Systems Engineer, Architect, and Requirements Engineer

Peraton; Chantilly (VA); Sur place; USD 112 000 - 179 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Peraton in Chantilly, VA is seeking Systems Engineers / Architecture & Requirements Engineers to support system-level engineering across a complex platform. These engineers will contribute to requirements analysis, architecture development, interface definition, and technical planning across the lifecycle.

The ideal candidate works across software, cloud, infrastructure, networking, security, and data teams, ensuring traceability, MBSE, and rigorous technical reviews.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph.
• Approximately 6–10 years of experience in systems engineering, requirements engineering, architecture, integration, or a related technical discipline.
• BS and 6 years of experience. An additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Demonstrated experience with requirements analysis, system interfaces, architecture, and technical documentation.
• Ability to work across multiple technical disciplines, including software, cloud, infrastructure, networking, security, and data.
• Experience supporting system-level integration and technical reviews.
• Experience with requirements traceability, technical planning, or change-impact analysis.
• Strong analytical, technical writing, and communication skills.

Responsabilités

• Analyze and decompose technical objectives into clear, actionable engineering requirements.
• Develop and maintain traceability between requirements, architecture, interfaces, implementation, and verification evidence.
• Evaluate proposed requirement changes and assess technical, schedule, interface, and operational impacts.
• Coordinate requirements interpretation and clarification with platform owners, engineering teams, and customer stakeholders.
• Support requirements baselining and ongoing management as technical and mission needs evolve.
• Develop and maintain architecture artifacts, interface descriptions, dependency views, and supporting technical documentation.
• Support the definition of APIs, service interfaces, trust relationships, data exchanges, and cross-platform dependencies.
• Analyze relationships between systems and platforms to identify technical dependencies, integration points, and potential impacts.
• Conduct engineering trade studies and document technical recommendations, decisions, and associated rationale.
• Support architecture modeling and MBSE activities where appropriate.
• Partner with architecture and integration teams to ensure system-level technical decisions are reflected in requirements and engineering documentation.
• Prepare for and support architecture, requirements, design, and technical review activities.
• Track technical actions, interface issues, engineering decisions, and review findings through closure.
• Coordinate with Integration & Test Engineers to ensure requirements have clear, measurable, and verifiable criteria.
• Support configuration management and change-impact analysis for evolving platform services and capabilities.
• Evaluate proposed technical changes for impacts across requirements, interfaces, architecture, implementation, and verification.
• Collaborate across software, cloud, infrastructure, networking, cybersecurity, data, and platform engineering disciplines.
• Support technical planning and system-level integration activities across interconnected platforms.
• Identify gaps, inconsistencies, and dependencies across engineering artifacts and work with technical teams to resolve them.
• Translate complex technical information into clear engineering documentation and recommendations for technical and customer stakeholders.

Connaissances

TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph

Formation

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Outils

SysML

UAF

MBSE

Cameo

Description du poste

Responsibilities

We are seeking Systems Engineers / Architecture & Requirements Engineers to support system-level engineering across a complex, interconnected platform environment. These engineers will contribute to requirements analysis, architecture development, interface definition, technical planning, traceability, change-impact analysis, and technical reviews across the platform lifecycle.

Working closely with architecture and integration leadership, this role will help translate customer objectives into actionable engineering requirements and ensure those requirements remain connected to architecture, interfaces, implementation, and verification. The ideal candidate is comfortable working across multiple technical disciplines and can bridge the details between software, cloud, infrastructure, networking, security, and data engineering teams.

Responsibilities

Requirements Engineering

• Analyze and decompose technical objectives into clear, actionable, and implementable engineering requirements.

• Develop and maintain traceability between requirements, architecture, interfaces, implementation, and verification evidence.

• Evaluate proposed requirement changes and assess technical, schedule, interface, and operational impacts.

• Coordinate requirements interpretation and clarification with platform owners, engineering teams, and customer stakeholders.

• Support requirements baselining and ongoing management as technical and mission needs evolve.

Architecture & Interface Engineering

• Develop and maintain architecture artifacts, interface descriptions, dependency views, and supporting technical documentation.

• Support the definition of APIs, service interfaces, trust relationships, data exchanges, and cross-platform dependencies.

• Analyze relationships between systems and platforms to identify technical dependencies, integration points, and potential impacts.

• Conduct engineering trade studies and document technical recommendations, decisions, and associated rationale.

• Support architecture modeling and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) activities where appropriate.

• Partner with architecture and integration teams to ensure system-level technical decisions are reflected in requirements and engineering documentation.

Technical Reviews & Change Management

• Prepare for and support architecture, requirements, design, and technical review activities.

• Track technical actions, interface issues, engineering decisions, and review findings through closure.

• Coordinate with Integration & Test Engineers to ensure requirements have clear, measurable, and verifiable criteria.

• Support configuration management and change-impact analysis for evolving platform services and capabilities.

• Evaluate proposed technical changes for impacts across requirements, interfaces, architecture, implementation, and verification.

Cross-Discipline Systems Engineering

• Collaborate across software, cloud, infrastructure, networking, cybersecurity, data, and platform engineering disciplines.

• Support technical planning and system-level integration activities across interconnected platforms.

• Identify gaps, inconsistencies, and dependencies across engineering artifacts and work with technical teams to resolve them.

• Translate complex technical information into clear engineering documentation and recommendations for technical and customer stakeholders.

Location: This position is fully onsite in Chantilly, VA.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph.

• Approximately 6-10 years of experience in systems engineering, requirements engineering, architecture, integration, or a related technical discipline.

• BS and 6 years of experience. An additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.

• Demonstrated experience with requirements analysis, system interfaces, architecture, and technical documentation.

• Ability to work across multiple technical disciplines, including software, cloud, infrastructure, networking, security, and data.

• Experience supporting system-level integration and technical reviews.

• Experience with requirements traceability, technical planning, or change-impact analysis.

• Strong analytical, technical writing, and communication skills.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with SysML, UAF, or Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE).

• Experience with Cameo or comparable systems modeling tools.

• NRO or Intelligence Community architecture standards or mission engineering experience.

• Experience with API and interface design.

• Experience with hybrid cloud and Kubernetes environments.

• Experience with requirements-management tools and formal requirements traceability practices.

Peraton Overview

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 do the can't be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Target Salary Range

$112,000 - $179,000. 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.

EEO

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