Senior Mission Management Support Systems Engineer

Peraton; Maryland; On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Senior Mission Management Support Systems Engineer in Jessup, MD to join our Cyber Mission business unit. You will lead and perform systems engineering activities across the MMIP, asset management, and transition/decommissioning efforts for high‑security government programs.

Required are a bachelor’s degree (or higher) in a related field and at least 20 years of systems engineering experience, with an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or related discipline with at least 20 years of systems engineering experience.
• Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.
• Experience supporting government security programs and transition/decommissioning activities.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate across MMIP-funded organizations, providing integration support for T&D activities and validated requirements.
• Evaluate SIGINT methodologies against mission requirements and support process improvements.
• Lead technical analysis of JIRA tickets and develop detailed ahead plans for resource-limited scenarios.
• Coordinate internal actions, test and evaluation, and external coordination with government/industry partners.
• Support mission operations and decommissioning for legacy systems transitioning to newer technology.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements gathering

Technical leadership

Engineering oversight

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/IS

Tools

JIRA

Job description

Individual Capabilities/Experience Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or other related discipline plus at least 20 years of systems engineering experience. A Master’s degree or PhD may be substituted for two years of experience. A high school diploma or GED plus 24 years of systems engineering experience would also be acceptable.
• Position requires an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph

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.

Peraton is hiring a Senior Mission Management Support Systems Engineer to join our Cyber Mission business unit in Jessup, MD. As a Systems Engineer on our team, you will support one of the largest enterprise‑wide engineering contracts within the Intelligence Community. This is a full‑time position requiring 1880 hours of support per year; and work is performed at a customer location.

As a Senior Mission Management Support Systems Engineer, you will support customer Mission Management Investment Portfolio (MMIP) that develops and directs technical engagements with external customers and stakeholders and manages the delivery of products and information services. You will provide a wide range of systems engineering and technical services to encompass requirements generation, program engineering oversight, transitioning and decommissioning (T&D) activities.

Task Activities:

• Collaborate across MMIP-funded organizations, providing integration support to assist with T&D activities identified and specified by the Government Lead MMIP Manager. Coordinate with other offices on validated requirements and the development of trade‑offs, engineering analysis, risk assessments, and implementation methods.
• Evaluate Directorate’s proposed SIGINT methodologies against existing mission requirements set for accuracy, proper configuration principles and completeness. Design and assist in implementing process improvement methodologies to engineering teams and engineering management processes that focus on how to design, develop and manage complex systems over the life cycle.
• Serve as the lead technical expert in coordination and analysis of current JIRA tickets, and develop detailed way‑ahead plans to enable process completion (requirement urgency, schedule and availability of resources). Work to discover the technical problems and help identify the most probable or highest impact failures that can occur, and work to mitigate with associate teams.
• Coordinate internal technical actions, to include test and evaluation, engagement with both internal and external government and industry partners. Apply a keen focus to understanding and evaluating inputs and mission impacting considerations from Compliance, MERA, as well as the MMIP and applicable PEOs for technical scoping and resource concerns pertinent to technical strategy. Engage, assess and document external coordination.
• Support mission operations and capability development systems teams including Programs Managers, Technical Leads, Mission Leads, and Systems Engineers of MMIP systems with transitioning activities for legacy mission systems to replacement or newer technology systems and decommissioning systems which no longer provide needed functionality or which cannot continue to be sustained.
• Capture, define, and clarify user and system requirements as needed or system and process requirements derived from existing systems and processes. Coordinate the resolution of action items from Configuration Control Board meetings, design reviews, program reviews, and test validation and verification reviews that require cross-discipline coordination. #MDFSP #AJCM