Mission Management Support Systems Engineer

Peraton; Maryland; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Heavily subsidized employee benefits

25 days of PTO

Attractive bonus plan

Job summary

A leading national security firm is hiring a Mission Management Support Systems Engineer in Maryland. This role involves supporting modernization processes for cryptologic dissemination. Candidates must have a Bachelor's degree in relevant fields and at least 20 years of systems engineering experience. An active TS/SCI clearance is mandatory. The position offers excellent benefits, including subsidized health coverage, 25 days of PTO, and a bonus plan. The work will be conducted at a customer location, requiring strong communication skills and teamwork.

Qualifications

• 20 years of systems engineering experience, with flexibility on education vs experience.
• Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph required.
• Familiarity with intelligence community law governing U.S. persons.

Responsibilities

• Support modernization of cryptologic dissemination processes.
• Compile and review obligations from legal counsel.
• Define processes to help requestors determine proposal approvals.

Skills

Process engineering

Lean Six Sigma

Systems engineering

Strong oral communication

Written communication

Interpersonal skills

Legal training

Jira familiarity

Adaptability

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, engineering or related discipline

Master’s degree or PhD (substitutes for experience)

Job description

Individual Capabilities/Experience Required:

• A bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, engineering or other related discipline and at least 20 years of systems engineering experience. A master’s degree or PhD may be substituted for two years of experience. Note: High School Diploma or GED plus 24 years of systems engineering experience would also be acceptable.
• Familiarity with intelligence community law and policy protecting U.S. persons
• Process engineering and/or Lean Six Sigma experience
• Systems engineering or development experience
• Position requires an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.

Individual Capabilities/Experience Desired:

• Familiarity with U.S. or international privacy and civil liberties law and policy
• Legal training or expertise, either as a lawyer or in the legal profession
• Familiarity with the Cryptologic Dissemination Review Committee (CDRC)
• Operational SIGINT experience (i.e. CNO, NCSC and Analytics experience)
• Experience as a SIGINT analyst/reporter/auditor
• Jira familiarity
• Strong oral, written and interpersonal communications skills
• Ability to work independently and within a team setting to complete assigned tasks on schedule
• Flexible/easily adaptable within a dynamic work environment
• Should be comfortable guiding people without having influence over them

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 include 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 is hiring a Mission Management Support Systems Engineer, to join our Cyber Mission business unit in Jessup, MD. As a systems engineer on our team, you will support one of the largest enterprise-wide engineering contracts within the Intelligence Community. This is a full‑time position requiring 1880 hours of support per year; and work is performed at a customer location.

As a Mission Management Support Systems Engineer on our team, you will support a cryptologic dissemination customer in modernizing the process by which auto‑dissemination proposals are adjudicated for approval. You will need to be able to understand/learn the data flows between systems; and learn how data is transformed, checked and manipulated to support dissemination adjudicators in getting the information and artifacts needed to verify that described controls and interfaces meet policy, oversight and compliance requirements, as well as any requirements specifically levied by the adjudicating body.

In addition, you will:

• Compile and review dissemination obligations stemming from law and policy opinions from the client's general counsel, and prior adjudications.
• Help the client define processes by which requestors may efficiently determine whether their proposal will be prohibited, allowed, or subject to adjudication.
• Create artifacts to assist requestors and adjudicators in understanding and performing their duties relative to the defined process.