What are the responsibilities and job description for the Operation Officer position at SAIC?
Job ID: 2614614
Location: Denver, CO, US
Date Posted: 2026-07-21
Category: Program Management
Subcategory: Project Analyst
Schedule: Full-Time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: Yes - 10% of the time
Minimum Clearance Required: TS.SCI
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: TS/SCI with Poly
Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE
Description
SAIC is seeking an Operations Officer to join the Space and Intelligence Business Group. You would work on a joint Intelligence Community (IC) and Department of War (DoW) crown jewel program providing highly specialized space/counter-space engineering, scientific, and analytical services from Denver, Colorado. We support the Nation’s leading-edge IC and DoW space programs and offer compelling, deep-technical work that has direct influence and impact on program development and operations. Our team has Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) across a variety of disciplines, including engineering, physics, mathematics, RF, optics, space acquisition and operations, and intelligence collection and analysis.
This Operations Officer will work in a collaborative team-focused environment of U.S. Government civilians and contractors solving applied technical problems and developing usable solutions for multiple space-related capabilities and threats. This person will possess strong organizational, interpersonal, and multi-tasking skills. The primary functions for this role are to:
- Organize and oversee administrative tasks for the Program Manager
- Provide coordination and status across the program staff, management, and the customer
- Develop, maintain and deliver contractually required documents
This position requires a TS/SCI security clearance, with Polygraph preferred.
Duties and responsibilities include:
- Manage daily office operations and assist office leadership with a full range of administrative, personnel, financial, and managerial responsibilities
- Plan, propose, defend, and coordinate program initiatives; represent the contract as a technical/financial expert on contract resources
- Develop program management and oversight methods and techniques and disseminate data metrics
- Manage the credit card program and users for the contract, to include knowledge of business administration practices and provide training and advice for the credit card program
- Provide all necessary paperwork to have new employees onboard to SAIC and the required paperwork to onboard employees into the government workplace
- Supporting the financial monitoring and reporting of expenditures, contract funding, and forecasts across multiple program accounts
- Coordinating product schedules, task status, and reporting across numerous office initiatives
- Facilitating travel management program and reporting
- Maintaining records, status, and coordination with stakeholders on multiple Information System and physical security accreditation packages
- Administering the asset management program for 600 items totaling over $1.8M
- Overseeing Information System privileged user training and reporting requirements
- Managing the Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) program
- Responsible for managing and purchasing service awards for contract employees
- Have reasonable knowledge of security requirements and procedures for new employees
Qualifications
- Must be able to obtain a TS/SCI Clearance with Special Access eligibility and successfully complete a Counter Intelligence (CI) polygraph. US Citizenship is required
- Demonstrated record of effective individual and group work behaviors, with abilities to proactively initiate and operate in dynamic and incompletely defined environments
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with experience conveying needs, status, results, and summaries to staff members, management, and customers
- Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously and flexibility to adjust to changing priorities
- Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Excellent working knowledge of MS Office applications
- BS in Business Administration
- Active TS-SCI clearance
Target salary range: $120,001 - $160,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.
Salary : $120,001 - $160,000