Posted 3 days ago
Top Secret/SCI
$112,000 - $179,000
Polygraph
IT - Software
Chantilly, VA (On-Site/Office)
About Peraton
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 solve the most daunting challenges that our customers face. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.
Program Overview
Engineering modernization and integration practices to include Digital Engineering and Agile at Scale for all of NGA, NSG, and ASG.
About The Role
We are seeking a Mid-Level Systems Engineer with hands-on experience across the full Systems Engineering & Integration lifecycle to support enterprise transformation initiatives across GEOINT mission systems. This role is ideal for an engineer who enjoys working at the intersection of architecture, requirements, integration, and mission outcomes-and who brings a thoughtful, analytical approach to modernizing complex enterprise environments.
As part of the Enterprise Engineering & Architecture Division's Integration Team, you will collaborate with Expert and Senior Systems Engineers and Integrators to analyze, plan, and integrate capabilities that advance GEOINT mission effectiveness. You'll play a key role in shaping future-state architectures, informing investment decisions, and ensuring enterprise-wide synchronization across NGA programs.
What You'll Do
Working alongside senior engineers, integrators, and architects, you will:
Qualifications
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
SCA / Union / Intern Rate or Range
Details
Target Salary Range: $112,000 - $179,000. 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.
Benefits Statement: Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at https://www.careers.peraton.com/benefits.
Application Duration Statement: The application period for the job is estimated to be 30 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.
EEO:Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.
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 solve the most daunting challenges that our customers face. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.
Program Overview
Engineering modernization and integration practices to include Digital Engineering and Agile at Scale for all of NGA, NSG, and ASG.
About The Role
We are seeking a Mid-Level Systems Engineer with hands-on experience across the full Systems Engineering & Integration lifecycle to support enterprise transformation initiatives across GEOINT mission systems. This role is ideal for an engineer who enjoys working at the intersection of architecture, requirements, integration, and mission outcomes-and who brings a thoughtful, analytical approach to modernizing complex enterprise environments.
As part of the Enterprise Engineering & Architecture Division's Integration Team, you will collaborate with Expert and Senior Systems Engineers and Integrators to analyze, plan, and integrate capabilities that advance GEOINT mission effectiveness. You'll play a key role in shaping future-state architectures, informing investment decisions, and ensuring enterprise-wide synchronization across NGA programs.
What You'll Do
Working alongside senior engineers, integrators, and architects, you will:
- Perform architecture gap analyses and contribute to the development of future-state enterprise architectures.
- Conduct engineering analyses to inform GEOINT mission and IT investment decisions aligned with the enterprise architecture baseline.
- Execute baseline analysis and drive allocation of requirements to system architecture components, ensuring end-to-end traceability.
- Capture and translate mission and customer needs into clear system and capability requirements.
- Support systems integration activities across organizations by participating in integrated project teams.
- Develop and maintain project plans, engineering artifacts (e.g., CONOPS), roadmaps, schedules, and risk documentation.
- Participate in Analyses of Alternatives (AoAs), Courses of Action (COAs), trade studies, and engineering assessments.
- Support NGA governance, configuration management, and risk management processes.
- Help define and improve modern systems integration processes, promoting agile practices, digital engineering adoption, and cross-organizational collaboration.
- Contribute to enterprise modernization efforts across Analytic, Collection Management, Data Services, Foundation GEOINT, and IT mission areas.
Qualifications
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
- 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 additional 4 years experience as a Systems Engineer may be considered in lieu of a degree.
- 6+ years' experience in government or industry supporting one or more of the following:
- DoD or Intelligence Community acquisition processes
- Requirements development and management
- PPBES process
- Systems engineering of large, complex Systems of Systems or Service-Oriented Architecture / cloud environments
- Demonstrated mid-level systems engineering experience in government or industry environments.
- TS/SCI clearance, with ability to obtain SCI and successfully pass a polygraph.
- Experience or working knowledge of the GEOINT TCPED architecture, including data providers, systems/services, interfaces, and data flows.
- Familiarity with NSG/ASG and NRO enterprise environments.
- Exposure to transformational initiatives such as Artificial Intelligence, multi-cloud architectures, and edge computing.
- Experience using agile project management tools such as Jira and Confluence.
- Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) certification(s).
- Experience or working knowledge of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), including associated processes, tools, and languages.
SCA / Union / Intern Rate or Range
Details
Target Salary Range: $112,000 - $179,000. 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.
Benefits Statement: Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at https://www.careers.peraton.com/benefits.
Application Duration Statement: The application period for the job is estimated to be 30 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.
EEO:Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.
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