Cyber Systems Engineer

Peraton is hiring a Cyber Systems Engineer to join our Cyber Mission business unit in Annapolis Junction, MD. As a Systems Engineer on our team, you will support one of the largest enterprise-wide engineering contracts within the Intelligence Community.

This is a full-time position requiring 1880 hours of support per year; and work is performed at a customer location. As a Cyber Systems Engineer on our team, you will support the Program Management Office (PMO) overseeing a large multi-organizational software development project. You will provide general systems engineering support including requirements definition, documentation, and integration support in the oversight of this ongoing development effort as well as providing support to the testing team validating the development work.

Individual Capabilities/Experience Required:

• 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 eengineering 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 information systems, infrastructures and information
• Design Test modules for software and hardware systems
• Identify and select testing products, tools, services, and components
• Validate testing and quality assurance IT systems
• Conduct evaluations of hardware or software components or architectures.
• Assist in the development of test strategies/plans, address vulnerabilities of networks, products, and services as supporting the PMO in planning all elements of the modernization test program.
• Provide evaluation services and security design guidance to information system designers.
• Provide expertise based on experience with testing in agile development environment and with writing and/or reviewing test plans (Software Test Plans, Test Descriptions, etc.), Requirements Traceability Verification Matrices (RVTM), Test Reports, Performance Requirements and associated testing, security testing, and Operational/Independent Testing to assist with developing comprehensive testing strategies that are consistent with DoD and NSA policy guidance for internal tier 1 program.
• Perform high level testing of system & component performance & interface requirements
• Execute test functions for Agile/SAFe/Scrum systems and w/in software development frameworks.

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

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.