Senior Level Systems Engineer

We are seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to support complex systems engineering initiatives across enterprise-scale, multi-system environments. The ideal candidate brings extensive experience in systems engineering, requirements development, architecture, systems integration, and technical assessment, with the ability to guide multidisciplinary engineering teams and translate mission needs into effective technical solutions.

In this role, you will support the engineering lifecycle for complex systems and services spanning cloud, on-premises, and hybrid infrastructures. You will collaborate with government stakeholders and technical teams to evaluate capabilities, assess risks, develop engineering solutions, and integrate systems across organizational and agency boundaries.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to mid-level and junior systems engineers across requirements engineering, architecture, integration, testing, reliability, resiliency, and systems analysis.

• Lead the analysis, documentation, and traceability of user requirements, system architectures, engineering procedures, and technical issues.

• Evaluate existing systems, cloud service capabilities, workflows, and scheduling constraints to identify opportunities for automation, optimization, and improved performance.

• Develop and evaluate systems engineering solutions based on mission requirements, technical analysis, and emerging technologies.

• Collaborate with government stakeholders to translate mission objectives and customer needs into actionable system and capability requirements.

• Analyze and allocate requirements across system architecture components, technical capabilities, and executing programs.

• Perform systems integration activities to support interoperability across complex systems, services, processes, and interfaces.

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

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

• Apply systems engineering lifecycle principles to support planning, development, integration, evaluation, and sustainment of complex systems.

• Coordinate engineering efforts across organizational and agency boundaries in support of major systems acquisition programs and enterprise-level capabilities.

Location: This position is fully onsite in Chantilly or Springfield, VA.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Systems Engineering or a related technical or scientific field, including Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Operations Research, Engineering Management, Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or a related STEM degree program. Candidates without a degree must have 4 additional years of relevant experience. Candidates with a non-STEM degree must have 2 additional years of relevant experience.

• 12+ years of relevant experience working in government or industry in one or more of the following areas: Department of Defense (DoD) or Intelligence Community (IC) acquisition processes, requirements processes, Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBES), or systems engineering for large, complex systems-of-systems or service-oriented architecture environments.

• Experience supporting systems engineering in cloud, on-premises, or hybrid infrastructure environments.

• Demonstrated experience and understanding of the systems engineering lifecycle.

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

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

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

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

Desired Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Systems Engineering or a related technical or scientific field.

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

• Familiarity with digital engineering methodologies, processes, and tools.

• Working knowledge of software development frameworks.

• INCOSE Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP) certification.

• Experience supporting geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) missions or programs.

• Professional Engineer (PE) licensure.

• Membership or leadership participation in relevant professional organizations, such as:

  • American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS)

  • Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)

  • United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF)

  • American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

  • American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM)

  • Society of American Registered Engineers and Managers (SAREM)

• Demonstrated expertise in photogrammetry, remote sensing, image science, information science, geographic information systems (GIS), geomatics, or related technical disciplines.

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.