Senior Systems Engineer

Overall Assignment Description:
Senior-Level Systems Engineers provide leadership and technical expertise to multidisciplinary engineering teams supporting the National System for Geospatial-Intelligence (NSG), Allied System for Geospatial-Intelligence (ASG), and Federal Agencies. This role is critical in ensuring timely and accurate GEOINT by guiding efforts in requirements engineering, solution development, system integration, testing, and analysis across complex enterprise environments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and mentor Mid- and Junior-level Systems Engineers in all aspects of systems engineering, including requirements development, solutions engineering, scheduling, reliability, resiliency, integration, testing, and analysis.

• Oversee the planning and traceability of user and system requirements, ensuring alignment with architectural standards and mission needs.

• Guide the design and implementation of technical solutions based on system requirements and emerging technologies.

• Support the Government in capturing and translating mission and stakeholder needs into actionable capability requirements and system-level solutions.

• Contribute to the analysis and allocation of requirements to architecture components and associated programs.

• Execute and manage systems integration activities across complex environments.

• Conduct Analysis of Alternatives (AoAs), Courses of Action (CoAs), trade studies, and engineering assessments to inform strategic decisions.

• Assist with strategic technical planning, project management, risk management, performance engineering, and interface design.

• Integrate systems, services, and processes across multiple Major System Acquisitions and organizational boundaries to support enterprise-level solutions.

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.

Skills and Experience

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Systems Engineering or a related technical or scientific discipline such as Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Operations Research, Engineering Management, Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or another STEM field or related equivalent additional experience of 4 years with no degree or 2 years with a non-STEM degree.

• 12+ years of experience in government or industry supporting complex systems engineering efforts, including familiarity with:

  • DoD and Intelligence Community (IC) Acquisition processes

  • Requirements engineering processes

  • Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution System (PPBES) process

  • Engineering large, complex System-of-Systems (SoS) or Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) environments deployed in cloud, on-premise, or hybrid infrastructures

• Comprehensive understanding of the systems engineering lifecycle.

• Practical experience working with NGA/NRO joint integration activities.

• Working knowledge of NGA Infrastructure and Program Office (IPO) environments.

• Active TS/SCI clearance or the ability to obtain SCI eligibility and successfully pass a polygraph.

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.