Senior High Performance Computing Systems Engineer

Peraton; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 146,000 - 234,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Heavily subsidized employee benefits

25 days of PTO

Attractive bonus plan

Job summary

Peraton is hiring a Senior Systems Engineer in Fort Meade, Maryland to manage a critical High Performance Computing program vital for national security. Responsibilities include providing technical direction, developing architectures, and conducting system requirements reviews.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience in systems engineering, an active TS/SCI clearance, and knowledge in HPC or cloud technologies. This position offers a competitive salary range and excellent employee benefits, including 25 days of PTO and eligibility for bonuses.

Qualifications

• 15 years of relevant systems engineering experience or equivalent.
• Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph required.
• Ability to analyze HPC system performance.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate management of a large High Performance Computing program.
• Provide technical direction for system development and engineering.
• Conduct systems requirements reviews and develop system architectures.

Skills

High Performance Computing

Cloud technologies

Systems engineering

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering field

Job description

Responsibilities

Peraton is hiring a Senior Systems Engineer to facilitate the government customer's management of a large High Performance Computing (HPC) related program. This program is on the cutting edge and includes everything from HPC test planning and execution, architecture design and prototyping, and vendor outreach and collaboration support.

Program technical areas include commercial cloud technologies, high performance computing, and enterprise architecture. The program is tactically important to the national security of the United States and the work on these missions are frequently recognized for their results and the Program Integrator will be directly involved in ensuring the government is successful in achieving their planned objectives of this growing, high-profile program.

The Systems Engineer will provide technical direction for the development, engineering, interfacing, integration, and testing of all components of complex hardware/software systems to include requirements elicitation, analysis and functional allocation, conducting systems requirements reviews, developing concepts of operation and interface standards, developing system architectures, and performing technical/non-technical assessment and management, as well as end-to-end flow analysis. #AJCM #MDFSP

Qualifications

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in a qualified engineering field or a related discipline from an accredited college or university plus fifteen (15) years of relevant systems engineering experience, OR
  • A Master’s degree OR PhD in a qualified engineering field or a related discipline from an accredited college or university plus thirteen (13) years of relevant systems engineering experience, OR
  • A High School Diploma or GED plus nineteen (19) years of relevant systems engineering experience, OR
• Position requires an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience in one of these two areas would be a significant plus:
  • extensive high performance computing experience sufficient to analyze HPC system performance, OR
  • experience transitioning applications to the cloud.

Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program, which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and eligible to participate in an attractive bonus plan.

Target Salary Range

$146,000 - $234,000. 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.

EEO

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