Parsons has emerged as a leader in the development of cutting-edge solutions for the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community. Our tremendous success can be attributed to our people and our priorities. We hire the best; we make them a priority and we never lose focus on the mission. It’s why we’re here. We have built this cultural legacy by working closely with analysts and operators to understand their needs and delivering meaningful value through innovative, cost effective and intuitive software solutions.

Our Space Operations directorate is passionate about making America the undisputed leader in Space because we understand that ensuring our nation’s security for future generations depends on it. Parsons creates game changing space solutions by teaming highly respected subject matter experts with brilliant technologists. Are you an experienced Systems Engineer looking to grow your skillset and work on a project that has real world impact? Do you want to be part of a team that is helping the government solve major national security challenges in the space domain? We need your help.

The qualified applicant will support the Space Security and Defense Program’s (SSDP) Multi-Domain Effects Division (MDE) located in Colorado Springs, CO.  The applicant will coordinate and support integrated human-in-the-loop analysis, leveraging their knowledge and relationships with joint program offices to combine capabilities into integrated analysis efforts. The applicant will also support operational and strategic assessments by coordinating with joint-level capabilities within the Intelligence Community (IC) and Department of Defense (DoD) related to space equities. The applicant will serve as a liaison, providing direct support to the Space Security and Defense Program (SSDP) Multi-Domain Effects (MDE) Division and Space Warfighting Analysis Center’s (SWAC) Enduring High-Level Cell (EHLC) and indirect support to other SSDP divisions per the FY26 SSDP Director’s intent.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Possess expertise in SWAC and SSDP Mission Area Designs to develop integrated analysis events that assess their effectiveness against the latest projected threats
• Research, author, and coordinate briefings and reports of findings from integrated analysis events
• Demonstrate deep understanding of joint Operational Plan (OPLAN) capabilities and associated requirements and align them with SWAC and SSDP Mission Area Design recommendations to create integrated analysis
• Support the government with coordination and management of security portfolios with members across the DoD and Intelligence Community (IC) for integrated analysis
• Support information gathering by leveraging relationships with program offices and the Intelligence Community (IC) to enable MBSE modeling of both BLUFOR and threat systems to be instantiated into analysis software tools
• Enable operational integration of advanced multi-domain capabilities through modeling, simulation, and analysis, informed by mission utility analysis, war gaming findings, and joint force effects layering to support real-world operational planning

Required Skills:

• TS/SCI w/Poly (Have an existing poly or be willing to submit to a poly)
• 5+ years of experience, expertise and knowledge of USSF systems and Mission Area Designs (MADs)
• Ability to develop and present to SSDP/SWAC leadership decision quality briefings and papers
• Demonstrated problem solving/critical thinking in complex and dynamic environments
• Experience working in classified and Special Access Program/Special Access Required environments
• Ability to meet with program office and IC counterparts including travel 25%
• Understanding of the outer space environment and operations as well as counterspace threats, especially pertaining to space-based weapons

Desired Skills:

• Master’s degree preferred in Technical Operations Research or experience performing statistical experimental design, data analysis, modeling and simulation, and text analytics, or STEM bachelor’s degree with 10+ years’ experience
• Established relationships with the following organizations

• COCOMS (INDOPACOM, USSPACECOM, etc.)
• Space Intelligence Community
• Assault Breaker II Program Office
• Space Capabilities Program Office

• Experience with Artificial Neural Networks, MBSE, Modeling & Simulation, Python, Statistical Modeling, Multivariate Analysis, and Data Governance