Requirements Engineer

Peraton; Herndon (VA); Remote; USD 66,000 - 106,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Requirements Engineer for a 100% remote role in the United States. You will elicit, analyze, and document system requirements, acting as SME for the customer and development teams across multiple applications.

You will ensure clear, testable user stories and acceptance criteria throughout an agile environment. Qualifications include 5 years as a business systems analyst with a BS/BA, 3 years with MS/MA, and eligibility for Public Trust clearance, plus strong writing,

Qualifications

• BS/BA required; MS/MA preferred.
• US citizenship required; ability to obtain Public Trust.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Experience with process documentation.
• Strong problem solving and technical writing skills.

Responsibilities

• Elicit, understand, analyze, and document system requirements.
• Serve as SME for customer and development teams on functional elements.
• Document and review requirements for multiple applications.
• Interface with stakeholders to ensure consistent user stories.
• Oversee functional and non‑functional requirements across products.
• Manage and verify requirements; create testable criteria.
• Coordinate with functional and technical teams in an agile process.

Skills

Business analysis

Requirement elicitation

Agile processes

Technical writing

Stakeholder communication

US citizenship

Education

BS/BA

MS/MA

CCBA

SAFe Agilist 4.0

Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt

Job description

Requirements Engineer

Job Locations

US

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.

Responsibilities

Peraton is seeking a motivated Requirement Engineer. This position is 100% remote.

The position will perform the following duties, but not limited too:

• Charged with working with the project stakeholders and end users to elicit, understand, analyze, and document the requirements for a system to solve a given business problem.
• Operate as a subject matter expert (SME) resource for the customer and the software development teams with regards to the functional elements of our product, including solution support for existing functionality and generating enhancement requirements for system improvement
• Documents, analyzes, and reviews software requirements for a large software development team responsible for development, testing, installation, customer interface and O&M activities for several applications supporting the classification of data and documents.
• Responsible for interfacing with multiple stakeholders to assess and understand the requirements to ensure that user stories are consistent and applicable across all products.
• Responsible for overseeing functional and non-functional requirements for multiple products within the project team.
• The primary duties include managing and verifying requirements; capturing detailed descriptions of user needs and product functionality; and ensuring the project team has clear, consistent, and testable requirements documented in user stories and completion criteria.
• Reconciles conflicts; decomposes high-level information into the appropriate level of detail for team members; and participates in peer reviews of requirements documentation.
• Operate as the liaison between the functional and technical resources and participate in the agile software development process for the creation of system functionality; including upgrades, system modifications, day-to-day problem analysis, and issue tracking to enhance our integration.

Qualifications

• 5 years as a business systems analyst with BS/BA; 3 years with MS/MA; 0 years with PhD
• Must be a US citizen
• Ability to obtain Public Trust clearance
• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• Knowledge in generating process documentation
• Strong problem solving, written and verbal communication skills, including technical writing skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Business Analyst Certified CCBA -Certification of Competency in Business Analysis (CCBA), Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt or equivalent certification.
• Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Agilist 4.0 certified or equivalent certification

Target Salary Range

$66,000 - $106,000. 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.

Benefits Statement

Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at https://www.careers.peraton.com/benefits.

EEO

EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.