Senior Systems Engineering & PM Advisor (TS/SCI)

Peraton

Chantilly (VA)

On-site

USD 146,000 - 234,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401(k)

Paid time off

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a highly skilled Systems Engineer / Technical Project Manager to deliver and manage a portfolio of technical solutions for national security programs. The role emphasizes rigorous project management, requirements gathering, and cross-functional execution across teams and vendors.

The candidate will coordinate complex IT projects, maintain schedules, and communicate progress to Sponsor leadership.

Qualifications

Must possess and be able to maintain a TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
Minimum of 8 years with a related technical BS/BA.
Demonstrated ability to work proactively in ambiguous environments, bringing structure, clarity, and stability.
Demonstrated experience gathering and developing business requirements, and visualizing content that would provide an enhanced understanding of the information.
Demonstrated experience utilizing Agile methodologies to improve management of requirements and delivery of functions.
Demonstrated experience managing and integrating across multiple high priority projects with competing priorities as well as common or overlapping needs.
Proven expertise balancing project schedules and identifying/tracking risks, issues, and opportunities.
Demonstrated experience collaborating within project teams and across organizations on critical tasks.
Demonstrated experience deconflicting project resources and other dependencies and elevating when appropriate.
Demonstrated experience with attention to detail, strong organizational skills and the ability to independently manage and prioritize multiple tasks to ensure deadlines are met.

Responsibilities

Perform all aspects of project management including project initiation, creation of project plan and schedule, conduct TEMs, assemble clear documentation, and interact with stakeholders.
Perform overall management of the specific technical projects and ensuring solutions and schedules are implemented in a timely manner, risks identified early, and issues tackled efficiently.
Work with management, Sponsor divisions, facilities, and service providers to define requirements.
Oversee day-to-day activities, identify dependencies and blockers, develop timelines, presentations, deliverables, PMPs, and risk management plans.
Facilitate/coordinate with other developers, guide the team, and advise Sponsor leadership on administrative aspects outside the PM's scope.
Manage projects from initiation to completion.
Lead, monitor, and track IT projects using Sponsor tools including MS Project, Confluence, HIVE, and JIRA.
Create and brief quad charts and presentations, capture meeting minutes, conduct control gates, brief status to Senior Management.