Senior SIGINT Systems Engineer

Peraton•Annapolis Junction, MD

3d•$176,000 - $282,000•Onsite

About The Position

Peraton is hiring a Senior SIGINT Systems Engineer for its Cyber Mission business unit in Jessup, Maryland. The role supports a large enterprise-wide engineering contract within the Intelligence Community and a customer Cross Access Infrastructure team. The position is full-time, requires 1,880 hours of support per year, and is performed at a customer location. The engineer will track, monitor, and facilitate planning for the development, deployment, upgrading, and maintenance of SIGINT collection and processing systems. The role supports re-engineering the existing SIGINT ground architecture to reduce collection and processing stovepipes and replace deprecated systems with systems that support automation, dynamic tasking, multi-access cross-cueing, and orchestration. The successful candidate will coordinate with government Systems Engineers and other stakeholders, produce engineering documentation and schedules, support testing and operational transition, and help manage audit and inspection findings. Applicants must hold an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph and meet government eligibility requirements for classified access. Peraton states that employees on this program receive enhanced benefits, including heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous cap, and eligibility for a bonus plan. The stated target salary range is $176,000–$282,000; additional compensation may include overtime, shift differential, or a discretionary bonus depending on the position.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, or a related discipline and at least 20 years of systems engineering experience; a Master’s or PhD may substitute for two years of experience. Alternatively, a high school diploma or GED plus 24 years of systems engineering experience is acceptable.
Knowledge of National SIGINT technologies, capabilities, and associated system architectural components, including space systems, ground stations, and ground processing systems.
Knowledge of the national collection requirements prioritization system and associated processes.
Experience with all phases of the systems engineering life-cycle management process.
Strong project management skills.
Understanding of policy constraints associated with lawful SIGINT operations.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
Must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and be subject to a government security investigation.

Nice To Haves

SIGINT systems subject matter expertise and familiarity with end-to-end systems, including tasking, collection management, collection operations, processing, and dissemination.
Experience with SIGINT data flows and the requirements for delivering specific datasets to different SIGINT databases.
Ability to support re-engineering focused on automation, multi-access cross-cueing, collaboration, and dynamic collection and processing orchestration.
Familiarity with SIGINT systems collection management and architecture, including practices suitable for adoption within collection systems architecture.
Experience providing exercise support alongside system development and testing of new concepts and equipment.
Experience with cybersecurity principles, system security authorizations, and Risk Management Framework processes and capabilities.
Broad experience in systems engineering, system integration, project management, architecture development, and mission use case and thread analysis.
Demonstrated ability to work constructively with diverse stakeholders to resolve mission and technical issues.
Self-starter with high attention to detail and excellent oral and written communication skills.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools, especially Microsoft Excel.

Responsibilities

Capture and document requirements for new and updated systems.
Coordinate and track sensor projects from requirements and analysis of alternatives through sensor buildout, deployment, installation, testing, and transition to operations.
Participate in meetings, working groups, integrated product teams, product reviews, and status meetings to monitor systems engineering plans and the development and deployment of space and ground processing systems.
Work with government Systems Engineers to support re-engineering of the existing SIGINT ground architecture, reducing collection and processing stovepipes and replacing deprecated systems.
Produce systems engineering and technical documentation, develop master schedules, and support validation and verification activities.
Provide exercise support as needed to assist in developing and testing new capabilities.
Serve as a liaison to critical personnel and monitor project development milestones.
Track customer-related audit and inspection findings and help manage them to resolution.
Anticipate and identify areas likely to present problems during future audits and inspections.

Benefits

Heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for employees and their dependents on this program.
25 days of PTO accrued annually, up to a generous PTO cap.
Eligibility to participate in a bonus plan.
Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
Life insurance.
Health savings account.
Short- and long-term disability coverage.
Employee assistance program (EAP).
Parental leave.
401(k).
Paid time off for vacation.
Company-paid holidays.