Operations Center Watch Officer III

Overview

Employment in this role is conditional upon successful execution of the contract by the client.

The Work

The Operations Center Watch Officer III will help provide a safe and secure training environment for the staff, students, and visitors by providing daily operations, coordination, and communications to all programs utilizing the client's training spaces. The position is responsible for coordination, de-confliction, and safety considerations of training areas used by the client's training programs.

This position aligns with Cayuse’s core values of Innovation, Excellence, Collaboration, Adaptability, and Integrity by fostering technical solutions that meet customer needs, promoting teamwork, and prioritizing quality in deliverables.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for supporting coordination, de-confliction, and safety considerations of training areas used by the client s training programs in order to provide a safe and secure environment for the staff, students, and visitors.
• Directs facility-wide notifications using a variety of communications media.
• As the subject matter expert in operations coordination, assists in the development and instruction for the client s course curriculum.
• Conducts administrative functions associated within the training operations center to include training requests processing, training coordination, training tracking logs, and emergency operations procedures.
• Operates integrated wave communications systems and terminate radio traffic to the operations center utilizing multiple networks, frequencies, communications security, and proper radio procedures.
• Maintains technical and tactical proficiency on topics that include Wave communication, Personal Tracking Locators, Mobile Video Systems, Unmanned Arial Vehicles, Security Management Systems, Electric Counter Measures, Tactical Operations Center planning and procedures, route planning techniques, emergency operations procedures, convoy operations, tactical communications protocols, surveillance detection, navigation, High Threat Tactical protective security procedures and communications.
• Serves as an expert for the client s specialized hard skills programs, force continuum procedures, anti-terrorism topics, domestic and overseas high threat dignitary protection, improvised explosive device (IED) recognition, room entry tactics (Close Quarters Battle-CQB), defensive tactics, advanced firearms tactics, and physical fitness.
• Gathers and monitors data from sources such as surface or upper stations, satellites, weather bureaus, or radar for risk management purposes as it relates to training operations.
• Provides assistance in conducting practical exercises.
• Presents security awareness briefings to a wide range of audiences.
• Maintains requisite levels of proficiency in current techniques, methods, policies and procedures for security operations.
• Assists with equipment inventory and maintenance for assigned programs.
• Performs as a training safety officer.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications – Here’s What You Need

The qualifications and skills listed below are intended to provide a general overview of the requirements for this position. However, due to the anticipated nature of the contract and the absence of a finalized task order from the client, this list should not be considered all-encompassing. Additional qualifications, certifications, skills, or experience specific to the client’s requirements may be identified and requested upon award of the task order.

Candidates should demonstrate flexibility and a willingness to adapt to evolving responsibilities as outlined by the client.

• Must possess a high school diploma.
• Certified in non-lethal projectile training, destructive device training, and/or safety training.
• Three (3) years’ experience in a tactical operations center, plus five (5) years of relevant hard skills tactics experience.
• Associate’s degree or equivalent experience preferred.
• Instructor experience preferred.
• Completion of a recognized instructor development training course preferred.
• Secret Clearance is required.
• Due to the nature of work at the client’s site, U.S. Citizenship is…