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The successful candidate will serve as a key member of a high-performing team of Government and Contractor professionals tasked with monitoring, analyzing, and assessing space domain operations in support of the Space Warfighting Mission. This role plays a vital part in safeguarding the health and safety of multiple ground and space assets, as well as the infrastructure nodes that enable mission execution.\nThe candidate will be responsible for delivering real-time mission status updates, conducting anomaly investigations, and providing senior decision-makers with actionable decision support and course of action (COA) recommendations. Daily responsibilities include executing Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs), maintain battlespace awareness, and ensuring operational continuity under dynamic and high-tempo conditions. 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