Senior Systems Engineering

Peraton; Virginia (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days PTO

Subsidized benefits

Bonus plan

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Senior System Engineer to lead multi-discipline requirements and systems engineering efforts on a critical National Security program. You will translate customer needs into system requirements, guide cost estimation, and support security and risk management across NGA-related initiatives.

Location is 100% onsite in Springfield, VA with generous benefits including PTO, subsidized coverage for you and dependents, and a bonus program. Prior NGA/IC/DoW experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or higher in Systems Engineering or related STEM field or 12+ years as a System Engineer.
• 12+ years of work experience in government or industry on DoW/IC Acquisition, Requirements Process, PPBES, or large System of Systems.
• Master's degree in Systems Engineering or related STEM is desirable.
• Experience documenting functional requirements is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assesses IT change requests against current enterprise capabilities, policy and strategy.
• Translates customer needs into derived system/capability requirements.
• Guides working group sessions to document IT functional requirements for cost estimation and implementation.
• Performs planning and traceability of user requirements and processes to improve systems.
• Assists with analyses and recommendations on solutions to satisfy customer needs.
• Supports user acceptance testing of corporate applications.
• Assists with government system implementation activities.
• Supports strategic technical planning, project management, and risk management of corporate applications.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements engineering

Documentation

Stakeholder coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering or related STEM

Master's degree in Systems Engineering or related STEM

Job description

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.

Required:

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Systems Engineering or in related technical or scientific fields such as engineering, physics, mathematics, operations research, engineering management, Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or related STEM degree program, or 12+ years of work experience as a System Engineer.
• 12+ years of work experience in government or industry. Relevant work area(s) include: DoW/IC Acquisition Process, Requirements Process, PPBES Process or system engineering of large complex System of Systems or Service Oriented Architecture/Cloud environments

Desired:

• Master's degree in Systems Engineering or in related technical or scientific fields such as engineering, physics, mathematics, operations research, engineering management, Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or related STEM degree program.
• Demonstrated experience documenting functional requirements.
• Previous NGA, IC or DoW program/project work experience

Senior-level System Engineers employ a multi-discipline approach to requirements engineering, solutions engineering, scheduling, reliability, resiliency, services development, integration, test and evaluation, maintainability and analysis across the NGA to ensure timely and accurate execution of corporate mission and functions.

Duties include:

• Assesses corporate IT change requests against current enterprise capabilities, policy and strategy.
• Assists in the translation of customer needs into derived system/capability requirements.
• Guides working group sessions with stakeholders to identify and document IT functional requirements to inform solution cost estimating and implementation by the service provider.
• Performs planning, analysis/traceability of user requirements, procedures, and problems to automate or improve existing business systems or workflows.
• Performs capability needs assessment to make recommendations to the government on if a material or non-material solution is best suited to satisfy customer’s needs.
• Supports performing user acceptance testing of corporate application capabilities.
• Assists the Government with systems implementation activities.
• Assists with Analysis of Alternatives, Course of Actions, or Engineering Assessments.
• Assists the Government in strategic technical planning, project management, system engineering, and risk management of corporate applications or services.
• Assists the Government in managing customer capability change requests (CRQ), related requirements documentation and activities in a centralized portal/database.

Location: This position is 100% onsite in Springfield, Virginia. Remote or hybrid work is not available.