Development Support Systems Engineer

Peraton is seeking a dynamic Development Support Systems Engineer to join our cutting-edge Cyber Mission team in Annapolis Junction, MD. In this pivotal role, you'll contribute to one of the Intelligence Community's largest and most impactful engineering contracts.

As a key member of our team, you will support a high-profile customer Program Management Office (PMO) tasked with overseeing a large-scale, multi-organizational software development project. Your expertise in systems engineering will be crucial in defining requirements, creating documentation, and integrating solutions. Additionally, you'll play an essential role in supporting the testing team to validate development efforts, ensuring that every milestone is met with precision. This is a full-time, on-site position requiring 1,880 hours of annual support.

Individual Capabilities/Experience Required:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related discipline and at least 15 years of systems engineering experience. A Master’s or PhD Degree may be substituted for two years of experience. Note: A High School Diploma or GED plus 19 years of systems engineering experience would also be acceptable.
• Position requires TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
• Position requires that the candidates last polygraph is <7 years old.
• Experience configuring and developing tests for automated testing in a DevOps platform and Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery pipeline.

Individual Capabilities/Experience Desired:

• Experience in applying systems engineering and integration support to a large Agile/DevOps environment.
• Knowledge of SE Best practices and innovative approaches to applying those practices in a fast-paced ongoing software development environment.
• Test automation and scripting skills (testlink would be a bonus).
• Investigate, prevent, assess, and mitigate threats to info systems, infrastructures and information.
• Identify and select testing products, tools, services, and components.
• Validate testing and quality assurance IT systems.
• Perform high level testing of system & component performance & interface requirements.
• Plan, document, & execute developmental & operational testing activities.
• Supporting creation or modification of test documentation to include test and evaluation master plans (TEMPs), test plans and procedures, & test reports.
• Supporting test readiness review (TRR) presentations and emerging results briefings.
• Reviewing and providing feedback on the functionality, applicability, and supportability of technical test products/deliverables.
• Solid application of SE throughout the lifecycle of a development effort.
• Experience with GitLab.
• Knowledge and experience with containerization and DevOps platforms (Kubernetes preferred).

Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

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Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program, 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.

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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.