Mission Systems Engineer & Integrator

Peraton; United States; On-site; USD 112,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Mission Engineer and Integrator to provide technical expertise and support for CI risk management in foreign intelligence planning and execution. The role involves reviewing requirements, analyzing conditions to select technologies, and contributing to concepts of operations and system upgrades.

You will assess risk, participate in trade studies, and help develop operational procedures while ensuring compliance with sponsor standards.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with relevant polygraph.
• Minimum of 12 years of experience with a BS/BA; Minimum of 10 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 7 years with PhD; an additional four years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Customer-specific experience is required.
• Prior experience with the customer's official messaging system.
• Ability to support mission activities either early in the morning or late in the evening as mission needs require.
• Willing to support OCONUS TDYs from time-to-time.

Responsibilities

• Mission Engineer and Integrator technical expertise and support for CI risk management mission within foreign intelligence operations planning and execution.
• Assist Sponsor personnel conducting risk management and governance responsibilities in reviewing, defining, and clarifying operational requirements
• Analyze situational conditions and constraints to identify appropriate technologies, capabilities, systems, and equipment to meet operational requirements
• Support the generation of, and updates to, concepts of operations
• Provide operational input to the development of new systems, capabilities, and equipment
• Provide tradecraft recommendations and best practices during operations planning, assessment, and approvals
• Ensure technical and operational constraints are communicated and addressed as part of operational planning and execution
• Perform trade studies from testing and evaluation lessons learned, new intelligence gained, and/or operational feedback and provide recommendations for system modifications and upgrades
• Support the development of operational procedures to include identification of mission contingencies
• Provide recommendations with respect to end-to-end system capability gaps affecting usability and operability of systems
• Review all-source reporting on assigned portfolios to produce counterintelligence guidance on inherent or known risks and mitigations surrounding the use of technology
• Perform technical security and risk assessments to identify points of vulnerability and operational security risks, and recommend risk mitigation strategies
• Validate and verify operational and technical requirements
• Use established Sponsor standards and regulations to address system non-compliance and provide recommendations to improve compliance
• Support the deployment of operational technology systems and equipment
• Write or contribute to operational correspondence in various formats and venues.

Job description

Peraton is seeking a Mission Engineer and Integrator to provide technical expertise and support for CI risk management in foreign intelligence planning and execution. The role involves reviewing requirements, analyzing conditions to select technologies, and contributing to concepts of operations and system upgrades.

You will assess risk, participate in trade studies, and help develop operational procedures while ensuring compliance with sponsor standards.