Sr Principal Project Management – C2BMC Watch Officer (CWO) (22-052)

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: No

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman Space Systems—Launch and Missile Defense Systems presents an excellent opportunity for a Sr Principal Project Management – C2BMC Watch Officer (CWO) (22-052) to join our team of skilled and diverse professionals. Located at Schriever Space Force Base in Colorado Springs, CO, this position plays a vital role in supporting the U.S. President, Secretary of Defense, and combatant commanders at strategic, regional, and operational levels.

Relocation assistance is not available for this position, and this role is on-site with no remote options.

Position Overview:

The Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2BMC) program is a crucial part of the Missile Defense System. It enables the U.S. president, the secretary of defense, and combatant commanders at strategic, regional, and tactical levels to systematically plan ballistic missile defense operations, monitor battle progress, and actively control designated networked sensors and weapon systems to achieve global and regional mission objectives. C2BMC offers a layered missile defense capability that provides an optimized response to threats across all ranges and flight phases. It acts as a force multiplier by networking, integrating, and synchronizing autonomous sensor and weapon systems and operations both worldwide and locally to enhance overall performance. Furthermore, C2BMC is an essential component of all ground and flight tests, which verify and demonstrate the current and future capabilities of the missile defense system.

The C2BMC Watch Officer (CWO) will report to the Operations Lead and is responsible for the daily oversight and guidance of more than 75 personnel (including 24/7 crew filling C2BMC Command Center positions), following overarching directions and objectives. The CWO oversees C2BMC Operations & Maintenance (O&M), network monitoring, and network defense of the C2BMC mission systems, and makes day-to-day decisions on the operations floor to assure the availability, quality, and security of services vital to C2BMC mission systems operations, command and control (C2), and information sharing.

Essential Functions:

• Responsible for overseeing and managing all C2BMC operations, including monitoring and reporting on the health and status of the global C2BMC enterprise
• Ensures the accuracy of all reports, keeps leadership informed, recommends courses of action, and maintains the current status of all systems at all times
• The CWO maintains the integrity of the operations floor and ensures crew members are adequately trained, certified, and capable of performing all assigned missions, while ensuring shifts are adequately staffed and conducting thorough changeover briefs
• Effective communication skills to brief technical system and network issues, as well as overall system reports, to program management and customer leadership using appropriate tools such as Microsoft Visio and PowerPoint
• Proficiency in Microsoft Project, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
• Performs other related duties and assignments as required

Basic Qualifications:

Please note your updated security clearance and IAT/relevant certifications on your resume, if applicable.

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Project Management, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field from an accredited university is preferred, along with 8 years of experience; or a Master’s degree in a related field with 6 years of relevant work experience; or 12 years of relevant experience may be considered as an alternative to a degree
• Applicants must possess a current, active in-scope DoD-issued Secret security clearance at the time of application, which is required to start
• This position requires 24/7 shift work. The candidate will be assigned to a shift based on missio