Enterprise Systems Engineer, Senior Advisor - TS/SCI w/poly

Peraton; Maryland; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Heavily subsidized medical benefits

25 days PTO annually

10 paid holidays

Annual critical skills bonus

Job summary

Peraton in Laurel, MD is seeking a Systems Engineer to shape mission-critical architectures and lead SE activities across the full system lifecycle—from requirements analysis to deployment.

You will partner with government stakeholders and engineering teams to deliver scalable, enterprise systems and DoDAF-compliant views, using modeling and prototyping to minimize risk.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related technical discipline.
• Five (5) additional years of Systems Engineering experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.
• Twenty (20) years of Systems Engineering experience for similar programs.
• Experience planning and leading Systems Engineering efforts.
• Experience developing comprehensive Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) solutions.
• Experience developing DoDAF-compliant architecture products across Operational, Technical, Systems, and Services Views.
• Experience conducting end-to-end system trade analyses and lifecycle engineering activities.
• Experience using modeling, simulation, and prototyping techniques to support system development.
• Experience managing system configuration, engineering baselines, and technical documentation.
• Experience supporting Configuration Control Boards (CCB) and Engineering Review Boards (ERB).
• Experience performing requirements elicitation, systems analysis, interface development, systems integration, and end-to-end flow analysis.

Responsibilities

• Analyze user requirements and develop system requirements specifications.
• Develop CONOPS, system architectures, and systems engineering documentation.
• Lead systems engineering, design, integration, and implementation activities throughout the lifecycle.
• Guide customers in defining requirements, evaluating alternatives, and conducting feasibility studies.
• Serve as the primary technical lead for integrating requirements, design, and emerging technologies.
• Develop SE management plans, system integration plans, and test plans.
• Collaborate with Government leadership to resolve technical issues and risks.
• Communicate technical recommendations and project status to government customers and executives.
• Conduct system trade studies to optimize performance, scalability, reliability, and lifecycle costs.
• Develop and evaluate architecture views using DoDAF standards.
• Utilize modeling, simulation, and prototyping to reduce risk and improve design decisions.
• Manage system configuration throughout the lifecycle and participate in CCB/ERB.
• Identify technical risks and mitigation strategies; recommend actions.
• Support AoA efforts evaluating solutions by cost, risk, performance, lifecycle, and mission objectives.
• Provide technical leadership for requirements analysis, architecture development, system integration, interface design, testing.

Skills

TS/SCI clearance

Polygraph

Systems engineering

SOA

DoDAF

Requirements elicitation

Modeling/simulation

Lifecycle engineering

CCB/ERB liaison

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering/CS/IS

Job description

Basic Qualifications

To be successful in this role, you'll have:

• Must have an active TS/SCI security clearance with a current polygraph.
• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or a related technical discipline.
• Five (5) additional years of Systems Engineering experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.
• Twenty (20) years of Systems Engineering experience supporting programs of similar scope, type, and complexity.
• Demonstrated experience planning and leading Systems Engineering efforts.
• Experience developing comprehensive Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) solutions.
• Experience developing DoDAF-compliant architecture products, including Operational, Technical, Systems, and Services Views.
• Experience conducting end-to-end system trade analyses and lifecycle engineering activities.
• Experience using modeling, simulation, and prototyping techniques to support system development.
• Experience managing system configuration, engineering baselines, and associated technical documentation.
• Experience supporting Configuration Control Boards (CCB) and Engineering Review Boards (ERB).
• Experience performing requirements elicitation, systems analysis, interface development, systems integration, technical assessments, and end-to-end flow analysis.

Additional Qualifications That Will Set You Apart

While not required, experience in the following areas is highly desirable:

• AWS or other commercial cloud platform experience, including cloud architecture, migration, and system configuration.
• Experience supporting cloud-based data warehouse environments.
• Expertise in enterprise data flows, data management, and cloud storage architectures.
• Experience providing strategic recommendations for data ingest, storage optimization, data integrity, and lifecycle management.
• Experience integrating legacy data into modern cloud environments while ensuring compliance and reducing redundant data.
• Hands-on experience using custom tools or scripts to search, preserve, remark, or remove data across very large datasets containing millions or billions of records.
• Experience supporting transition and decommissioning efforts, historical data migrations, incident investigations, and customer-driven engineering activities.
• Experience leading Agile development teams, serving as a Team Lead, Scrum Master, or facilitating Scrum ceremonies.

Why Join Peraton?

At Peraton, you'll work on some of the nation's most challenging and technically complex missions while collaborating with experts across systems engineering, cloud, data, and software development.

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees supporting this critical National Security mission, including:

• Heavily subsidized medical benefits for employees and their dependents
• 25 days of PTO accrued annually
• 10 paid holidays
• Annual critical skills bonus opportunity
• Long-term career growth supporting mission-critical national security programs

Systems Engineer

Location: Laurel, MDClearance: Active TS/SCI with Polygraph is required

Shape the architecture behind mission-critical systems.

Peraton's Cyber Mission business unit is seeking an experienced Systems Engineer to support one of the Intelligence Community's most critical data and cloud modernization efforts. In this role, you'll lead systems engineering activities across the full system lifecycle—from requirements analysis and architecture development through integration, testing, and deployment.

You’ll serve as a technical leader, working directly with government stakeholders and engineering teams to develop scalable, mission-focused solutions supporting large-scale enterprise systems.

What You'll Do

As a Systems Engineer, you will:

• Analyze user requirements and develop system requirements specifications.
• Develop Concepts of Operations (CONOPS), system architectures, and systems engineering documentation.
• Lead systems engineering, design, integration, and implementation activities throughout the system lifecycle.
• Guide customers in defining requirements, evaluating alternatives, and conducting feasibility studies.
• Serve as the primary technical lead for integrating requirements, design, and emerging technologies.
• Develop System Engineering Management Plans (SEMPs), system integration plans, and test plans.
• Collaborate with Government leadership to resolve technical issues, engineering risks, and system challenges.
• Communicate technical recommendations and project status to government customers, program leadership, and senior executives.
• Conduct system trade studies to optimize performance, scalability, reliability, and lifecycle costs.
• Develop and evaluate architecture views using DoDAF standards, including Operational, Systems, Services, and Technical Views.
• Utilize modeling, simulation, and prototyping to reduce risk and improve system design decisions.
• Manage system configuration throughout the system lifecycle and participate in Configuration Control Boards (CCB) and Engineering Review Boards (ERB).
• Identify technical risks, develop mitigation strategies, and recommend courses of action throughout program execution.
• Support Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) efforts by evaluating technical solutions based on cost, risk, performance, lifecycle considerations, and mission objectives.
• Provide technical leadership for requirements analysis, architecture development, system integration, interface design, testing, and end-to-end systems engineering activities.