Senior Cyber Systems Engineer

Cyber Systems Engineer

Location: Annapolis Junction, MD
Clearance Required: Active TS/SCI clearance with a current polygraph

Company: Peraton – Cyber Missions

 

Are you passionate about protecting national security through cutting-edge cybersecurity solutions? Peraton is looking for a Cyber Systems Engineer to join our mission-focused team in Annapolis Junction, MD. In this critical role, you'll help defend our nation’s most sensitive systems by implementing, managing, and enforcing comprehensive cybersecurity policies and practices.

What You’ll Do:

As a key member of our Cyber Missions team, you will:

• Maintain a strong security posture for complex information systems, ensuring strict adherence to policies, standards, and procedures.

• Support day-to-day security operations, helping to protect systems handling classified information.

• Evaluate and implement security solutions to meet evolving cybersecurity requirements.

• Conduct vulnerability and risk assessments to support system certification and accreditation (C&A).

• Manage system changes and assess the impact on security, ensuring compliance and minimizing risks.

• Provide configuration management of system security hardware, software, and firmware.

• Prepare and maintain key security documentation, including:

  • System Security Plans (SSPs)

  • Risk Assessment Reports

  • Certification and Accreditation Packages

  • System Requirements Traceability Matrices (SRTMs)

• Support security authorization activities aligned with DoD frameworks (e.g., NISCAP, DIACAP).

• Serve as a trusted advisor and security authority, helping to shape and enforce IT security programs and policies across systems and enclaves.

Why Join Peraton?

At Peraton, we deliver mission-critical technology and solutions to national security and intelligence agencies. When you join our Cyber Missions team, you become part of something bigger—helping to protect the country from cyber threats while working alongside some of the brightest minds in the industry.

What You Bring:

• Experience in cybersecurity engineering or information assurance

• Working knowledge of C&A processes, security documentation, and risk management

• Familiarity with DoD security standards and practices

• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail

• A proactive mindset and the ability to work independently or as part of a team

Requirements:

• 14+ years of experience as a Systems Engineer on projects of similar scope and complexity

• Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field (or 5 additional years of SE experience in lieu of a degree)

• DoD 8570 IAM Level I (or higher) certification

• Active TS/SCI clearance with a current polygraph

 

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on our critical National Security programs, 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.

$176,000 - $282,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.