Systems Engineer – Standards / Technical Specifications

Peraton; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton in Bethesda, MD is seeking a Systems Engineer (Standards / Technical Specifications) to design, develop, evaluate, and modify end-to-end systems and systems-oriented products through their life cycle.

You will translate high level product development strategies into system requirement specifications, establish standards, and work with multi-discipline teams to ensure traceability and verification against government and client requirements.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph.
• On-site full-time work in Bethesda, Maryland.
• Typically requires BS degree with 8-12 years of relevant experience or MS with 6-10 years; exchange possible for degree requirements.
• Strong knowledge of standard software development processes including DevOps, requirements engineering, coding, documentation, configuration management, QA, integration, and testing.
• Experience with Protégé and OWL.
• Demonstrated ability to build code collaboratively in team environments.
• Excellent communication skills to translate technical insights into actionable recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Designs, develops, evaluates, and modifies end-to-end systems and system-oriented products through their life cycle.
• Generates quantifiable requirements from customer description, system planning, design, and acquisition logistics.
• Ensures requirements comply with client requirements and government standards through formal verification methods.
• Translates high level product development strategies into system requirement specifications and collaborates with multi-discipline teams to develop detailed requirements.
• Establishes and coordinates the development of standards, practices, and procedures related to overall product development.
• Designs interfaces and integrates system elements to function as a whole.

Skills

DevOps

Requirements engineering

Coding

Documentation

Configuration management

Quality assurance

Integration

Testing

Strong communication

Education

BS degree

Master's degree

Tools

Protégé

OWL

Job description

Required Qualifications:

• Active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph.
• Ability to work on-site full-time in the Bethesda, Maryland area.
• Typically requires BS degree and 8-12 years of prior relevant experience or master's degree with 6-10 years of prior relevant experience. An additional four years of experience may be exchanged for Bachelor's degree requirements.
• Strong knowledge of standard software development processes, such as DevOps, requirements engineering, coding, documentation, configuration management, quality assurance, integration, and testing.
• Experience with relevant tools and languages, such as Protégé and OWL.
• Demonstrated ability to build code collaboratively in team environments.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate technical insights into actionable recommendations and present them orally or in writing.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with automation pipelines.
• Basic coding skills in Python or Java.
• Master’s degree in a relevant field.
• Five or more years of experience working with or in the Intelligence Community (IC).
• Familiarity with U.S. Government information sharing frameworks, policies, and interoperability requirements.
• Familiarity with system modeling and Unified Modeling Language (UML).

Peraton is seeking a Systems Engineer (Standards / Technical Specifications) to join our team in Bethesda, MD! Using a holistic approach, designs, develops, evaluates, and modifies end-to-end systems and systems-oriented products through their entire life cycle. Generates quantifiable requirements based on customer description, system planning and design, and acquisition logistics. Ensures requirements comply with client requirements and government standards through formal verification methods. Translates high level product development strategies into system requirement specifications and works with other engineering disciplines to develop lower-level detailed implementation requirements. Establishes and coordinates development of standards, practices, and procedures as related to the overall product development. Designs interfaces and brings system elements together, so they work as a whole. Assesses performance using evaluation criteria and technical performance measures. Customer liaison and support for business development activities and to understand and shape requirements. Participates in system conceptual design and documentation of the design concepts. Translates high level product development strategies into system requirement specifications and works with multi-discipline engineering teams to develop lower-level detailed requirements. Participates in design reviews of components (hardware and software) to ensure applicability to the current system and traceability of requirements through compliance verification and validation. Generates system level requirements verification procedures and customer acceptance test procedures. Reviews test plans/procedures and ensures they meet the objectives of the contractual requirements and participates in the testing process to validate requirements.