Senior Systems Engineer (TS/SCI) - Data & Cloud Architect

Peraton; United States; On-site; USD 176,000 - 282,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO 25 days

Bonus plan

Job summary

Peraton seeks a senior Systems Engineer/Architect to lead data flows, architecture, and storage within a cloud-based data warehouse. You will guide data ingest, storage, lifecycle management, and legacy data migration while ensuring continuity and compliance.

You will provide status updates to leadership, mentor junior engineers, and act as Scrum Master and Team Lead within an Agile environment, supporting sprint planning and delivery. Strong data analysis skills are required.

Qualifications

• Twenty (20) years experience as a Systems Engineer in similar scope is required.
• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline is required.
• Five (5) years of additional SE experience may substitute for a Bachelor's degree; active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.

Responsibilities

• Serve as SME for data flows, architecture, and storage in a cloud-based data warehouse.
• Provide guidance on data ingest, storage, lifecycle management, and data aging strategies; ensure compliance and data integrity.
• Lead migration of legacy data into modern architectures with continuity and accessibility.
• Deliver regular status updates to senior leadership and engineering stakeholders on health and risks.
• Perform hands-on data analysis to query, tag, preserve, or remove data across large datasets.

Skills

Data architecture SME

AWS experience

TS/SCI clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Systems/CS/IS/Engineering (see text)

Job description

Peraton seeks a senior Systems Engineer/Architect to lead data flows, architecture, and storage within a cloud-based data warehouse. You will guide data ingest, storage, lifecycle management, and legacy data migration while ensuring continuity and compliance.

You will provide status updates to leadership, mentor junior engineers, and act as Scrum Master and Team Lead within an Agile environment, supporting sprint planning and delivery. Strong data analysis skills are required.