Senior Cyber Systems Lead On-Site • TS/SCI Poly

Peraton; College Park (MD); On-site; USD 176,000 - 282,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton Labs is seeking a Senior Tech Lead - Cyber Systems Engineer to guide a multi-disciplinary team in a complex, security-focused environment. The role is on-site near College Park, MD, with direct customer engagement and subcontractor coordination.

The ideal candidate has 20+ years in systems engineering, strong Linux/Windows admin experience, and expertise in security practices and automation. A current TS/SCI w/ Polygraph is required.

Qualifications

• 20+ years of experience in planning and leading Systems Engineering; five years may substitute a bachelor's degree, for a total of 25 years of experience
• 5+ years of experience with large complex engineering systems across multiple disciplines (electrical, computer, software, telecom, info security, networking)
• Proven success leading multi-discipline technical teams as hands-on contributor
• Strong Linux and Windows administration background (build/configure/harden/troubleshoot)
• Experience implementing security best practices
• Proficiency in automation/scripting (PowerShell, Bash, Python) and configuration management
• Strong customer communication skills (written and verbal) and ability to translate issues into risk statements
• Ability to plan work, drive accountability, manage technical risk, and make sound engineering tradeoffs
• This position requires an active/current TS/SCI w/ Polygraph.

Responsibilities

• Act as the senior technical authority for system architecture, engineering decisions, and operation execution across multi-domain environments
• Lead and coordinate teams of internal and subcontractor personnel across research and infrastructure teams, ensuring infrastructure needs align with execution of research
• Provide hands-on engineering support for root-cause analysis, performance tuning, reliability improvements, and lifecycle modernization
• Engineer and maintain secure system baselines for a multi-OS environment, including hardening, patching, config management, and privileged access control
• Drive compliance and continuous security posture improvements aligned to RMF/NIST controls, policies, and security plans
• Partner with compliance stakeholders to implement and validate technical controls and ensure audit readiness
• Lead design, development, integration, and delivery of IT and telecommunications systems/solutions
• Oversee network and systems operations: segmentation, routing/switching/WAN considerations, DNS/DHCP, firewall rulesets, and zero-trust patterns
• Establish operational practices: monitoring/alerting, backup/restore, capacity planning, and change control
• Serve as a primary technical interface to the customer: brief status, risks, architecture decisions, and tradeoffs
• Direct subcontract personnel and coordinate across stakeholders to deliver outcomes on schedule with high technical quality

Skills

Scripting: PowerShell

Scripting: Bash

Scripting: Python

Linux administration

Windows administration

Security best practices

Customer communication

Technical leadership

TS/SCI with Polygraph

Job description

Peraton Labs is seeking a Senior Tech Lead - Cyber Systems Engineer to guide a multi-disciplinary team in a complex, security-focused environment. The role is on-site near College Park, MD, with direct customer engagement and subcontractor coordination.

The ideal candidate has 20+ years in systems engineering, strong Linux/Windows admin experience, and expertise in security practices and automation. A current TS/SCI w/ Polygraph is required.