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Ops Watch Officer

Job in McLean, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
Listing for: Amentum
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-11-05
Job specializations:
  • Security
    Cybersecurity, Security Management & Operations
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 100000 - 145000 USD Yearly USD 100000.00 145000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Purpose and Impact:

Amentum has a new and exciting opportunity for an Ops Watch officer in our Intelligence and Cyber Group in McLean, VA. This contract provides and sustains counter terrorism awareness for NCTC and the CT community. Analysts research, draft, coordinate, and edit articles for publication; identify IC collection gaps and evaluate solutions; conduct intelligence analysis and integration for the IC; complete screening, vetting, and watchlisting;

and provide analytic and mission support.

Work Schedule:

Panama Plus Schedule- 5-week rotating schedule: 2 weeks of day shift (4AM-4PM), 2 weeks of night shift (4PM-4AM) .

Essential Responsibilities:

The selected candidate will serve as a key member of a team of highly qualified and motivated individuals in an exciting, fast-paced, mission-critical counter terrorism watch center / operations environment. We are seeking candidates with intelligence, military, or law enforcement backgrounds to serve at Watch Operations Officers at our client site. TS/SCI with Polygraph is required. Shifts are a Panama Plus Schedule- 5-week rotating schedule: 2 weeks of day shift (4AM-4PM), 2 weeks of night shift (4PM-4AM).

The Ops Watch Officer will be required to perform the following:

  • Constant monitoring of multiple channels of classified and open-source media for US-related threats on a worldwide basis
  • Sorting and prioritizing intelligence and operational message traffic
  • Providing early warnings and alert to key officials and facilitating the flow of critical information to those who need it on a timely basis
  • Producing alerts and responses to time-sensitive events to provide policymakers necessary intelligence related to developing and changing situations
  • Alerting customer leadership to worldwide breaking events
Minimum Requirements (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities):
  • Active TS/SCI with polygraph is required
  • Demonstrated knowledge in the following areas:
    All Source information including, HUMINT, SIGINT, IMINT, Open Source, and ELINT
  • Ability to support 24x7 watch operations working twelve hours shifts
  • Candidates must have familiarity with a variety of Intelligence Community databases, networks, and environments
  • Effective use of MS Office applications in a multi-level security setting
Security

Clearance Required:
  • TS/SCI with a polygraph
Minimum Education:
  • Bachelor’s degree
Minimum Years of

Experience:
  • Three years of experience

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This position is not designated as a safety sensitive position.

As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and compliant work environment, Amentum is a drug-free workplace and requires all personnel to comply with company drug and alcohol policies as a condition of employment. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of the drug screening process. Please note that this may include pre-hire screening for marijuana, as well as other federally controlled substances due to Amentum’s role as a federal contractor and trusted partner to the US Government.

Other Responsibilities:

Safety

- Amentum enforces a safety culture whereby all employees have the responsibility for continuously developing and maintaining a safe work environment. As appropriate, each employee is responsible for completing all training requirements and fulfilling all self-aid/buddy aid responsibilities, participating in emergency response tasks and serving on safety committees and teams.

Quality

- Quality is the foundation for the management of our business and the keystone to our goal of customer satisfaction. It is our policy to consistently provide services that meet customer expectations. Accordingly, each employee must conform to the Amentum Quality Policy and carry out job activities in compliance with applicable Amentum Quality System documents and customer…

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