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

Peraton is seeking a Systems Engineer with biometrics experience to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. The ideal candidate will become part of Peraton’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Datacenter Consolidation and Cloud Optimization (DCCO) program providing systems engineering support to the DHS Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology (HART) biometric system. This role will support the Technical Director in managing system evolution and refreshment needed to future-proof these solutions against obsolescence and to ensure that legacy technologies and services continue to satisfy changing stakeholder needs.

This role is fully remote with core hours between 9 am – 3 pm (EST) Monday – Friday; applicant must reside and perform all work within the United States.   

Day to Day Responsibilities: 

Conduct on-going “As-Is” and “To-Be” analyses aimed at addressing future demand for service, including the expansion and improvement of core solution technologies in the areas of biometrics, data recovery, service-oriented architectures, cloud native architectures, process and transaction management and dynamic rules engines.
Develop recommendations and plans to incorporate new technologies and services to address evolving stakeholder needs.
Conduct directed technical reviews and technology trade-off analyses for emerging technologies, AWS services, and biometric tools.
Develop, update, and maintain the technology refresh roadmap, including all hardware and software assets within the full technology stack.
Perform message comparison analysis during Parallel Operations to identify and categorize message discrepancies.
Support biometric system performance testing in non-production environments to optimize matching services and ensure the system continues to meet performance and matching accuracy thresholds.
Develop, update, and maintain system design diagrams and documentation
Work independently and collaboratively in cross-team settings to achieve key project/program objectives and deliverables.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications: 

Minimum of 5 years with bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Engineering Management, Management Information Systems, or related STEM degree program.
Experience with biometric matching technologies and systems
U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain/maintain a U.S. government agency level clearance (the DHS EOD, which you must have prior to starting)

Preferred Qualifications: 

Experience with Splunk 
Experience with AWS or AWS GovCloud
Experience with JIRA Ticketing systems preferred 
Experience with DevOps and Agile methodologies 
Experience with large, cloud-native systems
Experience parsing, data mining, and processing biometric and biographic information  
Excellent communication skills  
Ability to work effectively in diverse, multi-national and virtual environment

Program Technologies  

AWS GovCloud (AWS Console)  
RedHat OpenShift  
Ansible and Docker containers  
Ansible Automation Platform 
Gitlab and Jenkins pipeline  
CyberArk  
Splunk

Target Salary Range

$86,000 - $138,000. 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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