Lead Systems Integrator: Enterprise Platform

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance

Health Savings Account

Disability (Short/Long-term)

EAP

Parental leave

401(k)

PTO

Holidays

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Lead Systems Integrator to drive end-to-end integration of a mission-critical enterprise platform for an Intelligence Community customer. The role is fully onsite in Chantilly, VA, requiring an active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.

You will oversee interface definitions, verification, and release integration, coordinating with the Chief Architect, cybersecurity, and engineering teams to ensure RMF authorization and cATO readiness.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field, with 12+ years of relevant experience.
• At least 5 years of experience leading systems integration or Integration and Test (I&T) efforts for large, multi-component enterprise systems.
• Hands‑on experience integrating systems across hybrid cloud and on‑premises environments, including containerized platforms such as Kubernetes or equivalent technologies.
• Experience defining system interfaces and integration standards, including APIs, data exchange mechanisms, identity federation, and messaging.
• Experience leading verification and test programs, including test planning, test environment management, and defect tracking and resolution.
• Experience developing integration and test documentation and technical artifacts to support RMF authorization.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate technical concepts, brief senior government and industry stakeholders, and coordinate across multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• DoD 8140 / 8570 IAT Level II certification, such as Security+ CE, or the ability to obtain the required certification within the established timeframe.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end systems integration across enterprise platforms, shared services, mission applications, tenant environments, and external or legacy systems.
• Define and maintain interface control documents, integration patterns, interface standards, and onboarding processes for mission tenants and applications.
• Coordinate integration activities across multiple security enclaves, collaborating with cross-domain engineering teams to support secure data and artifact exchanges between classification levels.
• Plan and execute the integration of new capabilities during legacy system transitions while minimizing disruption to existing mission services.
• Lead the Integration and Test team, establishing verification strategies, test environments, and release entry and exit criteria.
• Oversee system-level verification, regression testing, and performance testing; coordinate defect resolution across engineering teams and stakeholders.
• Coordinate release integration activities across development, cybersecurity, and operations teams to support predictable and reliable delivery.
• Ensure integration and test documentation provides the technical evidence required to support Risk Management Framework (RMF) authorization and continuous Authority to Operate (cATO).
• Partner with the Chief Architect to translate enterprise architecture and technical designs into executable integration plans and testable requirements.
• Identify and manage integration dependencies, technical risks, schedule impacts, and cross-team issues; communicate status and mitigation strategies to program leadership and customer stakeholders.
• Lead technical exchanges, integration working groups, and coordination sessions with government customers, industry partners, and technology vendors.
• Establish integration engineering standards, provide technical guidance, and mentor integration engineers to promote consistent engineering practices.

Skills

TS/SCI clearance

Polygraph

I&T leadership

Kubernetes

Hybrid cloud

APIs

RMF authorization

Cross-domain

Zero trust

DevSecOps

Stakeholder comms

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/SE/CE

Tools

ServiceNow

Job description

Peraton is seeking a Lead Systems Integrator to drive end-to-end integration of a mission-critical enterprise platform for an Intelligence Community customer. The role is fully onsite in Chantilly, VA, requiring an active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.

You will oversee interface definitions, verification, and release integration, coordinating with the Chief Architect, cybersecurity, and engineering teams to ensure RMF authorization and cATO readiness.