Senior Data & Communications Systems Engineer

Peraton; Mississippi; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Senior Data & Communications Systems Engineer to work onsite at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. You will bridge hardware vendors, software teams, and defense networks to integrate proprietary data APIs and secure data pathways for rapid dissemination to downstream systems.

Applicants should have extensive software development experience and a solid understanding of METOC data flows, secure communications, and data pipeline architectures.

Qualifications

• Minimum degrees/experience as stated: 12+ years with BS/BA; 10+ years with MS/MA; 7+ years with PhD.
• Secret Security Clearance required; strong METOC data knowledge.
• Expert in data integration, visualization, and secure data pathways.

Responsibilities

• Serve as technical liaison between vendors, software teams, and defense networks to integrate data APIs.
• Implement secure data pathways linking ocean platforms to enterprise networks for rapid dissemination.
• Configure secure SATCOM pathways and bi-directional telemetry for platform management.
• Design pipelines to ingest, transform, and load telemetry and sensor data from autonomous platforms.
• Establish secure C2 interfaces for active platform management.

Skills

METOC data flows

Python

Bash

Rust

JavaScript

Secure data pathways

Tools

N-ERDDAP

SATCOM protocols

NetCDF

C2 interfaces

Zero Trust

Job description

What you will need:

• Minimum of 12 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 10 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 7 years with Ph.D.


• Secret Security Clearance


• Software development expertise with a working knowledge with modern programming languages such as Python, Bash, Rust, JavaScript, etc.


• Critical understanding of Meteorology and Oceanography (METOC) data flows and their integration into tactical decision support systems.


• Familiarity with tactical visualization systems, multi-source situational awareness frameworks, and associated data dissemination workflows.


• Clear communicator both written and verbally for collaborating across multi-organizational defense research and operational commands and industry partners

Working knowledge for technical project management:

• NMOC- Environmental Research Division’s Data Access Program (N-ERDDAP)


• Systems engineering for building, deploying, and securing data pathing


• Satellite Ingestion working knowledge with secure military and commercial satellite communication (SATCOM) protocols and telemetry pipelines


• Network Configuration


• Command and Control Integration


• Vendor Technical Integration and Onboarding


• Zero Trust architecture principles


• NetCDF standardized formats


• Communications systems engineering and data pipeline implementation

Peraton is seeking a Senior Data & Communications Systems Engineer to work onsite at the Stennis Space Center.

The Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command (COMNAVMETOCCOM / CNMOC) is beginning the procurement, testing, and evaluation of autonomous ocean platforms, collecting critical, real-time oceanographic and acoustic data.

What you will do:

• Act as the key technical liaison, bridging the gap between hardware vendors, software development teams, and defense networks to integrate their proprietary data APIs.


• Implement secure data pathways that link physical ocean platforms to enterprise command networks, ensuring rapid, automated data dissemination to downstream analytical and defense systems.


• Configure secure satellite communication pathways and implement the bi-directional telemetry architectures required for active platform management and reverse commanding.


• Design and deploy robust pipelines to ingest, transform, and load telemetry and sensor data from autonomous platforms.


• Establish and secure the Command and Control (C2) interfaces required for active platform management and reverse commanding.