Data Flow Systems Engineer for National Security

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

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.