Specialist, Technical Support Engineer (COMSAT Analyst / Planner)

L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do. L3Harris is the Trusted Disruptor in defense tech. With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security. Job Title: Specialist, Technical Support Engineering (Commercial SATCOM Analyst/Planner) Job Code: 46115 Job Location: Colorado Springs, CO Job Schedule: 5/8 - Employees work 8 hours per day, 5 days a week      Job Description:   L3 Harris Technologies Inc. is seeking an experienced Technical Support Engineer to join our team in supporting the WSOTS II Contract. This position provides operations and planning support services to the Commercial C-SSE. The Commercial Satellite Communications (COMSATCOM) Planner will perform Watch Office operations and worldwide Regional SATCOM support center (RSSC) COMSATCOM planning to the Commercial C-SSE and all users of COMSATCOM. This position will be based at a government facility in the Colorado Springs area.     Essential Functions:   Provide planning, definition, implementation, and operational management of global COMSATCOM communications systems to yield more effective and flexible global SATCOM support. Provide planning services for transmissions management, control and coordination for all Commercial frequency spectrums to include all Commercial SATCOM systems in use. Employ an integrated systems approach to assist with properly developing, implementing, testing, planning, and managing SATCOM. Support SATCOM Operational Manager (SOM) and Consolidated SATCOM Systems Expert (C-SSE) functions as described in CJCSI 6250.01 Series. Support on-orbit and future SATCOM systems, SATCOM System Experts, and day-to-day operational management of DOW-owned and leased SATCOM resources to provide authorized users with global SATCOM support as operations and evolving requirements dictate. Perform Technical Analysis as follows: Provide technical analysis to support DOD COMSATCOM operations and planning, management, and control activities. Provide supportability analyses for planning and managing requirements for users and payload requirements, encompassing legacy to future systems and requirements. Enter information needed in SATCOM Database Management Tool (SDB-MT), Joint Satellite Communications Management and Planning System (JSMPS), Joint Integrated SATCOM Tool (JIST), successor systems, and related documents. Assist with the following: Coordination activities with CCMDs and other SATCOM users to assess availability of Commercial SATCOM requirements to support current and future operations, OPLANs, CONPLANs, and optimization of SATCOM resources for priority missions; Development of new operational management, planning, and control systems tools; and Trend analysis activities and operational deficiency assessments in support of COMSATCOM operations and management. Perform Constellation Monitoring as follows: Provide assistance with COMSATCOM constellation health and welfare monitoring activities; Mitigation, resolution, and recovery from satellite anomalies; EMI support to mitigate, resolve, and recover from COMSATCOM interference and support EMI resolution and coordination activities; Maintaining contingency plans to optimize the COMSATCOM constellation. Provide technical input in support of constellation reconfiguration activities. Review all COMSATCOM priorities and prepare inputs to priority monitoring list to military monitoring and geographic location resources