Senior Systems Integration Engineer – NAS/FENS

Peraton; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 112,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Systems Integration Engineer, SME to drive the delivery of complex NAS network infrastructure for the FAA’s FENS program. Role is 100% on-site in Herndon, VA, with Bowie, MD as an alternate site.

You will turn architectural designs into working IP solutions and coordinate across hardware and software teams. Responsibilities include defining dashboards and KPIs, ensuring reliability and security, and communicating progress to leadership.

Qualifications

• U.S. citizenship with ability to obtain Public Trust clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree with 12+ years of experience or equivalent combination.
• Experience in Integrating LAN/WAN routing protocols (BGP, OSPF), SD-WAN overlays, and security architectures into a unified, scalable enterprise blueprint.
• Experience in designing and executing cutovers, parallel-run, and rollback strategies to migrate legacy WAN circuits and data center links to next-generation SD-WAN platforms with zero unmanaged downtime
• Experience with onboarding and transitioning the network segments/devices to new Enterprise Network Management Tools (e.g., Science Logic, SolarWinds, Splunk, NetScout, Datadog) and maintain full asset visibility and real-time monitoring.
• Experience in Enforcing zero-trust perimeter defenses across external network boundaries, integrating Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFW), DMZ isolation, IDS/IPS, and SASE framework components.
• Experience in deploying temporary and permanent transition gateways to maintain secure connectivity between legacy subnets and target network states during phased cutovers.
• Solid understanding in designing and implementing multi-path service flow monitoring, Application Performance Monitoring (APM to track real-time end-to-end packet performance, jitter, loss, and latency.
• Knowledge in Developing, testing, and standardizing programmatic configuration templates (CLI, SD-WAN policy templates) for automated deployment across routers, switches, transition gateways, and firewalls.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, integration, and testing of systems that support the National Airspace System (NAS). Turn early architecture drawings into working IP network solutions.
• Provide clear technical directions and take ownership of technical tasks and related project activities.
• Assess requirement documents and design the network; communicate the standards to hardware and software engineering teams.
• Define dashboards, key performance indicators (KPIs), and technical reports to verify that new designs and deployments meet required reliability and resilience standards for mission critical aviation data.
• Provide clear, actionable status updates, dashboards, and briefings to stakeholders and senior leadership.
• Proactively identify, track, and mitigate technical risks, dependencies, and bottlenecks, particularly in network deployments.

Skills

Public Trust clearance

LAN/WAN routing

SD-WAN

Zero-trust security

NGFW/IDS/IPS/SASE

Network management tools

Automation templates

Technical risk mitigation

APM monitoring

Cloud/ virtualization

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

Associate’s degree

HS diploma

Tools

Science Logic

SolarWinds

Splunk

NetScout

Datadog

Job description

Peraton is seeking a Systems Integration Engineer, SME to drive the delivery of complex NAS network infrastructure for the FAA’s FENS program. Role is 100% on-site in Herndon, VA, with Bowie, MD as an alternate site.

You will turn architectural designs into working IP solutions and coordinate across hardware and software teams. Responsibilities include defining dashboards and KPIs, ensuring reliability and security, and communicating progress to leadership.