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Peraton · 2 hours ago

Weather Domain, SME

Bethesda, MD

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$176K/yr - $282K/yr

12+ years exp

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence. They are seeking a Weather Domain Subject Matter Expert (SME) to lead a team in defining the FAA vision for weather modernization and translating it into actionable architecture and designs. The role involves ensuring resilient and interoperable weather architectures and guiding technical trade studies and modernization planning.

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Responsibilities

Serve as the principal Weather Domain advisor to FAA leadership and program stakeholders for weather modernization strategy, enterprise architecture, and technical governance

Lead an integrated team of Architects and Systems Engineers to develop weather domain architectures, reference designs, and transition strategies aligned to FAA priorities and NAS operational needs

Define the Weather Domain Vision-to-Execution blueprint, including target-state architecture, transition states, and migration sequencing that preserves operational continuity and reduces safety/operational risk

Own the weather enterprise design across sensing, product generation, fusion, and dissemination-ensuring coherent integration of radar/wind shear/camera and derived products into downstream NAS consumers

Drive weather data architecture and interoperability, including interface definitions, distribution patterns, data quality controls, latency/update requirements, and alignment with enterprise services

Establish and chair domain-level architecture governance, including design reviews, reference patterns, standards profiles, interface control discipline, and technical debt management across weather capabilities

Coordinate cross-domain integration with automation, surveillance, telecommunications, cybersecurity, infrastructure/platform, and test & evaluation teams to ensure weather designs are secure, deployable, supportable, and verifiable

Lead technical trade studies and modernization planning, evaluating sensor/product strategies, fusion and dissemination approaches, resiliency patterns, and lifecycle sustainment considerations

Guide operational suitability and sustainment alignment, ensuring architecture accounts for site constraints, maintenance windows, monitoring/observability, spares/logistics, and continuity-of-operations needs

Mentor and develop senior technical staff, building consistent engineering rigor, traceability, and architectural coherence across a complex, multi-stakeholder environment

Qualification

FAA Weather Domain expertiseEnterprise architectureWeather systems engineeringSensor integrationSystems engineeringCybersecurity considerationsDigital engineering methodsTechnical leadershipCommunication skillsMentoring skillsCollaboration skillsProblem-solving skills

Required

Minimum of 16 years with BS/BA or Minimum of 14 years with MS/MA

Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Meteorology/Atmospheric Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Aerospace/Aviation Engineering, or a related discipline (or equivalent experience)

12+ years of experience in enterprise/system architecture, weather systems engineering, sensor integration, or technical leadership on large-scale, mission-critical programs (aviation, defense, or similarly regulated environments)

Hands-on FAA Weather Domain experience is required, including strong familiarity with one or more of: Weather radars: NEXRAD and/or TDWR, Hazard detection/alerts: LLWAS, ITWS, Weather processing/distribution: WARP and/or related FAA weather product pipelines, Forecast products: CCFP, Situational awareness feeds: Aviation Weather Cameras

Demonstrated experience leading technical teams (architects/engineers) delivering enterprise architecture and domain designs across multiple stakeholders

Strong systems engineering foundation: requirements development, interface definition/ICDs, configuration management, design reviews, and verification/validation planning

Working knowledge of mission/safety-critical engineering considerations (availability, latency, integrity, operational continuity, graceful degradation)

Ability to communicate complex tradeoffs clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders, including executive briefings and decision support

Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust (or higher), as required by the program

Preferred

Master's degree (or higher) in a relevant discipline

Experience with weather product generation, fusion, and dissemination concepts supporting ATC decision-making (e.g., convective, wind shear, microburst, precipitation intensity, and surface weather awareness)

Familiarity with operational constraints and performance expectations for weather decision support (latency, refresh rates, coverage, alerting thresholds, and operational impact)

Experience with architecture frameworks and artifacts (e.g., DoDAF, TOGAF, operational views, interface views, standards profiles, roadmaps)

Understanding of cybersecurity and resilience considerations for sensor and weather-processing ecosystems (segmentation, identity/access controls, secure interfaces, telemetry/logging, supply chain considerations)

Experience with digital engineering / MBSE methods and tools (e.g., SysML, Cameo, Enterprise Architect, DOORS, or equivalent)

Relevant certifications (one or more): INCOSE ASEP/CSEP, PMP, or equivalent