Expert Systems Engineer

The Expert Systems Engineer will lead multi-disciplinary engineering teams in delivering complex solutions across the National System for Geospatial-Intelligence (NSG), Allied System for Geospatial-Intelligence (ASG), and Federal Agencies. This role ensures the timely, accurate, and reliable delivery of GEOINT capabilities through excellence in systems engineering, integration, and lifecycle management.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and support the Government in all aspects of systems engineering, including requirements definition, solutions engineering, scheduling, reliability, resiliency, services development, integration, testing, evaluation, maintainability, and analysis.

• Plan and manage the analysis and traceability of user requirements, architectures, and procedures to improve or automate existing systems.

• Evaluate and recommend improvements to cloud service capabilities, workflows, and scheduling processes.

• Advise on and assess design changes driven by evolving requirements or emerging technologies.

• Capture and translate mission and customer needs into system-level requirements and engineering solutions.

• Support the allocation of requirements to system architecture components and program execution.

• Conduct systems integration across multiple acquisition programs.

• Lead and contribute to Analysis of Alternatives (AoAs), Courses of Action (CoAs), trade studies, and engineering assessments.

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

• Provide expert-level guidance connecting vision, strategy, plans, needs, and capability development across the enterprise.

• Operate at a national level, integrating multiple Major Systems Acquisitions across organizational, agency, departmental, and governmental boundaries.

• Oversee and coordinate the efforts of Senior-, Mid-, and Junior-level Systems Engineers.

Impact:
This position plays a pivotal role in advancing the nation’s GEOINT mission by ensuring that complex systems are designed, integrated, and delivered efficiently—enabling critical decision-making across defense, intelligence, and federal domains.

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.

Required Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Systems Engineering or a related technical or scientific field (e.g., Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Operations Research, Engineering Management, Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or other STEM disciplines).

• Equivalent experience may substitute for education:

  • +4 years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree, or

  • +2 years of relevant experience with a non-STEM degree.

Experience

• 18+ years of experience in government or industry in one or more of the following areas:

  • DoD/IC Acquisition Process

  • Requirements Process

  • PPBES Process

  • Systems engineering of large, complex System-of-Systems or Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) environments within cloud, on-premise, or hybrid infrastructures.

• 18+ years of experience and a strong understanding of the systems engineering lifecycle.

• Demonstrated knowledge of the National System for Geospatial-Intelligence (NSG), Allied System for Geospatial-Intelligence (ASG), and National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) enterprises.

• Previous NGA and/or NSG/ASG program or project experience.

• Prior Intelligence Community (IC) or Department of Defense (DoD) program/project experience.

Clearance

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

Desired Qualifications

Education & Certification

• Master’s degree or higher in Systems Engineering or a related technical/scientific field (as listed above).

• INCOSE Expert Systems Engineering Professional (ESEP) certification.

• Software Development Framework certification.

• Professional Engineer (PE) licensure.

Technical Expertise

• Working knowledge of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) processes, tools, and languages.

• Extensive experience engineering solutions using:

  • Cloud-based technologies

  • Structured and unstructured Big Data

  • Automation, Augmentation, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies

• Demonstrated expertise in one or more of the following disciplines:

  • Photogrammetry

  • Remote sensing

  • Image science

  • Information sciences

  • Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

  • Geomatics

  • Geospatial intelligence (GEOINT)

Professional Affiliations
Active membership or leadership in one or more of the following organizations:

• • ACSM

  • ASCE

  • ASPRS

  • OGC

  • SAREM

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.

$104,000 - $166,000. 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.