Peraton is hiring a Senior Data Systems Engineer to join our Cyber Mission business unit in Fort Meade, Maryland. 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 Senior Data Systems Engineer on our team you will provide support and related services to the implementation of enterprise data representations in various mission domains. You will perform end-to-end systems engineering for data flows from the perspective of data formatting, data mapping, and support to implementers and mission customers. This position requires strong software and systems engineering expertise from cradle to grave with limited, high-level direction, in the areas of:

• Performing high-level data requirements analysis to support application of data standards across the enterprise. Duties require a broad range of knowledge including information technology, requirements, technical architecture analysis (e.g., understanding data flow diagrams, system architecture diagrams, etc.), and an understanding of functional and system analysis.
• Coordinating across teams that leverage multiple development methodologies, Agile (Scrum & Kanban), etc.
• Possessing an instinctive aptitude to leverage information and knowledge sharing networks and navigate conflict in a way that fosters constructive outcomes.
• Must be able to efficiently investigate complex database issues and provide solutions in a dynamic, complex, production environment.
• Must have the ability to effectively interface with customers, system administrators, database team members, software developers, and senior-level management.

The selected candidate will demonstrate the aptitude to learn and grow in the following areas.

• Integrating national and tactical data architectures into enterprise data representations (or formats) that can produce outputs to support multiple system architectures.
• Learning and understanding data models and data architecture documents.
• Maintaining awareness of commercial data standards and community data standardization activities.
• Types of skills that excel in this position include:
  • Requirements Gathering
  • Data Analysis
  • Systems Analysis
  • Strong SIGINT understanding
  • Tactical field level SIGINT experience
  • ELINT experience

Individual Capabilities/Experience Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in a qualified engineering field or a related discipline from an accredited college or university with a minimum of 20 years of general systems engineering experience, a Master’s degree or PhD in a qualified engineering field or a related discipline from an accredited college or university with a minimum of 18 years of general systems engineering experience, or a high school diploma or GED with a minimum of 24 years of general systems engineering experience.
• Position requires TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.

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.

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