COMSAT Analyst
Location
US-CO-Colorado Springs
ID
2025-1381
Category
Engineering
Position Type
Full-Time
Remote
No
Overview
Apogee is seeking a COMSAT Analyst to provide Engineering and Analytical support to the US Space Command (USSPACECOM). Support includes planning, definition, implementation, and operational management of global communications systems to yield more effective and flexible global SATCOM support.
Program: The Department of Defense's SATCOM Enterprise is essential to global military operations and all U.S. Space Command missions, providing secure, resilient communications across air, land, sea, space, and cyber domains. It integrates Military Satellite Communications (MILSATCOM) and Commercial Satellite Communications (COMSATCOM), combining DoD-owned and commercial assets to ensure worldwide connectivity. This "system of systems" includes satellites, ground stations, and gateways, enabling mission-critical coordination in any environment. Together, these capabilities deliver the communications backbone for joint force operations and national defense.
This is a full-time opportunity located at Peterson SFB in Colorado Springs, CO.
Responsibilities
Provide assistance with developing, coordinating, and executing operating concepts to protect and defend COMSATCOM systems
Provide support for systems engineering studies, analyses, and activities, and provide support to simulations and activities to define and optimize system interoperability, security, and standardization
Engage with the COMSATCOM Community of Interest to support EMI monitoring, detection, identification, reporting, characterization, and geographic location for current and emerging electronic warfare threats to SATCOM systems
Support activities to maintain situational awareness of COMSATCOM capabilities available for EMI monitoring, detection, characterization, and geolocation that can be employed effectively for military operations. Provide support to analyze new capabilities to monitor, detect, characterize, and geolocate EMI in support of Space Operations
Assist with the Government's planning and requirements definition for COMSATCOM systems and assessing satellite movements, reconfigurations, and operational impacts on current and future operations and plans related to EMI effects on COMSATCOM operations and management
Assist in the Government's revision of plans, policies, and documentation to account for EMI operations and management requirements in support of Government operational decisions
Provide support for coordination activities with Combatant Commands and other SATCOM users to assess availability of SATCOM resources to support operations and optimization of SATCOM resources in response to EMI activities and events
Provide support to develop strategies to identify, characterize, geolocate, and mitigate non-hostile and hostile EMI in collaboration with the intelligence community and other COIs to ensure freedom of action in the space domain
Document and provide statistical trends and reports on EMI events related to Commercial SATCOM
Provide support to integrate detection and characterization capabilities into a COMSATCOM/EMI common operation picture (COP), facilitating SATCOM spectrum situational awareness, streamlining identification and reporting processes, and improving COMSATCOM interference resolution services
Assist in the development of CONOPS, CDD, and CPD; and provide analysis, engineering, and administrative support for Annual Joint SATCOM Working Groups
Qualifications
Minimum Experience:
Citizenship: Must be a US citizen
Clearance: Must have at time of application and be able to maintain a Secret level clearance.
Education: HS Diploma
Years of Experience: 8 years of experience
Additional Experience:
Familiarity with Joint processes, operations, and commands
Familiarity with the USSPACECOM organization is desiredPrevious experience with DISA, Commercial SATCOM, or RSSC is desired
Preferred Qualifications:
Education: Bachelor's Degree in place of the experience requirement above
Years of Experience: 2 years of experience
Additional Information
Location: Onsite at Peterson SFB
Pay Range
USD $72,000.00 - USD $107,000.00 /Yr.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with DisabilitiesApply at: http://ipc.us/t/8C3C1CB907D94B16.
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