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Cyber Systems Engineer, Advisor

2024-153027
Information Technology
Top Secret/SCI with Poly

Location:

Laurel
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MD

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Telecommute Options:

No remote/telework allowed
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About Peraton

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.

Responsibilities

As our Cyber Systems Engineer you will have the opportunity to:

  • Monitor, analyize, and detect cyber events and incidents within information systems and networks under general supervision.
  • Assist with integrated, dynamic cyber defense, coordinates and maintains security toolsets to support organizations’ continuous monitoring and ongoing authorization programs.
  • Establish a framework by which cyber risk can be measured and quantified in the marketplace.
  • Determine security requirements by evaluating business strategies and requirements; researching information security standards; conducting system security and vulnerability analyses and risk assessments; studying architecture/platform; identifying integration issues; preparing cost estimates.
  • Implement security systems by specifying intrusion detection methodologies and equipment; directing equipment and software installation and calibration; preparing preventive and reactive measures; creating, transmitting, and maintaining keys; providing technical support; completing documentation.
  • Verify security systems by developing and implementing test scripts.
  • Maintain security by monitoring and ensuring compliance to standards, policies, and procedures; conducting incident response analyses; developing and conducting training programs.
  • Responsible for the design, development, implementation, and integration of a DoD IA architectures, systems, or system components for use within computing, network, and enclave environments.
  • Ensure that the architecture and design of development and operational systems are functional and secure. This includes designs for program of record systems and special purpose processing nodes with platform IT
  • Lead/manage ticket reviews, ticket queues, work with users, and provide ad hoc Scrum Master supportwhen needed.
  • Work with developers to design/coordinate/execute the delivery of capabilities andsoftware dependencies in the various systems/sub-systems. Ability to work and guide developers, andprovide Acceptance Criteria and test procedures
  • Mentor/Coach junior system engineers and provide backup support when needed interconnectivity.
  • Serve as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) in the data flows and data storage in a Cloud Based Warehouse
  • Status senior leadership and systems engineers on the progress of critical activities and overall system status, and provide strategic data ingest/storage recommendations
  • Lead and coordinate high level customer meetings, provide official agendas/minutes, and ensure properattendees are at meetings to make a decision
  • Assist in discussions and approaches to efficiently store data in a compliant manner, ensure dataintegrity, integrate/migrate legacy data into modern formats, and work to reduce redundant/unneeded data coming into the system
  • Lead system re-certification activities, provide evidence/artifacts, and work with all parties to achieveapproval
  • Provide hands on support and utilize custom tools/scripts to discover data based on unique searchcriteria and remark/preserve/remove data using custom tools on millions/billions of records
  • Provide senior systems engineering support to Transition & Decommissioning activities and largerequirements, support historical data migrations, support various data issues and incident investigations,and support ad hoc customer tasking/actions on a daily basis
Qualifications
  • Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph
  • Ten (10) years’ experience as a SE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type and complexity is required.
  • Bachelor’s degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems,
    Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required.
    • Five (5) years of additional SE experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s
      degree.
  • Experience defining requirements, creating architecture diagrams, creating a plan/schedule, and leadingthe development of large capabilities across multiple systems and external dependencies
  • Compliance experience and Incident Reporting experience
  • Experience with using modern Query and Presentation Tools
  • Experience using JIRA/Confluence and creating/modifying spaces and projects

Benefits:

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 participation in an attractive bonus plan

Target Salary Range

$146,000 - $234,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.
SCA / Union / Intern Rate or Range

EEO

An Equal Opportunity Employer including Disability/Veteran.

Our Values

Benefits

At Peraton, our benefits are designed to help keep you at your best beyond the work you do with us daily. We’re fully committed to the growth of our employees. From fully comprehensive medical plans to tuition reimbursement, tuition assistance, and fertility treatment, we are there to support you all the way.

  • Paid Time-Off and Holidays
  • Retirement
  • Life & Disability Insurance
  • Career Development
  • Tuition Assistance and Student Loan Financing
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Additional Benefits
  • Medical, Dental, & Vision Care
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