Peraton · 1 week ago
Systems Engineering, Advisor
Springfield, VA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$135K/yr - $216K/yr
18+ years expPeraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe. The role involves leading engineering teams in a multi-discipline approach to ensure timely and accurate geospatial intelligence through various engineering practices and integration activities.
Information TechnologyRobotics
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Assists the Government in directing requirements engineering, solutions engineering, scheduling, reliability, resiliency, services development, integration, test and evaluation, maintainability and analysis across the National System of Geospatial-intelligence (NSG), Allied System of Geospatial-intelligence (ASG) and Federal Agencies
Assists with the planning, analysis/traceability of user requirements, architectures traceability, procedures, and problems to automate or improve existing systems and review cloud service capabilities, workflow, and scheduling limitations
Advises the Government on proposed changes to the solutions designs based on analysis of requirements and new technology
Assists the Government in the capture and translation of mission and customer requirements/needs into systems/capability requirements and solutions
Supports the analyses and allocation of requirements to systems architecture components and executing programs
Assists the Government in performing systems integration activities
Assist in leading Analysis of Alternatives (AoAs), Course of Actions (CoAs), Trade Studies, and Engineering Assessments
Assists the Government in strategic technical planning, project management, performance engineering, risk management and interface design
Provides expert advice to the Government in the areas of relating vision, strategy, plans, needs, requirements, and process and capability developments
Operates at the level of integrating multiple Major Systems Acquisitions across organizational, agency, department, and governmental/national boundaries
Demonstrated knowledge of the current NSG/ASG and NRO enterprises
Oversees and coordinates the work of Senior-, Mid-, and Junior-level contractor Systems Engineers
Ability to solve complex problems, lead a team(s) and work independently and proactively with minimal supervision
Qualification
Required
Master's degree in Systems Engineering or in related technical or scientific fields such as engineering, physics, mathematics, operations research, engineering management, Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or related STEM degree program, or 18 years of equivalent Expert-Level Systems Engineer work experience
18 years of experience in government or industry in relevant work areas including: DoD/IC Acquisition Process, Requirements Process, PPBES Process or system engineering of large complex System of Systems or Service Oriented Architecture/Cloud environments
Experience with and strong understanding of systems engineering lifecycle
Experience communicating and collaborating both within and external to organization, to include with senior executives and leaders
TS/SCI clearance adjudication or ability to obtain SCI and pass a polygraph
Preferred
Doctorate in Systems Engineering or in related technical or scientific fields such as engineering, physics, mathematics, operations research, engineering management, Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or related STEM degree program
Working knowledge of Model Based Systems Engineering, processes, tools and languages
Software Development Framework certification
INCOSE Expert System Engineering Professional (ESEP) certification
Licensure as a professional engineer
Membership or leadership participation in any of the following professional organizations: ACSM, ASCE, ASPRS, OGC, SAREM, USGIF
Experience in the field of geospatial intelligence
Experience engineering solutions using Cloud-based technologies
Experience engineering solutions using structured and unstructured Big Data
Experience engineering solutions using Automation, Augmentation and Artificial Intelligence technologies
Experience in photogrammetry, remote sensing, image science, information sciences, geographic information systems, geomatics, or related fields
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Life
Health savings account
Short/long term disability
EAP
Parental leave
401(k)
Paid time off (PTO) for vacation
Company paid holidays
Company
Peraton
Peraton Fearlessly solving the toughest national security challenges.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Thomas Terjesen
Chief Information Officer
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