
AEGIS Navy Operations and Mission Coordinator
Wallops Island, VAFull-time$88–150K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago
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BAE Systems seeks an experienced Engineering Planning Specialist to coordinate AEGIS operations and missions at the Surface Combat Systems Center on Wallops Island, Virginia. The role oversees mission activities, contractor operations, readiness leadership, and compliance with safety, security, and mission requirements. The coordinator serves as the point of contact for AEGIS operations and readiness and reports to the AEGIS Site Manager.
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Job Description
BAE Systems is seeking an experienced Engineering Planning Specialist to function as the Coordinator of AEGIS Operations and Missions with extensive Navy leadership and management experience coordinating operations and maintenance teams. The successful candidate will be part of our experienced technical team located at the Surface Combat Systems Center (SCSC), Wallops Island, VA. SCSC is located on a barrier island on the Eastern Shore of Virginia and is a tenant activity of NASA s Wallops Flight Facility. SCSC provides live surface combat systems platform support for AEGIS Cruisers/Destroyers and SSDS Aircraft Carriers and Amphibious ships. Areas of support include, new system installation/activation/testing, Life Cycle Engineering, Element Integration, Live Fleet Operations, System Certification, Operational/Technical Evaluation, Fleet Emergent testing, CASREP support, Fleet training, interoperability testing and Combat Systems Qualification Trials.
The selected candidate will:
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Coordinate, oversee, monitor and report on all mission activities at the AEGIS facility, SCSC Wallops Island Virginia
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Serve as the single Point Of Contact for all matters related to AEGIS Operations and Readiness
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Oversea the efforts of the Operations contractor work force at AEGIS, to ensure compliance in all matters related to safety, security and mission execution
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Provide direct supervision to the AEGIS Readiness and Operations leadership
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Promulgate mission priorities to the AEGIS staff
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Provide weekly, monthly, quarterly and semi-annual reports to contractor, Government and Navy leadership as required.
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Ensure that SSDS contractor Operations and Readiness staff are adhering to promulgated policies and procedures governing the conduct of business
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Provide senior leadership in all matters related mission support at the AEGIS facility
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Report to the AEGIS Site Manager
Required Education, Experience, & Skills
High School Diploma and at least eight (8) years of AEGIS experience in the Operations/Readiness/Maintenance team on an AEGIS Cruiser, Destroyer or Land-Based Test Site, including Five (5) years of technical management and leadership experience on AEGIS Combat Systems platforms to include managing technical performance, equipment reliability, maintainability, cost, schedule and delivery requirements.
Additional skills/experience required includes:
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Directing maintenance staff, programs and schedules on AEGIS Combat Systems equipment and systems
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Building and reviewing test plans and maintenance plans
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Overseeing and reporting on the activation and integration of new systems
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Coordinating and reporting on high-level system troubleshooting efforts
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Impeccable technical writing and oral presentation skills
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Experience scheduling and facilitating technical meetings
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Root Cause Analysis
Security clearance requirement: This position requires the successful candidate to be able to obtain a Secret level clearance. The criteria for obtaining and holding a clearance are driven by US government requirements. You must be a US citizen to obtain a security clearance. The selected candidate will receive a contingent offer and start date will be delayed until at least an interim Secret clearance is granted.
Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills
Highly desired, but not required:
PQS 301 - 305 certification
Network Certifications
Active DoD Secret security clearance
Navy Technical Leadership Courses and Certificates
CSMM or CSSE Qualification
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $88189 - $149922
Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.
Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20 hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.
AEGIS Navy Operations and Mission Coordinator
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How this job compares
Set against the 530 open Operations Coordinator jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$88–150K/yr
- US median$63–73K/yr69 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $119K, is 76% above the US median midpoint ($68K) — in the top quarter of Operations Coordinator salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 18 open Operations Coordinator jobs in Virginia and 530 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience — more than three in four Operations Coordinator postings that state a minimum ask for (median 2 years, across 328 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 198 of the 530 open Operations Coordinator jobs (37%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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