Systems Engineering, TS/SCI w/Poly

Peraton; Maryland; On-site; USD 146,000 - 234,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

PTO 25 days per year

Bonus plan eligibility

Job summary

Peraton is seeking an experienced Help Desk Lead to oversee a suite of data-management applications and customer support活动. The role requires strong communication, technical troubleshooting, and the ability to coordinate across engineering and application teams.

You will manage Jira workflows, document incidents in Confluence, and ensure timely issue resolution while maintaining security and compliance standards. This is a high-impact position within a national security program.

Qualifications

• 14 years of experience as a SE in programs/contracts of similar scope.
• Strong verbal and written communication with customers and end users.
• Provides Tier 1 and Tier 2 IT help desk support and escalation.
• Experience with Jira and Confluence for incident tracking and docs.
• TS/SCI clearance with polygraph required.

Responsibilities

• Lead management of help desk requests and Jira tickets, ensuring timely resolution.
• Provide technical support for Data Management applications and access management.
• Collaborate with Systems/Software Engineers and external teams to troubleshoot.
• Document incidents and requests in Jira and Confluence across platforms.
• Manage lifecycle of Jira tickets from intake to closure.
• Coordinate deployments, upgrades, config changes, and security patching.
• Attend meetings to report status and gather requirements.
• Monitor help desk performance and drive process improvements.
• Generate weekly/monthly operational and performance metrics.

Skills

Strong communication

Self-starter

Verbal and written communication

Problem solving

Collaborative

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in System Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Five years SE experience substitutable for degree

Tools

Jira

Confluence

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

Provides IC data management support to modernize mega data repositories, dataflow management, data provenance and compliance validation, and streaming solutions.

About The Role

The Task Order (TTO) supports a suite of web-based applications that automate data management processes for Intelligence Community (IC) data custodians. These applications facilitate the capture of information, approvals, and workflows required to move data through the customer mission space in a compliant and secure manner. The products are critical to standardizing and simplifying data movement, enabling data reuse, and supporting integration with downstream mission tools and applications. The team is seeking an experienced Help Desk Lead to oversee customer support and ticket management for this suite of data management applications. This role will serve as a key point of contact for customers, providing technical support, coordinating issue resolution, and ensuring help desk operations are efficiently managed from initial intake through closure. The position requires strong communication, technical troubleshooting, and organizational skills, along with the ability to collaborate effectively across engineering and application teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the management of customer help desk requests and Jira tickets, ensuring issues are prioritized, assigned, tracked, and resolved in a timely manner.
• Provide technical support for a suite of Data Management applications, including user access management, change requests, and real-time troubleshooting of technical issues.
• Collaborate with Systems Engineers, Software Engineers, and external application teams to troubleshoot issues, identify root causes, and drive timely resolution.
• Document incidents, technical issues, user requests, and change requests in Jira across multiple network platforms.
• Create, update, and maintain internal and customer-facing documentation in Confluence, including troubleshooting procedures, user guides, and operational processes.
• Manage the full lifecycle of Jira tickets, including intake, prioritization, assignment, tracking, customer communication, follow-up, and closure.
• Coordinate software deployments, system upgrades, configuration changes, and security patching activities with appropriate technical teams.
• Participate in internal and customer meetings to provide status updates, gather requirements, identify emerging issues, and ensure alignment on operational priorities.
• Monitor help desk performance and identify opportunities to improve processes, documentation, customer support, and overall service delivery.
• Generate and deliver weekly and monthly operational, incident, and performance metrics to support program reporting and customer visibility.
• Ensure support activities and documentation follow applicable security, operational, and customer requirements.

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Qualifications

• 14 years of experience as a SE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type and complexity is required.
• Bachelor's degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required. Five (5) years of additional SE experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.
• Demonstrated ability to operate as a self-starter with strong verbal and written communication skills, capable of conveying complex concepts effectively to customers and end users.
• Provide support to IT systems, including day-to-day operations, monitoring, and troubleshooting across client devices; deliver Tier 1 (Help Desk) and Tier 2 (escalation) support for problem identification, diagnosis, and resolution, while ensuring timely escalation and clear communication of status to agency management and internal customers
• Demonstrated experience in planning and leading Systems Engineering efforts is required.
• Experience with Jira and Confluence
• TS/SCI clearance with polygraph clearance required

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on our critical National Security programs, which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and eligible to participate in an attractive bonus plan.

Details

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 at https://www.careers.peraton.com/benefits.

Application Statements: The application period for the job is estimated to be 30 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates. By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in the role and the Company. During the review of your application, you may be required to participate in an on-camera interview, as well as participate in a process to verify your identity. Use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools of any kind during Peraton interviews is strictly prohibited unless the candidate has obtained prior written authorization. All interview responses must be the candidate's own.

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