Lead Associate Data Routing Orchestration Systems Engineer

Peraton; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 86,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days PTO

Bonus plan

Subsidized employee benefits

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Lead Associate Data Routing Orchestration Systems Engineer to support a government HPC program. You will facilitate dataflows, ensure policy conformance, and guide data movement across multiple agencies and vendors.

The role involves architecture design, planning, and modernization efforts, with strong emphasis on data integrity, security tasks, and timely execution within a national security context.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.
• Extensive systems engineering experience across data flow and routing.
• Experience planning, designing, and implementing data movement tasks.
• Familiarity with Linux/Unix commands and scripting is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to data flow routing solutions (DFRS) and dataflow planning.
• Plan and orchestrate data management activities with security coordination.
• Offer systems engineering expertise in architecture, design and testing.
• Analyze requirements and high-level architecture to define system specs.
• Assess data movement plans and feasibility; propose options.
• Document and diagram interfacing systems for traceability.
• Manage Jira queues for enterprise data movement requirements.

Skills

Data routing

Linux basics

Systems engineering

Security clearance TS/SCI

Education

High School diploma or GED

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field

Master’s degree in engineering or related field

PhD in engineering or related field

Tools

Jira

Job description

Responsibilities

Peraton is hiring a Lead Associate Data Routing Orchestration Systems Engineer to facilitate the government customer’s management dataflows associated with a large High-Performance Computing (HPC) related program. This program is cutting edge and includes everything from HPC test planning and execution, architecture design and prototyping, and vendor outreach and collaboration support. Program technical areas include commercial cloud technologies, high performance computing, and enterprise architecture. 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 and the Program Integrator will be directly involved in ensuring the government is successful in achieving their planned objectives of this growing, high-profile program.

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 requirement Jira ticket queues. #AJCM

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED and at least twelve (12) years of general systems engineering experience. OR


• Bachelor’s degree in a qualified engineering field or related discipline from an accredited college or university and at least seven (7) years of systems engineering experience. OR


• Master’s degree in a qualified engineering field or related discipline from an accredited college or university and at least five (5) years of systems engineering experience. OR


• PhD in a qualified engineering field or related discipline from an accredited college or university and at least three (3) years of systems engineering experience.


• Position requires an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.

Individual Capabilities/Experience Desired:

• Familiarity with basic Linux/Unix commands, file structures and basic command scripting is strongly desired, but not required.

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 includes heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and 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

$86,000 – $138,000. 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.