Systems Engineer

Peraton; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 104,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton seeks a Senior Systems Engineer in Washington, DC to provide technical and management leadership across the program. You will oversee IT operations, incident response, and ITIL-aligned processes, ensuring rapid detection, escalation, and resolution of issues, while mentoring a large federal IT team.

You will serve as Designated Representative and Deputy Program Manager for IT incident resolution, develop dashboards, and collaborate with government stakeholders to enable secure, reliable

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI security clearance required.
• BS/BA in IT field with 8+ years IT infrastructure experience.
• 8+ years managing complex IT infrastructure environments.
• 8+ years of experience in network operations and systems management.
• Experience interfacing with senior government leadership.
• Current IAT LVL II certification.

Responsibilities

• Managing operations with ITIL-aligned incident, event, and change processes.
• Overseeing incident detection, escalation, and rapid resolution.
• Optimizing IT workflows and workforce education across programs.
• Mentoring IT operations, system administration, and network engineering teams.
• Serving as Designated Representative for the Program and Deputy PM for IT incidents.
• Developing and maintaining dashboards for real-time metrics.
• Leading workforce development across IT operations disciplines.
• Coordinating with government stakeholders on IT incident response.

Skills

TS/SCI Security Clearance

IT Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Education

BS/BA in IT or related field

Tools

IAT LVL II Certification

Job description

About Peraton

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees solve the most daunting challenges that our customers face. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.

About Peraton

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees solve the most daunting challenges that our customers face. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Program Overview

Peraton provides a secure, worldwide, high-performance communications network comprised of real-time interactive applications operating over a dedicated IP backbone with secure services for complex national and worldwide executive-level communications. Peraton provides the O&M of the network infrastructure and its components, integration for development of hardware and software solutions, and task support for the delivery of system, network, software, and security solutions.

About The Role

Peraton provides a secure, worldwide, high-performance communications network comprised of real-time interactive applications operating over a dedicated IP backbone with secure services for complex national and worldwide executive-level communications. Peraton provides the O&M of the network infrastructure and its components, integration for development of hardware and software solutions, and task support for the delivery of system, network, software, and security solutions.

About The Role

Peraton has served as the prime contractor for this program since its inception in the 1980's. We provide high-level government leaders with reliable secure voice, video, and fax communications anytime, anywhere, in any environment in support of day-to-day operations. We support a secure, worldwide, high-performance communications network comprised of real-time interactive applications allowing complex national and worldwide communications. Peraton provides the O&M of the network infrastructure and its components. We provide integration for development of hardware and software solutions, and engineering support for the delivery of system, network, software, and security solutions.

Peraton is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to join our dynamic team in Washington, DC. You will provide technical and management leadership supporting all functions across the program.

The Senior Systems Engineer is responsible for, but not limited to:

• Management of operations, ensuring alignment with event, incident, problem, and change management frameworks.
• Oversight incident detection, escalation, and resolution processes, ensuring rapid response and minimal service disruption.
• Managing and optimizing operational work-flows, including event, incident, problem, and change management, aligned with ITIL best practices.
• Providing workforce education and mentoring to maintain the IT operations, IT System Administration, and Network Engineering culture across programs.
• Serving as the Designated Representative for the Program and Deputy Program Manager to lead IT Incident resolution and representative in their absence.
• Developing and maintaining network and system dashboards for real-time operational and cyber metrics to support enterprise decision-making.
• Providing mentoring and continuous workforce development across IT operations disciplines.
• Serving as the Program Manager's delegate for IT incident response and coordination with government stakeholders.

Qualifications

Required:

• An active/current TS/SCI Security Clearance is required.
• BS/BA degree in an IT related field (or similar technical field) and eight (8+) years relevant experience; 12 years of relevant experience in the above-cited duties may be substituted in lieu of a completed higher education degree.
• 8+ years of experience managing complex IT Infrastructure environments.
• 8+ years of experience in network operations and systems management platforms and solutions.
• Proven experience managing large-scale enterprise IT teams supporting federal programs.
• Experience interfacing with senior government leadership and stakeholders.
• A current/valid IAT LVL II Certification.

Desired:

• Experience leading IT operations in DoD environments.
• Demonstrated ability to drive process improvement, security automation, and operational resilience.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Previous experience working in dynamic large scale DoD IT environments.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and motivate teams in a complex environment.
• Experience in identifying and implementing process improvements efficiencies.
• Excellent teamwork, collaboration, and proactive interactions.
• Ability to operate in high-tempo, mission-driven environments supporting national security.

Details

Target Salary Range: $104,000 - $166,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual's experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

Benefits Statement: Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at https://www.careers.peraton.com/benefits.

EEO:Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.