Systems Engineering and Management Advisor

Peraton; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 146,000 - 234,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401(k)

Paid time off

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a highly skilled Systems Engineer / Technical Project Manager to deliver and manage a portfolio of technical solutions for national security programs. The role emphasizes rigorous project management, requirements gathering, and cross-functional execution across teams and vendors.

The candidate will coordinate complex IT projects, maintain schedules, and communicate progress to Sponsor leadership.

Qualifications

• Must possess and be able to maintain a TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
• Minimum of 8 years with a related technical BS/BA.
• Demonstrated ability to work proactively in ambiguous environments, bringing structure, clarity, and stability.
• Demonstrated experience gathering and developing business requirements, and visualizing content that would provide an enhanced understanding of the information.
• Demonstrated experience utilizing Agile methodologies to improve management of requirements and delivery of functions.
• Demonstrated experience managing and integrating across multiple high priority projects with competing priorities as well as common or overlapping needs.
• Proven expertise balancing project schedules and identifying/tracking risks, issues, and opportunities.
• Demonstrated experience collaborating within project teams and across organizations on critical tasks.
• Demonstrated experience deconflicting project resources and other dependencies and elevating when appropriate.
• Demonstrated experience with attention to detail, strong organizational skills and the ability to independently manage and prioritize multiple tasks to ensure deadlines are met.

Responsibilities

• Perform all aspects of project management including project initiation, creation of project plan and schedule, conduct TEMs, assemble clear documentation, and interact with stakeholders.
• Perform overall management of the specific technical projects and ensuring solutions and schedules are implemented in a timely manner, risks identified early, and issues tackled efficiently.
• Work with management, Sponsor divisions, facilities, and service providers to define requirements.
• Oversee day-to-day activities, identify dependencies and blockers, develop timelines, presentations, deliverables, PMPs, and risk management plans.
• Facilitate/coordinate with other developers, guide the team, and advise Sponsor leadership on administrative aspects outside the PM's scope.
• Manage projects from initiation to completion.
• Lead, monitor, and track IT projects using Sponsor tools including MS Project, Confluence, HIVE, and JIRA.
• Create and brief quad charts and presentations, capture meeting minutes, conduct control gates, brief status to Senior Management.

Skills

TS/SCI clearance with polygraph

8+ years experience

Agile methodologies

Requirements gathering

Visualize information

Strong communication

Risk management

Team collaboration

Attention to detail

Technical leadership

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering/related

Tools

SharePoint

MS Project

Confluence

HIVE

JIRA

Job description

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.

Responsibilities

The Sponsor's office delivers critical needs at a fast pace to its partners, and coordinates growing out an integrated architecture that both spans across and respects needs of diverse mission areas. The Sponsor's office provides technical support and solution development expertise while seeking to leverage existing technologies using a highlyskilled team. The Systems Engineer will serve as a Technical Project Manager supporting the Branch and will provide support to ensure a portfolio of technical solutions are delivered and implemented consistentwith the vision, on time and within budget. The following responsibilities may not be fully inclusive of the positionresponsibilities:

Responsibilities:

• Perform all aspects of project management including project initiation, creation of project plan and schedule, conduct Technical Exchange Meetings (TEM), assemble clear documentation, and interact with stakeholders.
• Perform overall management of the specific technical (often software-development focused) projects and ensuring that the solutions and schedules are implemented in a timely manner, that risks or opportunitiesare identified early, and that issues are tackled efficiently.
• Work with all levels of management, Sponsor's divisions and branches, facilities, and service providers to proactively define and accurately capture requirements.
• Oversee day-to-day activities, identify dependencies and blockers, develop project timelines, presentations, deliverables, PMPs, and risk management plans.
• Facilitate/coordinate with other developers, help align and guide the team, and advise Sponsor leadership on administrative aspects outside of the PM's scope.
• Manage projects from initiation to completion.
• Lead, monitor, and track IT projects using Sponsor's tools including but not limited to MS Project, Confluence, HIVE, and JIRA.
• Create and brief quad charts and presentations, capture meeting minutes (action items and decisions included), conduct control gates, brief project status, and keep Senior Management apprised of project status.

All personnel coming in to the organization undergo an additional security review that can take anywhere from 7 business days to 45+ days.

Qualifications

Required Skills:

• Must possess and be able to maintain a TS/SCI clearance with polygraph
• Minimum of 8 years with a related technical BS/BA
• Demonstrated ability to work proactively in ambiguous environments, bringing structure, clarity, and stability
• Demonstrated experience gathering and developing business requirements, and visualizing content that would provide an enhanced understanding of the information
• Demonstrated experience utilizing Agile methodologies to improve management of requirementsand deliver of functions
• Demonstrated experiencemanaging and integrating across multiple high priority projects with competing priorities as well a s common or overlapping needs
• Proven expertise balancing project schedules and identifying/tracking risks, issues, and opportunities
• Demonstrated experience collaborating within project teams and across organizations on critical tasks
• Demonstrated experience deconflicting project resources and other dependencies and elevating when appropriate
• Demonstrated experiencein SharePoint, MS Project, Confluence, HIVE, JIRA, and other PM related tools to create user stores, plan sprints, or track work requirements.
• Demonstrated experience with attention to detail, strong organizational skills and the ability to independentlymanage and prioritize multiple tasks to ensure deadlines are met.
• Demonstrated proactive management and communication-stylein technical execution of projects towards strategic goals

Desired Skills:

• Minimum of 10 years of experience and a bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education technicalcertifications or training, or work experience
• Proven expertise working well within a team. Listening and incorporating theirinputs and needs to drive the project to completion. Excellent oral and writtencommunication skills
• Demonstrated experience working in Sponsor community supporting Sponsor's mission requirements and processes
• Demonstrated experience working in IT services management, delivery life-cycles, and aligning technical operations with business value
• Demonstrated experience fostering and facilitating strategicpartnershipsacrossorganizational boundaries to positively impact mission delivery
• Demonstrated experience with leading rapid development IT projects to include but not limited to software development, network, and development of applications in cloud environmentsutilizing Project Management Framework (PMF)
• Demonstrated experience creating project plans, managing scope, schedule and budgets
• Demonstrated leadership skills and support of team members to achieve success
• Certifications:
  • Project Management - PMP certification preferred
  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
  • Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

Target Salary Range

$146,000 - $234,000. 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 athttps://www.careers.peraton.com/benefits.

EEO

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