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Peraton · 3 months ago

GEOINT Systems Engineer

US-VA-Chantilly

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$86K/yr - $138K/yr

6+ years exp

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence. They are seeking a Mid-Level Systems Engineer to support enterprise transformation initiatives across GEOINT mission systems, focusing on technical modernization and integration within a high-performing team.

Information TechnologyRobotics

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Perform Architecture Gap Analyses, Enterprise Requirements Analysis, Analysis of Alternatives (AoAs), Courses of Action (COAs), and Trade Studies

Develop recommendations to support strategic investment decisions, including system divestitures and consolidation

Support integration across NGA Program Executive Offices (PEOs) to ensure activity alignment and accurate documentation of the enterprise baseline, including architecture, requirements, and interfaces

Help define and maintain the Future State Enterprise Architecture

Drive the allocation of requirements to systems, ensuring end-to-end traceability between requirements and architecture components

Participate in cross-organizational Integrated Project Teams (IPTs) focused on: Analytic modernization, Collection Management, Data Services, Foundation GEOINT, IT modernization

Leverage NGA’s Digital Engineering Environment to develop and maintain: Integrated project plans and schedules, Requirements and epics, Target state architectures, Concepts of Operations (CONOPS), Roadmaps

Capture and translate mission and customer needs into system and capability requirements and solutions

Support governance, configuration management, and risk management processes

Define and improve system integration processes, promoting agile practices, digital engineering, and partnerships across multiple organizations

Work with Expert IT and Cloud Architects to define and refine: Enterprise requirements for IT systems, The IT Architecture Layer, Multiple Cloud Architecture Patterns

Help to advance NGA’s multi-cloud acquisition strategy by developing architecture and requirements documentation

Identifying and documenting associated risks, issues, and opportunities related to enterprise cloud and IT efforts

Perform architecture gap and baseline analyses to inform future-state planning

Conduct engineering assessments supporting GEOINT and IT capability investment decisions

Drive requirements allocation, traceability, and architectural alignment

Facilitate integration activities across NGA programs and IPTs

Participate in AoAs, COAs, trade studies, and other decision-making assessments

Support project planning, roadmaps, and technical documentation (e.g., CONOPS)

Contribute to governance and change/risk management processes

Promote agile and digital engineering practices across the enterprise

Qualification

Systems engineering processesArchitecting cloud-based systemsGEOINT TCPED architectureAgile project management toolsCloud certificationsDigital engineeringRisk managementAgile practicesCollaboration

Required

Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or a related STEM field – OR – 6 years of experience as a Cloud Architect in lieu of a degree

TS/SCI clearance adjudication or the ability to obtain SCI and pass a polygraph

Minimum 6 years of hands-on experience with systems engineering processes, including: Architecture, Requirements, Integration, Testing, Transition

Minimum 6 years of experience architecting cloud-based systems