Space Domain Awareness (SDA) Training Lead

Responsibilities

• Supervise 3-4 training team members working across geographically separated operations centers while delivering quality training products to government customer
• Schedule, lead formal classroom instruction for all organizational divisions
• Lead training meetings, attend ops update briefings, exercise, strategic planning meetings, and tool demonstrations, sharing SME knowledge & system expertise
• Offer ad hoc and supplemental hands-on system training for operators upon request
• Author training documentation and builds visual aids with step-by-step instructions, capturing system screenshots with supporting annotations using standard office software tools (i.e. MS Word, PowerPoint, Adobe PDF etc.)
• Familiarize self and training team members with developing system tools, updates relevant job aids, checklists and training reference material
• Aid in system integration and development efforts as SME and user resource
• Practice operational risk-management; recognizes system limitations and vulnerabilities, and/or procedural and training deficits posing risk to mission success
• Maintain system proficiency (i.e., Systems Tool Kit (STK) and other software)
• Work full-time on-site at a government facility in Springfield, VA (*some travel, up to 15%, is necessary to meet training and mission requirements)

Qualifications

• 12+ years' space operations and/or space intelligence experience with bachelor's degree; 14 years of relevant experience in lieu of degree; 11+ years relevant experience with master's degree in related technical or teaching fields
• 3+ years' space operations and/or experience using NRO on-orbit space systems tools (i.e., ASW, SuperCombo) tools, STK or similar orbital visualization propagators and threat determination analysis tools
• 3+ years' Training Manager or related space system tools instructing experience
• Excellent oral & written communication skills
• Active TS/SCI clearance with adjudicated CI Poly
• Prior supervisor/managerial or operations task/project team lead experience
• Prior experience with Air Force/Space Force training records and positional task lists
• Orbital Analyst schooling (i.e. Space 100, 200, 300, Advance Orbital Mechanics, Orbital Analyst Training Course or similar)
• Advanced proficiency in MS word and PowerPoint
• Superior oral & written communication skills, experience interacting with military and civilian leaders