Data Flow Systems Engineer

Peraton; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 135,000 - 216,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO 25 days

Bonus plan

Subsidized benefits

Job summary

Peraton is hiring a Data Flow Systems Engineer to plan and manage data storage solutions and support the data flow team. The role involves architecture design, prototyping, and vendor collaboration for a national security program, ensuring data integrity and policy conformance.

The engineer will handle data flow planning, system requirements, and metadata enrichment tasks, coordinating with government and IC stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph
• 15–19 years of systems engineering experience depending on degree
• Bachelor’s/Master’s/PhD in engineering or related discipline to qualify for role
• Security investigations for access to classified information

Responsibilities

• Support data flow and routing solutions (DFRS) systems engineering across the sponsor’s org and IC.
• Plan and coordinate data management activities, including metadata enrichment and automated routing tasks.
• Provide system engineering expertise in architecture, design, development, requirements analysis, data flow, networking, and testing.
• Analyze user requirements and high‑level architecture to develop system requirements specifications.
• Advise on data movement plans by evaluating options and conducting feasibility studies.
• Document and diagram interfacing systems and interfaces.
• Manage data movement requirements via Jira ticket queues.

Skills

Data flow design

Systems engineering

Architecture design

Requirements analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field

Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering or related field

High School Diploma or GED with 19 years experience

Tools

Jira

Job description

Responsibilities

Peraton is hiring a skilled Data Flow Systems Engineer (SE) that has experience planning for and managing data storage solutions. The SE will support the data flow team. This program is cutting edge and includes everything from test planning and execution, architecture design and prototyping, and vendor outreach and collaboration support. The program is tactically important to the national security of the United States and the work on these missions are frequently recognized for their results. Effective management of data routing is a critical task necessary for collected raw data to be transformed into actionable and reliable intelligence information in a timely fashion while simultaneously ensuring data integrity, fidelity and policy conformance.

The selected Systems Engineer will provide support that includes customer service, dataflow paths, organize dataflow implementation, identify ways to improve dataflow implementation and modernization efforts, and prioritize the customer’s needs based on larger strategic priorities. The Systems Engineer will:

• Provide support to a data flow and routing solutions (DFRS) systems engineering team to include data flow planning and implementation support across the government sponsor’s organization and across the Intelligence Community.
• Plan and Orchestrate data management activities, including coordination of security tasks, execution of required metadata enrichment tasks, and automated data routing tasks are executed in a timely and accurate manner.
• Provide overall system engineering expertise in architecture, design, development, requirements analysis, data flow, network design and/or implementation, or testing for the program.
• Analyze user requirements, concept of operations documents, and high‑level system architecture to develop system requirements specifications.
• Assist government data movement plans by recommending system flow options, evaluating alternative approaches and by performing feasibility studies.
• Document/diagram interfacing systems.
• Manage enterprise data movement requirements through Jira ticket queues. #AJCM #MDFSP

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a qualified engineering field or a related discipline from an accredited college or university plus fifteen (15) years of relevant systems engineering experience, OR
• Master’s degree or PhD in a Qualified Engineering Field or a related discipline from an accredited college or university plus thirteen (13) years of systems engineering experience, OR
• High School Diploma or GED plus nineteen (19) years of general systems engineering experience
• Position requires an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph

Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program, which include:

• heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents
• 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap
• eligible to participate in an attractive bonus plan

Peraton Overview

Peraton is a next‑generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Target Salary Range

$135,000 - $216,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

EEO

EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.