Data Specialist

Peraton; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 104,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton in Chantilly, VA is seeking a Data Specialist to manage full life-cycle multimedia data. You will receive data on various media, load into our repository, and prepare submission forms with end users to ensure accuracy.

You will also create provenance records, monitor data quality, and triage data for loading into downstream tools. This role supports national security missions and requires a TS/SCI clearance with poly.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
• BS degree with 5 years of lifecycle data management; 10 years may substitute.
• Experience with Python or PowerShell scripting.
• Experience performing Windows or Linux systems administration.
• Demonstrable experience with Microsoft Office applications.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.
• Effective written and oral communications skills.
• Desired: FTK experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide full life-cycle data management for multimedia data.
• Load data into our repository and analytical tools.
• Initiate data submission forms with end users to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Initiate the data provenance record in the customer’s catalog system.
• Monitor quality control and records and tickets describing data loading and transport processes.
• Triage and load data into our repository and downstream tools.

Skills

Python

PowerShell

Windows administration

Linux administration

Microsoft Office

Communication

Fast-paced environment

Education

BS degree in a related field

Job description

Data Specialist

Job Locations

US-VA-Chantilly

Requisition ID

2026-171050

Position Category

Engineering

Clearance

Top Secret/SCI w/Poly

Responsibilities

As a Data Specialist, you will provide full life-cycle data management for multimedia data. Data owners send you data, often on physical media, to load into our repository and in various analytical tools. You will shepherd the completion of data submission forms by working with end users to ensure correctness and completeness in this initial step in the lifecycle process. You will initiate the data provenance record in the customer's catalog system. You will monitor quality control and the records and tickets describing the data loading and transport processes. As a Data Specialist, you will triage and load data into our repository and to the downstream tools. But best of all, you will play an important role in our customer's mission to provide critical national security-related information to our top US government policy makers.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI security clearance with relevant polygraph


• BS degree five years of experience in relevant lifecycle data management;10 years of experience performing data management functions may be considered in lieu of a degree


• Experience with a scripting language such as Python or PowerShell


• Experience performing Windows or Linux systems administration functions.


• Demonstrable experience with Microsoft Office applications


• Ability to work in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.


• Effective written and oral communications skills

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with FTK

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

$104,000 - $166,000. 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.