SR Systems Engineer - Cloud Infrastructure

Peraton is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to support operations and maintenance efforts for a research and development (R&D) ground system. This role involves integrating updated common services and ensuring seamless functionality within a complex IT environment. The ideal candidate will have experience in system integration, troubleshooting, and performance optimization. Strong technical expertise and problem-solving skills are essential for maintaining system efficiency and reliability. Join our innovative team and contribute to advancing ground system capabilities in a dynamic R&D setting.  

What you'll do: 

• Assist in developing systems engineering processes for the planning, design, development, deployment, integration and test, configuration management of R&D ground systems. 

• Help build mission-critical, highly available, high-performance networked systems in a team-oriented environment.  

• Develop systems engineering-related documentation to include operational concept, requirements, specifications, interface control documents, and validation & verification plans.  

• Conduct system planning and design for expansion of these resources to meet program needs. 

• Support ground system related trade studies. 

Required Qualifications: 

• Associates degree and 14+ years of relevant experience; OR Bachelors degree with 12+ years of relevant experience; OR Masters degree with 10+ years of relevant experience; OR Ph.D. with seven (7+) years of relevant experience. Four (4) additional years of experience will be considered in lieu of Bachelors degree.   

• This position requires an active TS/SCI with poly. The candidate must maintain the clearance. 

• Active CompTIA Security+ certification 

• Experience developing and supporting system engineering processes across the entire system lifecycle to include the analysis, planning, design, development, deployment, integration, test, or configuration of software. 

• Experience utilizing Ansible for deployment purposes. 

• 3+ years experience with DevSecOps utilizing CI/CD. 

• Experience using Linux CLI (RHEL). 

• Experience with Git/GitLab. 

• Experience with Jenkins. 

• Experience with IaaS, AWS Preferred. 

• Experience with Rancher, Kubernetes and Docker. 

• Experience with scripting, python or bash preferred. 

• Experience using Atlassian tools such as Confluence and JIRA. 

• Working knowledge of cloud services in PaaS, Saas, and IaaS as well as trends in the cloud space. 

Desired Qualifications: 

• Demonstrated experience with AWS, certification preferred. 

• Strong analytic and research skills – must be detail oriented. 

• Demonstrated ability to work independently and troubleshoot problems with efficiency. 

• Effectively interact with other personnel across programs. 

• Excellent Communication Skills. 

• Experience working with the Amazon Web Services Management Console and the AWS Command Line Interface (CLI). 

• Familiarity with Agile SAFe 5.0 methodology. 

• Self-starter with ability to work independently and with stakeholders. 

• Familiarity with Palantir products (Foundry, Apollo). 

Benefits: 

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. 

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.