Systems Engineer

Peraton • Chantilly, VA

13d • $146,000 - $234,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Peraton is seeking a Systems Engineer to support the development of a government customer’s future architecture at a customer location in Chantilly, Virginia. The position applies systems engineering best practices and uses Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), including the Cameo application suite, to create and maintain a department-side architecture tool.

The engineer will work with department teams, team members, and external stakeholders to collect future-architecture requirements, functions, and behaviors, along with relevant characteristics of existing systems. The role includes documenting this information in detailed diagrams, presenting architecture products for stakeholder feedback, updating them as needs evolve, and supporting the development of requirements documents based on the future architecture.

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI with relevant polygraph.
• Minimum of 12 years of experience with a BS/BA, 10 years with an MS/MA, or 7 years with a Ph.D.
• Previous experience with the Intelligence Community (IC).
• Good time-management skills and ability to support multiple projects and multitask.
• Ability to work collaboratively with a diverse team and independently with minimal supervision.
• Ability to quickly ramp up to support customer needs, communicate ideas clearly orally and in writing, take initiative, and provide creative solutions to challenges or systemic problems.
• Proactive and forward-leaning, with strong interpersonal skills.
• Systems engineering experience, including development of CONOPS/use cases, decomposition of system functions and behaviors, and requirements development and management.

Nice To Haves

• Working knowledge of MBSE.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain a department-side architecture tool using MBSE via the Cameo application suite.
• Collaborate with department teams and external stakeholders to gather future architecture requirements, functions, and behaviors, as well as applicable characteristics of existing systems.
• Develop detailed diagrams to capture stakeholder information using an MBSE approach.
• Present architecture products to stakeholders, gather feedback, and update the products to meet evolving needs.
• Support the development of requirements documents based on the future architecture.

Benefits

• Heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for employees and their dependents.
• 25 days of PTO accrued annually, up to a generous PTO cap.
• Eligibility to participate in a bonus plan.
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior