercise design

Tools

APEX

JOPES

JPP

Job description

Peraton is seeking a Space Operations Assessment Analyst to translate operational realities into actionable outcomes, supporting a space warfighting mission within the Plans & Strategy Division. You will evaluate mission performance in real time, shape future operations, and drive improvements across space and cyber domains.

The role requires an experienced space operations professional with strong interagency collaboration, cyber awareness, and exercise design capabilities, in a fast‑paced,