Senior Analytics and Visualization Engineer

Peraton Labs, Inc.; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 104,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton Labs is seeking a Senior Analytics & Visualization Engineer to design and develop decision-support dashboards that transform complex program, operational, schedule, requirements, risk, and aviation data into clear, trusted insights.

The role blends dashboard development, analytics, product thinking, and stakeholder communication to deliver AI-enabled workflows, prototype rapidly, validate outputs, and briefing executives.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience with a BS/BA, 6+ years with an MS/MA, or 3+ years with a PhD in data/CS/analytics.
• Proficiency with Python, SQL, JavaScript, TypeScript, or R.
• Experience with dashboard/visualization platforms and data sources.
• Knowledge of data visualization principles and usability.
• Familiarity with LLMs, prompt engineering, AI-assisted code generation.
• Experience delivering production dashboards and decision-support products.
• Ability to translate stakeholder needs into analytic outputs.
• Strong communication and analytical judgment; US Citizenship with FAA trust.

Responsibilities

• Translate stakeholder needs into dashboard concepts, metrics, and workflows.
• Define KPIs, thresholds, scoring logic, and analytics methods.
• Assess data quality, lineage, and usability.
• Analyze structured and semi-structured data for trends and insights.
• Collaborate with data teams, engineers, and stakeholders.
• Define dashboard information architecture and user views.
• Develop, test, and maintain dashboards and analytic apps.
• Validate AI-generated code, queries, and metrics.
• Create data narratives and actionable recommendations.
• Lead demonstrations and gather user feedback for roadmap.

Skills

Python

SQL

JavaScript

TypeScript

R

Dashboard platforms

Data visualization

LLMs/Prompting

Communication

Education

BS/BA in Data Science or related

MS/MA in related field

PhD in related field

Tools

Tableau

Power BI

Grafana

Plotly

Dash

Streamlit

Superset

Qlik

Looker

D3.js

React

Vega-lite

Highcharts

ArcGIS

Databricks

Snowflake

Azure Synapse

Job description

About Peraton

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 solve the most daunting challenges that our customers face. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.

About Peraton

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 solve the most daunting challenges that our customers face. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.

About The Role

Peraton Labs is seeking a Senior Analytics & Visualization Engineer to support the BNATCS CTO DCC (Digital Command Center) team to design and develop decision-support dashboards that transform complex program, operational, schedule, requirements, risk, and aviation data into clear, trusted, and actionable insights.

The ideal candidate combines dashboard development, analytics, product thinking, and stakeholder communication skills to deliver AI-enabled workflows to rapidly prototype, validate, and deliver DCC capabilities. This role requires someone who can move beyond predefined requirements and shape dashboard concepts, identify meaningful metrics, tell compelling stories through data, and brief technical and executive stakeholders directly.

The most qualified candidates for this position will think like a product strategist, build like an analytics engineer, and communicate like a trusted advisor while maintaining the technical and analytical rigor expected of Digital Command Center products.

Key responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

• Translate ambiguous stakeholder needs and operational questions into dashboard concepts, product requirements, metrics, and analytical workflows
• Define KPIs, thresholds, scoring logic, and analytical methods supporting Digital Command Center products
• Assess data quality, completeness, consistency, timeliness, lineage, and analytical usability
• Analyze structured and semi-structured data to identify trends, dependencies, gaps, anomalies, and decision-relevant insights
• Partner with data teams, systems engineers, AI/ML scientists, and mission stakeholders to ensure data is accurate, traceable, and fit for use
• Define dashboard information architecture, navigation, filters, drilldowns, alerts, and workstream specific views
• Design, develop, test, and maintain interactive dashboards, analytical applications, executive views, and decision-support products using AI, prompt-driven development, low-code tools, visualization platforms, and conventional coding methods as required
• Validate AI-generated code, queries, calculations, metrics, visualizations, and narrative outputs
• Create clear data narratives that explain what happened, why it matters, and what actions stakeholders should consider
• Lead dashboard demonstrations, product reviews, and analytical briefings for technical, program, and executive audiences
• Gather user feedback and translate it into prioritized enhancements, backlog items, and product roadmap recommendations
• Contribute to dashboard standards, reusable templates, visualization components, prompt and memory libraries, metric catalogs, and product documentation

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience with a BS/BA, 6+ years with a MS/MA, or 3+ years with a PhD in Data Science, Computer Science, Information Systems, Analytics, Statistics, Mathematics, Operations Research, Human-Computer Interaction, Data Visualization, or a related technical discipline
• Hands-on proficiency with Python, SQL, JavaScript, TypeScript, R, or similar languages
• Proficiency with one or more dashboard or visualization platforms
• Experience working with relational data, JSON, CSV, Parquet, APIs, and cloud-hosted datasets
• Strong understanding of data visualization, information hierarchy, user interaction, and dashboard usability
• Familiarity with LLMs, prompt engineering, AI-assisted code generation, and human-in-the-loop review
• Experience developing production-quality dashboards, analytical applications, data visualizations, or decision-support products
• Experience defining and validating metrics, KPIs, analytical logic, trend analyses, scoring models, or decision-support methods
• Experience translating operational or stakeholder needs into analytical requirements and measurable outputs
• Ability to inspect, validate, and troubleshoot AI-generated code, queries, metrics, and analytical outputs
• Demonstrated ability to communicate findings-through visual storytelling, concise narratives, and decision-oriented recommendations-to senior leaders, customers, product owners, or operational stakeholders
• Strong analytical judgment, creativity, communication skills, and comfort working with evolving requirements
• US Citizenship with ability to obtain/maintain an FAA Public Trust

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with Tableau, Power BI, Grafana, Plotly, Dash, Streamlit, Superset, Qlik, Looker, D3.js, React, Vega-lite, Highcharts, ECharts, or ArcGIS
• Experience with Databricks, Snowflake, Microsoft Fabric, Azure Synapse, data lakes, data warehouses, or lakehouse architectures
• Familiarity with ETL/ELT, data pipelines, APIs, metadata, lineage, data catalogs, data quality, schemas, or streaming data
• Experience with agentic AI architectures-including RAG, context engineering, tool-using agents, and structured output validation-and frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, or LlamaIndex
• Experience with forecasting, anomaly detection, risk scoring, dependency analysis, schedule analytics, scenario analysis, simulation, optimization, or geospatial analysis
• Experience with product discovery, design thinking, wireframing, prototyping, usability testing, accessibility, Section 508, and color-blind-safe visualization design
• Experience supporting FAA, NAS, aviation, air traffic operations, transportation, defense, command centers, infrastructure modernization, or other safety-critical operational environments

Details

Target Salary Range: $104,000 - $166,000. 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.

Application Statements: The application period for the job is estimated to be 30 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates. By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in the role and the Company. During the review of your application, you may be required to participate in an on-camera interview, as well as participate in a process to verify your identity. Use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools of any kind during Peraton interviews is strictly prohibited unless the candidate has obtained prior written authorization. All interview responses must be the candidate's own.

EEO:

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