Job Title: SIGINT Operation Collection Specialist
Location: Colorado Springs, CO or OCONUS in Alice Springs, Australia
Eligibility: Candidate must possess an active TS/SCI Clearance
Job Description:
We are seeking SIGINT, ELINT, and/or FISINT experts to conduct and
manage Collection and Watch Floor Operations in a dynamic 24/7 shift
environment. Multiple positions available at all levels (junior,
intermediate, and senior).
This role involves real-time monitoring, performance assessment, and
troubleshooting of signals intelligence (SIGINT), electronic
intelligence (ELINT), and foreign instrumentation signals intelligence
(FISINT) processing systems, tools, procedures, functions, and data.
This role may be for you if you have a background as a
SIGINT/ELINT/FISINT Collection Manager, Watch Floor Officer, Mission
Manager, or Intelligence Analyst. We are looking for individuals who are
hyper-aware, analytically sharp, and capable of connecting the dots in
fast-paced, high-stakes environments to solve problems in support of
national security.
Responsibilities
- Conduct continuous monitoring of SIGINT/ELINT/FISINT data
acquisition, processing, and dissemination in real-time operational
environments
- Provide timely and accurate reporting on collection events (SIGINT,
ELINT, or FISINT) and system statuses to appropriate mission
stakeholders
- Conduct manual detection, first-line analysis, and real-time
analysis of collected signals intelligence events, ensuring
time-sensitive insights are passed to mission partners
- Support analysis of selected RF weapons events of interest
- Process RF weapon system emissions
- Investigate and correct RF weapons processing system anomalies
- Monitor, respond to, and escalate issues related to system alarms,
data loss, processing failures, or anomalies that may affect
mission-critical collection activities
- Maintain operational logs and contribute to the resolution and
documentation of system and operational issues
- Collaborate across multi-INT teams to identify cross-domain
synergies and refine collection and exploitation strategies
- Reconfigure interactive SIGINT processing systems and execute
contingency tuning as required to improve output quality
- Proactively inspect, test, and validate collection and processing
tools, techniques, and procedures (TTPs)
- Provide clear, concise directions to system operators and junior
analysts, and participate in the refinement of SOPs and mission
workflows
Must-Have Skills and Qualifications
- Direct experience in SIGINT, ELINT, or FISINT collection operations
(at least one area required; multiple preferred)
- Demonstrated ability to perform in a high-tempo, high-stakes
watch-floor environment. Extreme attention to detail is
nonnegotiable.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; this position
requires frequent and clear coordination with stakeholders across
disciplines
- Willingness and ability to work a rotating 12-hour shift schedule,
including nights and weekends (e.g., 2-week cycles of 3 dayshifts
followed by 4 days off, alternating with 4 nightshifts followed by 3
days off)
- Active TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph
- Ability to obtain timely medical and psychological clearance
- To qualify, you must meet one of the following criteria:
- Junior Level: Bachelors Degree relevant to the role or 4 years
of relevant experience (without degree)
- Intermediate Level: Bachelors Degree + 4 years of relevant
experience or 8 years of relevant experience (without degree)
- Senior Level: Bachelors Degree + 8 years of relevant experience
or 12 years of relevant experience (without degree)
Bonus Skills (Preferred Qualifications)
- Experience working with COMINT and PROFORMA
- All-source weapons knowledge
- Proven ability to fuse and analyze multi-modal or multi-INT (SIGINT,
ELINT, FISINT, COMINT, and other INTs for operational or strategic
insights
- Exposure to automated and advanced signal processing systems and
familiarity with evolving technologies and signal analysis tools
- Experience with digital RF detection techniques and signal
conditioning
- Demonstrated innovation in applying scientific principles or
advanced technical solutions to collection and exploitation
challenges
- Proven skill in recognizing operational inefficiencies and
implementing improvements in systems, processes, and workflows