Mission Management Support Systems Engineer

Peraton is hiring a Mission Management Support Systems Engineer, to join our Cyber Mission business unit in Jessup, 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. Specifically, as a Mission Management Support Systems Engineer on our team, you will support a cryptologic dissemination customer in modernizing the process by which auto-dissemination proposals are adjudicated for approval. You will need to be able to understand/learn the data flows between systems; and learn how data is transformed, checked and manipulated to support dissemination adjudicators in getting the information and artifacts needed to verify the described controls and interfaces meet policy, oversight and compliance requirements, as well as any requirements specifically levied by the adjudicating body.

In addition, you will:

• Compile and review dissemination obligations stemming from law and policy opinions from the client's general counsel, and prior adjudications.
• Help the client define processes by which requestors may efficiently determine whether their proposal will be prohibited, allowed, or subject to adjudication. 
• Create artifacts to assist requestors and adjudicators in understanding and performing their duties relative to the defined process. 

Individual Capabilities/Experience Required:

• A bachelor’s degree in computer science, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related discipline and at least 20 years of systems engineering experience. A master’s degree or PhD may be substituted for two years of experience. Note: High School Diploma or GED plus 24 years of systems engineering experience would also be acceptable.
• Familiarity with intelligence community law and policy protecting U.S. persons
• Process engineering and/or Lean Six Sigma experience
• Systems engineering or development experience
• Position requires TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.

Individual Capabilities/Experience Desired:

• Familiarity with U.S. or international privacy and civil liberties law and policy
• Operational SIGINT experience (i.e. CNO, NCSC and Analytics experience) 
• Experience as a SIGINT analyst/reporter/auditor
• Strong oral, written and interpersonal communications skills
• Ability to work independently and within a team setting to complete assigned tasks on schedule
• Flexible/easily adaptable within a dynamic work environment
• Should be comfortable guiding people without having influence over them

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.