Senior Systems Architect | TS/SCI Clearance

Peraton; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 146,000 - 234,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton in Chantilly, VA is seeking a seasoned systems engineer with active TS/SCI clearance to identify risks, assess capabilities, and translate requirements into technical solutions. The role requires extensive experience in systems engineering, risk analysis, and agile software development aligned with sponsor frameworks.

The candidate will develop end-to-end system verification, create engineering documentation, and collaborate across organizations to implement mitigations and improvements.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph.
• Minimum of 12 years with BS/BA; minimum of 10 years with MS/MA; minimum of 7 years with Ph.D.; an additional four years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree.

Responsibilities

• Identify technical, CI, and operational risks, vulnerabilities, and single points of failure, and recommend mitigations.
• Study the feasibility and vulnerability of new technical collection capabilities and analyze gaps.
• Assess emerging and commercial off the shelf technologies in support of operational requirements and applications.
• Evaluate, validate, and analyze technical development compliance with stated requirements.
• Integrate, test, verify, and validate end-to-end systems.
• Develop data models, diagrams, flow charts, and other system engineering-related documentation to problem-solve, identify improvements, create standards, and facilitate cross-organizational collaboration.
• Translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Perform technical trades and analyses in support of requirements development.
• Study capability feasibility and vulnerability studies and gap analyses.
• Apply an agile approach to software development consistent with the Sponsor's project management and software development frameworks.

Skills

Active TS/SCI clearance

Education

BS/BA

MS/MA

PhD

Job description

Peraton in Chantilly, VA is seeking a seasoned systems engineer with active TS/SCI clearance to identify risks, assess capabilities, and translate requirements into technical solutions. The role requires extensive experience in systems engineering, risk analysis, and agile software development aligned with sponsor frameworks.

The candidate will develop end-to-end system verification, create engineering documentation, and collaborate across organizations to implement mitigations and improvements.