SATCOM Specialist - Senior

Program Overview

About The Role

Join Peraton's mission-critical team supporting secure, real-time data delivery across complex operational environments in direct support of our nation's warfighters. If you are driven by national security and energized by cutting-edge C 2I SR capabilities, sensor integration, and resilient data transport solutions, we invite you to join our team.

We are seeking highly cleared professionals who excel at the intersection of advanced communications infrastructure, distributed systems, and mission assurance—where reliability, security, and performance are paramount.

Specifically, we are looking for a TS/SCI cleared S ATCOM Specialist - Senior to support this mission at Pope Army Airfield, North Carolina.

Responsibilities:

As a S ATCOM Specialist - Senior , you will provide technical and management leadership for all equipment and information support functions across the Task Order. Your responsibilities include:

• Serves as a lead technical expert in designing, implementing, and optimizing complex network architectures for C2ISR SATCOM Transport Systems, ensuring high resilience, security, and performance.
• Maps architectures using DEF models, data flows, and interfaces and leads the architectural design and deployment strategies for highly scalable and secure SATCOM network segments, incorporating advanced routing protocols, multi-domain network segmentation, and secure data paths for C2ISR mission data across various classification levels.
• Architects and oversees the integration of diverse SATCOM technologies (e.g., GEO, MEO, LEO, commercial/military SATCOM) into a unified C2ISR communication infrastructure, defining interoperability standards, network interfaces, and high-level configuration management.
• Conducts expert-level network architectural analysis for SATCOM systems, focusing on throughput optimization, latency reduction, and resilience against environmental or adversarial effects (e.g., rain fade, jamming) using advanced network modeling and simulation tools.
• Develops and champions advanced network architectural solutions to address complex SATCOM communication challenges, such as implementing Software-Defined Networking (SDN) principles for dynamic bandwidth allocation or designing secure cross-domain solutions directly over SATCOM links.
• Drives the maintenance and modernization strategies for SATCOM assets and ground-based gateways, including evaluating new modem technologies, waveform enhancements, network management systems architectures, and their integration into the C2ISR enterprise.

Qualifications

Require d qualifications :

• Previous experience as a S ATCOM Specialist or similar role supporting a DoD customer at the C CMD leve l
• Minimum of 5years’ experience with BS/BA , or 3years ’ experience with MS/MA , or 1years ’ experience with PhD . OR 9 years without a degree OR 7 years with AS/AA
• A current, active DoD security clearance at the TS/SCI level
• US citizenship is required
• DOD 8140 Compliance based on functional role for WRC: 441 Network Operations Specialist, Intermediate Level/ ability to obtain

Des i red Qualifications:

• DoD-approved IA baseline certification for ADP-III/IT-III based on the IAT level and CE/Operating System (OS) certificate within six months of the assignment.
• Minimum of 8years’ experience with BS/BA , or 6years ’ experience with MS/MA , or 3years ’ experience with PhD . OR 12 years without a degree OR 10 years with AS/AA

Work Environment:

• Location:  Pope Army Airfield, NC

• On-site expectations : Full -time on-site presence required for equipment management and asset tracking

• Travel: May require occasional travel to CONUS and OCONUS sites for logistics coordination and facility assessments

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a mission-critical team supporting our nation’s elite and its mission partners in delivering cutting-edge C2ISR capabilities

• Work in a dynamic and collaborative environment supporting critical national security operations

• Manage cutting-edge communications and sensor systems that directly impact operational readiness

• Access to professional development opportunities and career growth within the intelligence and cybersecurity community

• Opportunity to work with advanced tactical communications technologies and AISR systems

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SCA / Union / Intern Rate or Range

Details

Target Salary Range: $80,000 - $128,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

Benefits Statement: Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at

Application Duration Statement: The application period for the job is estimated to be 30 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.