# Aerostat Operator I

Aerostat Operators provide Operations and Sustainment (O&S) support for the Persistent Surveillance Systems - Tethered (PSS-T) program in OCONUS site locations. PSS-T is comprised of former Persistent Ground Surveillance System (PGSS) and Persistent Threat Detection System (PTDS) programs. Persistent Surveillance Systems-Tethered (PSS-T) delivers tactical and fixed site aerostats to exploit a full range of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), force protection and communications capabilities to joint, interagency and multinational organizations. Essential Responsibilities: Aerostat Operators/User-level maintainers will participate in the overall, hands-on operation of the aerostat system including launch, in-flight, recovery, and moored activities. Candidates will perform all functions to operate the PGSS/PTDS, an aerostat mounted Intelligence, Surveillance, And Reconnaissance (ISR) platform, its Mobile Mooring Platform (MMP), Sensor Payload(s), communications and navigation systems as well as associated support equipment (Boom Lift, Forklift, All Terrain Vehicles (ATV's), and Electrical Power Generators). Candidate will perform User-level maintenance functions incl

- **Id**: 4229237
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/amentum-aerostat-operator-i-2>
- **Role**: Field & Service
- **Role family**: Field & Service
- **Seniority**: junior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Djibouti City, Djibouti
- **Countries**: DJ
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-12T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-12
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-14T14:24:36Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 2
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6616
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Military Logistics, Facilities Management, Engineering Services

## Company

- **Id**: 14861
- **Name**: Amentum
- **Domain**: amentum.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/amentum>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 82
- **Open postings**: 462
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.92
- **Repost share**: 0.002
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 19
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: high_school
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T09:05:32Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 2
- **Expected fill days**: 19
- **Reasons**: conf:5, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:junior,brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

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