Operations and Data Specialist

Job ID: 2614790

Location: Colorado Springs, CO, US

Date Posted: 2026-07-22

Category: Defense/Intel

Subcategory: Military Operations

Schedule: Full-Time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: No

Minimum Clearance Required: Top_Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: TS/SCI with Poly

Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE

Description

SAIC is looking for a Operations and Data Specialist to support the development and delivery of a large C2 system in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

This position offers candidates seeking to make an impact on the mission through Operational System Investigations for a multi-domain C2 system.

• Work with operators in the Combatant Commands (CCMD) and Services to identify critical operational information and data relevant to the development and operation of the system.
• Serve as an operational data expert to the program engineers and external partners in the design and development of a data model for a large C2 system
• Perform services and analyses for developing traceable and accountable performance metrics and standards based on system requirements and desired outcomes
• Build information and training packets for the system.
  • Support operator understanding of the system.
• Assist the Program Director with customer requirements and tasks
• Support Strategic Planning, and Stakeholder Analysis.
• Contribute to system development projects and tasks as part of a team executing SAFe
• Support and facilitate personnel and subcontractor needs for system understanding

Qualifications

• Bachelors and fifteen (15) years or more of related experience; Masters and thirteen (13) years or more experience; PhD or JD and ten (10) years or more experience.
• Must have an active Top Secret Clearance with the ability to obtain TS/SCI with CI Poly; ship required.

Required Skills:

• Formal training from any of the service or joint sponsored Special Operation Schools
• Direct combat experience
• Must possess a strong understand of Joint operations
• Must be familiar with all domain warfare
• Must understand CCMD plans and operations, roles and responsibilities, data and processes
• Must understand operational metrics and measures of performance (what is mission success)
• Must be able to manage multiple projects and stakeholders
• Must possess a strong ability to take initiative and operate independent of instruction
• Must be able to communicate clearly (orally and written)
• Must understand how to manage and work with employees in highly technical fields
• Must retain the ability to learn technical processes associated with software development
• Must be competent with Microsoft office and experienced with Excel

Desired Skill:

• Masters or Doctorate from an accredited University
• Data science field experience or formal training
• Understanding of Engagement Planning and Sequencing within a weapon systems.
• Understanding of Navy, Space, and Air Force contributions to Missile Defense
• Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe )
• Experience with Kanban
• Experience with Jira/Confluence or other management software

Target salary range: $160,001 - $200,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.


SAIC is a premier technology integrator providing full life cycle services and solutions in the technical, engineering, intelligence, and enterprise information technology markets. SAIC is Redefining Ingenuity through its deep customer and domain knowledge to enable the delivery of systems engineering and integration offerings for large, complex projects. SAIC's approximately 15,000 employees are driven by integrity and mission focus to serve customers in the U.S. federal government. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $4.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see .