Requirements Management Lead

Peraton•Bethesda, MD

1d•$135,000 - $216,000•Onsite

About The Position

Peraton is seeking a Requirements Analyst for a mission-critical digital and technical exploitation program supporting the Intelligence Community. The role connects IC customers with forensic examiners, reverse engineers, biometric and multimedia analysts, and data scientists. It translates customer needs into exploitation tasking and tracks each requirement through completion, ensuring that reporting answers the original request and is delivered to the customer. The position also supports customer engagement, coordination across branches, and improvements to requirements intake and tracking workflows.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree and 12 years of related experience; master's degree and 10 years; PhD and 7 years; 16 years without a degree; or 14 years with an associate degree.
Experience supporting intelligence requirements, collection management, RFI management, or production management in the IC or DoD.
Understanding of the intelligence cycle and how requirements flow from customer intake to tasking, production, and dissemination.
Strong organizational skills and ability to track many requirements at once under tight deadlines.
Clear written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to work with technical experts and customers at all levels.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, and Word) and SharePoint.
U.S. citizenship required.
Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph required.

Nice To Haves

Experience with requirements and tasking systems such as COLISEUM, HOT-R, or similar IC/DoD tools.
Familiarity with PIRs, EEIs, and the National Intelligence Priorities Framework (NIPF).
Background in or exposure to DOMEX, digital forensics, biometrics/identity intelligence, multimedia exploitation, or technical exploitation.
Experience with Appian or other low-code workflow platforms.
Experience building dashboards or metrics using tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or Excel.

Responsibilities

Manage daily intake, logging, and routing of collection, exploitation, and production requirements and Requests for Information (RFIs) from IC and DoD customers.
Review incoming requirements for completeness and clarity, and work with customers to refine their needs, deadlines, and rationale.
Translate customer intelligence needs into actionable exploitation tasking for digital forensics, reverse engineering, identity intelligence, and multimedia teams.
Support prioritization of the requirements queue according to customer intelligence priorities and recommend adjustments as priorities change.
Track requirements from intake through completion and coordinate with analysts, examiners, and team leads to manage workload and meet deadlines.
Review completed reporting to confirm it answers the original requirement and close the loop with the customer.
Maintain the requirements database and workflow tools, such as Appian, ensuring records are accurate, current, and auditable.
Produce status reports, metrics, and briefings on requirement volume, timeliness, and fulfillment for customers and program leadership.
Identify gaps, recurring requests, and process bottlenecks, and recommend improvements to intake and tracking workflows.
Support the Requirements Management Lead and senior Requirements Officers with customer engagement, feedback collection, and coordination across branches.

Benefits

Medical benefits
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Life insurance
Health savings account
Short- and long-term disability
Employee assistance program (EAP)
Parental leave
401(k)
Paid time off for vacation
Company-paid holidays
Potential eligibility for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus, depending on the position