Operations Assurance Analyst Junior

Peraton Overview 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 nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace.

The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit  to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Responsibilities The Operations Assurance Analyst Junior is a procedural and technical professional on systems performing Indications and Warnings (I&W) functions in defense of critical space assets and is responsible for enabling Battlespace Awareness and Mission Protection teams conducting 24/7 operators to succeed in a Space Warfighting domain. As the senior Battlespace Awareness (BSA) and Watch Operator (WO), you will maintain certification and readiness for these crew positions and guide the development of Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) and assist in course of action (COA) planning in support of mission protection.

The successful candidate will maintain awareness on high-interest threat activity and support analysis, planning, training and exercise activities as an expert in space threat capabilities and orbital mechanics. Mission protection responsibilities include monitoring I&W systems, reporting threat risks and asset system operational statuses, critically analyzing threat pattern of behaviors, and identifying and mitigating intelligence gaps in adversary capabilities. The Operations Assurance Anlayst will work continuously to ensure existing and developing system tool capabilities are expediently integrated in current operational procedures, training materials and job aids.

Responsibilities:
Maintain dual certification in BSA and WO 24/7 crew positions and continue proficiency on applicable system tools (i.e., Systems Tool Kit (STK), and other I&W tools) Development TTPs, COAs and work to improve thresholds for checklist entry criteria Assist system integration efforts of latest I&W software tools and capabilities, guide alerting and entry criteria thresholds as a mission subject-matter-expert Report on operations capabilities, system degradation, latencies and statuses that may impact the mission Detect threat activity and maintain accurate terrestrial and space catalog databases  Routinely create reports, products and brief leadership daily and ad hoc for ongoing space events of interest  Analyze various satellite state position data sources, make pattern-of-life based assessments and report on vulnerabilities to mission assets  Prioritize and execute collection tasking using available asset resources Participate in real world and exercise space event planning and execution efforts  Maintain Awareness of current high-interest terrestrial and space-based activity affecting space domain Perform contingency tasks;

initiate personnel recalls (when directed) and establish operations loops Identify any system or intelligence gaps and assumptions that may pose a risk to mission success and report, manage and mitigate those risks  
*** This position is contingent upon award of contract***  Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

Minimum experience:

9 years w/o a degree or 7 years with AS/AA or 5 years with a BS/BA, 3 years with an MS/MA, 1 years with a…