Systems Engineer - Sustainment/Digital Engineering

Peraton; Colorado Springs, Northern (CO, KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton seeks a Systems Engineer to support NORAD Cheyenne Mountain Complex operations, delivering integrated, reliable mission systems across space, missile warning, and C2 domains.

You will analyze requirements, perform system integration, and drive lifecycle sustainment while coordinating with software, cybersecurity, and operations teams to improve readiness and reliability in a 24x7 mission environment.

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of relevant experience or a Master’s degree with 3+ years of relevant experience.
• Active security clearance at Secret level with eligibility for Top Secret.
• Experience in DoD/IC/space/missile defense/C2 environments.
• Experience with system integration, sustainment engineering, or technical mission systems.
• Familiarity with SE processes, technical documentation, and lifecycle support.
• Strong troubleshooting and analysis of complex systems in operational settings.
• Experience in Linux and/or Windows environments.
• Ability to collaborate across engineering, software, cybersecurity, integration and operations teams.

Responsibilities

• Support systems engineering activities across the lifecycle including requirements analysis, integration, testing, and modernization.
• Develop and maintain engineering documents, interface definitions, baselines, diagrams, and architecture artifacts.
• Support integration of hardware, software, networks, and mission systems in operational environments.
• Participate in troubleshooting, root cause analysis, performance analysis, and problem resolution.
• Assist sustainment engineering and engineering change activities for mission systems.
• Coordinate with software, cybersecurity, operations, and external stakeholders for mission readiness.
• Support MBSE and digital engineering initiatives where applicable.
• Participate in Agile activities including sprint planning and reviews.
• Support verification, validation, testing, and operational assessments.
• Assist with risk identification, configuration management, and planning efforts.
• Contribute to continuous improvement for reliability and maintainability.

Skills

Security clearance

Systems engineering

System integration

Troubleshooting

Linux/Windows

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

MBSE

Documentation

Job description

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of relevant experience; OR Master's degree with 3+ years of relevant experience.Additional four (4)years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree

• Minimum active Secret clearance with eligibility to obtain a Top Secret clearance after joining the program.

• Experience supporting systems engineering activities within DoD, Intelligence Community, space, missile defense, or command-and-control environments

• Experience supporting system integration, sustainment engineering, or technical mission systems

• Familiarity with systems engineering processes, technical documentation, and lifecycle support activities

• Experience troubleshooting and analyzing complex technical systems in operational environments

• Experience working within Linux and/or Windows environments

• Ability to collaborate across engineering, software, cybersecurity, integration, and operations teams

Desired Qualifications

• Active Top Secret Clearance
• Prior experience supporting NISSC I/II, ITW/AA, NORAD, USNORTHCOM, USSPACECOM, or Cheyenne Mountain Complex programs

• Experience supporting enterprise risk management within strategic warning, space, missile defense, C2, ISR, or cyber mission environments

• Familiarity with RMF, NIST, cybersecurity compliance frameworks, and mission assurance activities

• Experience supporting audit readiness, compliance assessments, and operational process improvement initiatives

• Familiarity with QA/QC methodologies within service-based or operational sustainment environments

• Experience operating within 24×7 mission operations or sustainment programs

• CISSP, CISM, CCSP, Security+, or related certification preferred

• Experience supporting transition activities, program stand-up, or large-scale DoD contract execution efforts

Peraton is seeking incumbent and external qualified candidates to support North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Cheyene Mountain Complex (NCMC) – Integrated Tactical Warning/Attack Assessment (NCMC-ITW/AA) and Space Support Contract III (NISSC III).

Qualified candidates will helpoperate, maintain, and sustain critical national mission systems to deliver resilient strategic threat warning and space capabilities as part of a world-wide architecture, providing strategic warning that our nation depends on during a conflict. This program willprovidean opportunity to exploit the capabilities inherent in our diverse national systems to better meet the needs of the national command authority and warfighters to detect, track, and respond to strategic threats through 2030 and beyond

The Systems Engineer will support systems engineering, integration, sustainment engineering, and digital engineering activities supporting mission-critical NORAD and USSPACECOM operations within the Cheyenne Mountain Complex environment. This role will support requirements analysis, system integration, technical baseline management, modernization, testing, sustainment, and operational engineering efforts across complex space, missile warning, and command-and-control systems. The ideal candidate willpossessexperience supporting complex DoD programs in operational or classified environments while collaborating across software, cybersecurity, integration, and operations teams to improve system reliability, mission readiness, and overall operational effectiveness throughout the program lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Support systems engineering activities throughout the system lifecycle including requirements analysis, integration, testing, deployment, sustainment, and modernization efforts

• Develop and maintain engineering documentation, interface definitions, technical baselines, system diagrams, and architecture artifacts

• Support integration of hardware, software, network, and mission systems across operational environments

• Participate in technical troubleshooting, root cause analysis, system performance analysis, and engineering problem resolution

• Support sustainment engineering and engineering change activities for operational mission systems

• Coordinate with software developers, cybersecurity personnel, operations teams, and external stakeholders to support mission readiness and system reliability

• Support digital engineering and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) initiatives where applicable

• Participate in Agile engineering activities including sprint planning, technical reviews, backlog refinement, and integration planning

• Support verification and validation activities, test planning, and operational assessments

• Assist with risk identification, configuration management, and technical planning efforts

• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives focused on system reliability, scalability, maintainability, and operational effectiveness

Please note that this is contingent upon contract award