SATCOM / Human Centered Design Strategist with Security Clearance

About This Role

This role involves defining, prioritizing, and integrating future satellite communications (SATCOM) capabilities for the U.S. Space Force enterprise, bridging the gap between users, architects, and development teams. The Strategist will ensure alignment with enterprise architecture and modernization goals.

Responsibilities

• Identify, refine, and document stakeholder and user needs; define capabilities and integration pathways that align with enterprise SATCOM architecture and modernization efforts.
• Collaborate with operators, mission owners, and program sponsors to identify operational gaps and shape requirements into feasible, impactful solutions.
• Ensure proposed capabilities are consistent with SSC’s SATCOM enterprise architecture, data strategies, and digital modernization goals.
• Lead discussions that move from user-driven requests to user-centered, mission-focused solutions that enhance interoperability, efficiency, and resiliency.
• Partner with SE&I, cyber, DevOps, and software teams to ensure technical feasibility, traceability, and integration across space, ground, and network layers.
• Translate high-level capability objectives into actionable program deliverables compatible with Agile or incremental development cycles.
• Develop and present SATCOM capability roadmaps, strategy briefs, and integration concepts to government and contractor leadership.

Requirements

• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field (e.g., Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related discipline)
• 8–12 years of professional experience in systems engineering, integration strategy, or capability development.
• Demonstrated experience within SATCOM, space systems, or mission operations domains.
• Proven ability to translate operational needs into structured, technically aligned, and strategically prioritized capability definitions.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and analytical skills, with experience interfacing across government, contractor, and operational teams.
• Familiarity with DoD acquisition, SE&I, and space enterprise integration environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field (e.g., Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related discipline)
• 8–12 years of professional experience in systems engineering, integration strategy, or capability development.

Nice to Have

• Experience supporting Space Systems Command (SSC), Space Operations Command (SpOC), or other U.S. Space Force or DoD programs.
• Familiarity with Agile frameworks (Scrum, SAFe, Kanban) and Agile program environments.
• Understanding of Agile scoping and MVP definition techniques such as MoSCoW, BORIS, Framing and Discovery, or similar prioritization methodologies.
• Exposure to DevOps, cloud-native, or Kubernetes-based architectures and modern SATCOM software ecosystems.
• Experience applying user-centered design and human-systems integration principles in mission software or command-and-control environments.
• Proficiency with collaboration and visualization tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence, Miro, or equivalent).

Skills

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