Systems Analyst – Strategic Planning

Peraton • Brook Park, OH

115d • $86,000 - $138,000

About The Position

Peraton is seeking a strategic forward thinker with initiative, ownership, and technical skills to join our team in Brook Park, Ohio in support of the NASA Glenn Engineering and Research Support (GEARS) Contract team supporting a research and engineering application support infrastructure. CAD and PLM solutions and IT strategic planning are just two of the services provided to the NASA community and the Peraton contract station. The selected candidate will work in a dynamic, team-based environment that advances requirements, preparation, configuration, and integration for research and engineering resources and applications throughout the NASA Glenn Research Center. The selected individual will maintain a specific focus on strategic planning, consolidation efforts, and coordination with Center and Agency IT Master Planning activities. The new hire will assist the Research and Engineering Directorate Strategic Lead with IT requirements definition and review of options, support Agency and Center IT consolidation efforts, act as a technical resource for IT issues and interactions with the GRC OCIO, assist in the coordination with other IT Service providers (i.e. networks, security, procurement, etc.), and assist in the development and execution of the Directorate’s IT technology roadmap and technology planning.

Requirements

• Bachelor degree and 5 years of experience in computer science, software engineering, systems analysis, information systems.
• Demonstrated understanding of the development and support of IT Strategic and Tactical initiatives.
• Strong understanding of Digital Transformation and Engineering practices and adoption.
• Working knowledge of data management (ITAR, CUI), applications (integration and configuration), product lifecycle management (PLM, SDLC), and configuration management.
• Skilled with the integration of applications with hardware and other software through APIs or COTS interface.
• Must be a US Citizen.

Nice To Haves

• Strong presentation and verbal skills and the ability to communicate with different audiences.
• Familiarity with ITIL best practices.
• Understanding of multi-Factor Authentication and ODIC, Entra ID, and SAML.
• Basic understanding of Engineering and Research applications supporting mechanical, electrical, chemical, software engineering.
• Familiarity with latest technologies: AI, ML, Cloud, Kubernetes.
• Understanding of IT Strategic Risk Management best practices.
• Previous involvement in interpreting and applying IT governance and policy.

Responsibilities

• Support the collection of requirements, specifications, and recommendations for hardware and/or software upgrades to the Research and Engineering architecture and environment.
• Recommend changes in configuration to optimize performance and utilization of environment resources.
• Support coordination with the OCIO Organization to ensure that the technical and IT Security requirements of Code L are properly addressed.
• Attend required meetings, review technical proposals, develop technical requirements and specifications, prepare responses to IT data calls, test proposed solutions to determine potential impacts, document infrastructure issues for Code L Senior Management.
• Assist the Code L IT Resources Manager in the development and implementation of IT Governance within Code L.
• Develop usage statistics for budgetary and resource planning activities.
• Provide strategic support including research, coordination, tracking and documentation for planning, facilitating and enhancing all Research and Engineering related operations.
• Support coordination with a Vendor(s) to determine an implementation plan for additional specialized Research and Engineering Applications support personnel.
• Support Consolidation, IT Enterprise architecture, and Strategic planning activities including requirements definition, options review, transition planning, integration, and operational activities.
• Participate in Strategic planning and Enterprise IT Architecture activities.
• Participate in new License and Application Management strategic planning activities and Agency consolidation efforts.

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees