The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) is going on a hiring spree as many of its veteran employees get ready to retire.
The company is looking for people who can create new ways to provide service members with the latest technology in communications, networks, information, logistics and the growing field of cyber security.
“We have a high percentage - I think it is somewhere between 30 and 40 percent of our employees -- will be retirement eligible within the next five years,” said Mimi Farrell, the director of Total Force Management.
Right now, some 4,500 people work at the Point Loma SPAWAR center, but Farrell is aggressively preparing to hire about 450 people annually over the next several years.
One of her strategies is community outreach, reaching out to universities to let people know about careers posted to USAJobs.gov.
On Tuesday, SPAWAR representatives will be at UC San Diego to talk with veterans about opportunities at the center.
“Now is the perfect time because a lot of the college kids are doing gaming,” said Farrell. “They know how to code, training through center support.”
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SPAWAR is also hoping to hire veterans. Of the 425 hires last year, Farrell said 200 were veterans; 57 were wounded warriors.
Camp Pendleton and Balboa Naval Hospital help provide people with good experience using field information platforms, according to Farrell.
