External Job Posting Title Expert Systems Engineer

Peraton; Springfield (VA); On-site; USD 146,000 - 234,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking an Expert-Level Systems Engineer to provide technical leadership in integrating and advancing complex GEOINT capabilities. The role focuses on enterprise systems engineering, requirements traceability, and cross‑boundary integration, with emphasis on commercial products and data workflows.

The position is fully onsite in Chantilly or Springfield, VA, requiring extensive government or IC experience and an active TS/SCI clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a STEM field; substitutions allowed for experience.
• 18+ years of government or industry experience in DoD/IC, acquisition, or systems engineering.
• Strong traceability, systems integration, and lifecycle knowledge.
• Active TS/SCI clearance with ability to obtain SCI access and pass a polygraph.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor teams across requirements engineering, system architecture, and integration.
• Analyze user requirements, architectures, workflows, and capabilities to enhance existing systems.
• Perform traceability, assess cloud services, and manage scheduling constraints.
• Advise stakeholders on design changes based on mission needs and emerging tech.
• Translate mission needs into defined system requirements and engineering solutions.
• Allocate requirements across architecture components to align with objectives.
• Lead or support system integration across complex environments.
• Contribute to AoA/CoA studies, trade studies, and technical assessments.
• Support strategic technical planning, risk management, and interface design.
• Ensure engineering vision, plans, and processes align with capability development.
• Support multi‑major system acquisitions across organizational and national boundaries.
• Plan and integrate commercial GEOINT capabilities to support national missions.

Skills

Systems engineering

Leadership

Requirements tracing

Cloud services

GEOINT familiarity

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related STEM field

Tools

MBSE

Model-Based Systems Engineering

Job description

Responsibilities

We are seeking an Expert-Level Systems Engineer to provide technical leadership in the integration, development, and advancement of complex, mission‑critical systems and commercial Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) capabilities. This role supports multidisciplinary engineering efforts across interconnected enterprise environments, with an emphasis on commercial products, data workflows, and capabilities supporting national and allied missions.

The successful candidate will provide expert technical guidance to Government stakeholders, lead and mentor engineering teams, and help translate mission needs into effective systems engineering solutions. This position requires extensive experience with enterprise systems engineering, requirements traceability, systems integration, and technical planning across complex organizational and infrastructure boundaries.

Location: Fully onsite in Chantilly or Springfield, VA.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor Junior-, Mid-, and Senior‑Level Systems Engineers across requirements engineering, solution development, systems integration, scheduling, testing and evaluation, maintainability, and operational analysis, with a focus on commercial product and data workflows.

• Lead the planning and analysis of user requirements, system architectures, workflows, procedures, and technical challenges to improve or automate existing capabilities.

• Perform requirements and architecture traceability and assess cloud service capabilities, workflow processes, and scheduling constraints.

• Advise Government stakeholders on proposed solution design changes based on requirements analysis, emerging technologies, and evolving mission needs.

• Capture and translate mission and customer needs into defined system and capability requirements and engineering solutions.

• Analyze and allocate requirements across system architecture components and executing programs to maintain alignment between mission objectives and technical implementation.

• Lead and support systems integration activities across complex, interconnected environments.

• Lead or support Analyses of Alternatives (AoAs), Courses of Action (CoAs), trade studies, and engineering assessments to evaluate technical approaches and inform decision‑making.

• Contribute to strategic technical planning, project management, performance engineering, risk management, and interface design.

• Provide expert technical guidance to align engineering vision, strategy, plans, requirements, processes, and capability development.

• Support the integration of multiple major system acquisitions across organizational, agency, departmental, and national boundaries.

• Contribute to the planning and integration of commercial GEOINT capabilities in support of national and allied mission requirements.

Location: This position is fully onsite in Chantilly or Springfield, VA.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Engineering Management, Management Information Systems, or a related STEM field, with the following substitutions permitted:

  • No degree: Four additional years of relevant experience.

  • Non-STEM degree: Two additional years of relevant experience.

• At least 18 years of relevant government or industry experience supporting one or more of the following:

  • Department of Defense (DoD) or Intelligence Community (IC) acquisition processes.

  • Requirements development and management processes.

  • Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution System (PPBES).

  • Systems engineering for large, complex systems of systems.

  • Service‑oriented architecture environments operating across cloud, on‑premises, and hybrid infrastructures.

• Strong understanding of the full systems engineering lifecycle.

• Demonstrated knowledge of the National System of Geospatial‑Intelligence (NSG), Allied System of Geospatial‑Intelligence (ASG), and National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) enterprise environments.

• Previous program or project experience supporting the National Geospatial‑Intelligence Agency (NGA) or the NSG/ASG environment.

• Previous program or project experience within the Intelligence Community or Department of Defense.

• Active TS/SCI clearance and the ability to obtain SCI access and successfully pass a polygraph.

Desired Qualifications

• Master’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Engineering Management, Management Information Systems, or a related STEM field.

• Working knowledge of Model‑Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) methodologies, processes, tools, and languages.

• Software Development Framework certification.

• International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) Expert Systems Engineering Professional (ESEP) certification.

• Professional Engineer (PE) licensure.

• Experience supporting integration roadmap planning and development.

• Experience integrating commercial or national sensors.

• Extensive professional experience in geospatial intelligence (GEOINT).

• Experience engineering solutions using:

  • Cloud‑based technologies.

  • Structured and unstructured big data environments.

  • Automation and augmentation technologies.

  • Artificial intelligence technologies.

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

$146,000 - $234,000. 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.