Data Management Support Systems Engineer

Responsibilities

Peraton is hiring a Data Management Support Systems Engineer to join our Cyber Mission business unit in Jessup, MD. As a Systems Engineer on our team, you will support one of the largest enterprise-wide engineering contracts within the Intelligence Community. This is a full-time position requiring 1880 hours of support per year; and work is performed at a customer location. As a Data Management Support Systems Engineer on our team you will support activities that optimize the customer’s data availability and utilization to drive mission success. You will promote cross-program coordination and technical collaboration to reduce integration risk and standardize systems engineering processes.

 

An ideal applicant will be open-minded with the ability to adapt to evolving circumstances and grow in the following areas:

• A willingness to learn and understand how data moves within the customer organization, and how systems communicate in order to leverage data’s full potential.
• A desire to apply technical skills to shape the future of the data architecture internally and externally.
• An interest in focusing on enabling data interoperability across the customer organization and its partners.
• Possess an instinctive aptitude to leverage information and knowledge sharing networks and navigate conflict in a way that fosters constructive outcomes.
• Produce system engineering and technical documentation, develop schedules, and support validation and verification activities.
• Generate reports that summarize analysis of data representations and data to provide data-driven insights to customers.

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Qualifications

Individual Capabilities/Experience Required:

• Bachelor’s degree or advanced degree in computer science, information systems, engineering or other related discipline plus at least 10 years of systems engineering experience. A Master’s degree or PhD may be substituted for two years of experience. A high school diploma or GED plus 14 years of systems engineering experience would also be acceptable.
• Position requires TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
• SIGINT experience and background.
• Ability to use Microsoft Office suite.
• Able to work collaboratively in small teams with staff and local SMEs that may include people with non-technical backgrounds.
• Ability to produce, singularly, and in small groups, engineering documents related to data – including but not limited to its structure and format.
• Willingness and ability to frame complex problems into a range of course of actions for the purpose of providing recommended actions to the USG.

 

Individual Capabilities/Experience Desired:

• Technical understanding of design, architecture principles and techniques, data formats and data flow management to take business requirements from concept to implementation.
• Exposure to, and understanding of, cloud technologies.
• Ability to model complex mission workflows for the purpose of identifying core systems and data that are commonly used across many mission workflows.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently as well as within a team setting to complete assigned tasks within expected.
• Command line experience.

 

Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

 

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.

Peraton Overview

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.

Target Salary Range

$135,000 - $216,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

EEO

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