SAIC

System User Expert

SAIC$80K — $120K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • AA degree in a related discipline with nine years of experience, or a high school diploma with eleven years and relevant advanced certification.
  • Experience training operators in C2ISR, air battle management, or similar mission operations.
  • Hands-on experience with OmniView or comparable user interfaces.
  • Proficiency in Jira and Confluence for tracking and documentation.
  • Ability to create and maintain operator-facing training materials.
  • Experience in live operations, exercises, or mission rehearsals.

Responsibilities

  • Deliver operator training and scenario-based instruction on OmniView and CMCC workflows.
  • Lead train-the-trainer sessions for operational squadrons and distributed units.
  • Maintain and update user training materials including quick-start guides and reference cards.
  • Support onboarding processes to ensure system understanding from day one.
  • Assist in executing simulator scenarios and bridging user needs with capability providers.
  • Capture and relay operator feedback for continuous improvement.
  • Provide on-site or remote support during exercises and operational events.

Benefits

  • Opportunities for ongoing training and certification.
  • Work in a collaborative team environment.
  • Access to a wide network of military and engineering professionals.
  • Involvement in real-time operations and mission-critical tasks.
  • Potential for career advancement in defense and technology sectors.
Full Job Description
Job Description

Description

The System User Expert (SUE) is the program's front-line operator readiness lead, ensuring mission crews, distributed units, and test organizations understand, employ, and validate CMCC capabilities effectively. The SUE delivers operator training, leads train-the-trainer engagements, maintains all user-facing materials, and provides support during operations, demos, and test events.
The SUE is the program's expert and plays a critical role in bridging operators, test units, WLT, Capability Providers, and engineering teams.

Job Duties include:
• Deliver operator training, system walkthroughs, and scenario-based instruction focused on OmniView, CMCC workflows, and capability updates.
• Lead train-the-trainer programs for operational squadrons and distributed units so they can independently train new personnel.
• Maintain and update operator materials-quick-start guides, reference cards, workflow aids, and release notes.
• Support user onboarding across all sites/systems, ensuring system understanding are established from day one.
• Support execution of existing simulator scenarios, bridging gap between user desires and CPs to develop new scenarios.
• Capture operator feedback during daily operations and events; route actionable insights through the Warfighter Liaison Team (WLT) into engineering, requirements, and test workflows.
• Provide on-site or remote operator support during exercises, demos, test events, and operational surges, ensuring users are ready and issues are rapidly resolved.
• Work directly with test units (DT/OT, Operational Test, AFTC, or equivalent) to prepare operators for test execution, ensure test objectives map to operational realities, and assist in evaluating new capability performance.
• Participate in CMCC integration testing, Experimental events, and readiness activities by helping validate workflows, user interactions, and UI behaviors.
• Document user findings, training updates, and observed workflow issues using Jira and Confluence.
• Coordinate with engineering, Capability Providers, cyber, and platform teams to ensure training content remains correct with each release.
• Identify user friction points, workflow gaps, or UI confusion and collaborate with User Story Authors, CPA/WL, and engineering to drive improvement.

Qualifications

TYPICAL EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
• AA degree in related discipline and nine (9) years related experience; Or, High School and eleven (11) years related experience and related advanced certification.
Required Qualifications & Experience:
• Experience training operators in C2ISR, C2, Air Battle Management, Intel, or similar mission operations.
• Hands-on experience with OmniView or comparable operator-facing UIs.
• Proficiency with Jira and Confluence for documentation, onboarding tracking, and operator feedback.
• Ability to create and maintain all operator-facing materials (quick-start guides, reference cards, release notes).
• Experience supporting live operations, exercise events, or mission rehearsals.
• Strong briefing, communication, and cross-team coordination skills.
Desired qualifications and experience:
• Experience working with test units (DT/OT, AFTC, or similar) and participating in structured test events.
• Hands-on involvement in integration testing, event readiness checks, or Experimental environment workflows.
• Familiarity with CMCC SIP workflows and capability onboarding processes.
• Experience onboarding and supporting distributed users across geographically separated units.
• Ability to translate operator issues into actionable user stories or requirements.

Target salary range: $80,001 - $120,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

Overview

SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.

About SAIC

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) is a technology integrator in the technical, engineering, intelligence, and enterprise information technology markets. SAIC has approximately 26,000 employees and operates in more than 70 countries. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia. SAIC provides services to the U.S. government, including the Department of Defense, the intelligence community, and civilian agencies. The company also serves commercial customers in the healthcare, energy, and financial services sectors.
Learn more about SAIC
Size
26,000 employees
Market Cap
$6 billion
Industry
Net Income
$206 million
Founded
1969
5 Year Trend
+10.7%
Revenue
$6.8 billion
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