Senior Principal Systems Engineer – 24/7 Enterprise IT

Peraton; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 176,000 - 282,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Systems Engineer, Principal to be the primary technical authority for strategic design, implementation, and 24/7 operational excellence of the IT Enterprise Infrastructure for a national intelligence program in Northern Virginia.

The role requires extensive IT infrastructure leadership, deep virtualization and cloud expertise, and certification prerequisites. Expect travel within NCR; proposal effort.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with ability to obtain a Poly level clearance.
• 16+ years IT infrastructure experience with 4+ years in lead or principal engineering capacity.
• 10+ years of progressive IT infra experience; strong virtualization and cloud skills.
• CISSP or Security+ certification required.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary technical authority for strategic design, implementation, and 24/7 operations.
• Define and maintain multi-year infrastructure roadmaps and modernization efforts.
• Lead engineering strategy for data centers, cloud, and network services with a focus on Refresh.
• Bridge architecture and hands-on implementation to ensure zero downtime and security.
• Lead Governance: engineering standards, peer reviews, and cybersecurity compliance.
• Oversee cloud migrations, data center modernization, and global networking with high availability.
• Drive incidents, problem, and change management and root-cause analysis.
• Lead training for new technologies and automation of provisioning/scaling.
• Drive infrastructure transition to automated provisioning and scaling.

Skills

TS/SCI clearance with poly

Communication to executives

Strategic design and modernization

Education

Bachelor’s degree; Master’s with 14 yrs exp or PhD with 10 yrs exp; 4 yrs substitute

Tools

VMware

KVM

Kubernetes

Cloud orchestration

Job description

Peraton is seeking a Systems Engineer, Principal to be the primary technical authority for strategic design, implementation, and 24/7 operational excellence of the IT Enterprise Infrastructure for a national intelligence program in Northern Virginia.

The role requires extensive IT infrastructure leadership, deep virtualization and cloud expertise, and certification prerequisites. Expect travel within NCR; proposal effort.