Systems Engineering, Advisor

Peraton•Springfield, VA

About The Position

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Systems Engineering or in related technical or scientific fields such as engineering, physics, mathematics, operations research, engineering management, Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or related STEM degree program, or 18 years of equivalent Expert-Level Systems Engineer work experience.
18 years of experience in government or industry in relevant work areas including: DoD/IC Acquisition Process, Requirements Process, PPBES Process or system engineering of large complex System of Systems or Service Oriented Architecture/Cloud environments.
Experience with and strong understanding of systems engineering lifecycle.
Experience communicating and collaborating both within and external to organization, to include with senior executives and leaders.
TS/SCI clearance adjudication or ability to obtain SCI and pass a polygraph

Nice To Haves

Doctorate in Systems Engineering or in related technical or scientific fields such as engineering, physics, mathematics, operations research, engineering management, Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or related STEM degree program.
Working knowledge of Model Based Systems Engineering, processes, tools and languages.
Software Development Framework certification.
INCOSE Expert System Engineering Professional (ESEP) certification.
Licensure as a professional engineer.
Membership or leadership participation in any of the following professional organizations: ACSM ASCE ASPRS OGC SAREM USGIF
Experience in the field of geospatial intelligence.
Experience engineering solutions using Cloud-based technologies.
Experience engineering solutions using structured and unstructured Big Data.
Experience engineering solutions using Automation, Augmentation and Artificial Intelligence technologies.
Experience in photogrammetry, remote sensing, image science, information sciences, geographic information systems, geomatics, or related fields.

Responsibilities

Assists the Government in directing requirements engineering, solutions engineering, scheduling, reliability, resiliency, services development, integration, test and evaluation, maintainability and analysis across the National System of Geospatial-intelligence (NSG), Allied System of Geospatial-intelligence (ASG) and Federal Agencies.
Assists with the planning, analysis/traceability of user requirements, architectures traceability, procedures, and problems to automate or improve existing systems and review cloud service capabilities, workflow, and scheduling limitations.
Advises the Government on proposed changes to the solutions designs based on analysis of requirements and new technology.
Assists the Government in the capture and translation of mission and customer requirements/needs into systems/capability requirements and solutions.
Supports the analyses and allocation of requirements to systems architecture components and executing programs.
Assists the Government in performing systems integration activities.
Assist in leading Analysis of Alternatives (AoAs), Course of Actions (CoAs), Trade Studies, and Engineering Assessments.
Assists the Government in strategic technical planning, project management, performance engineering, risk management and interface design.
Provides expert advice to the Government in the areas of relating vision, strategy, plans, needs, requirements, and process and capability developments.
Operates at the level of integrating multiple Major Systems Acquisitions across organizational, agency, department, and governmental/national boundaries.
Oversees and coordinates the work of Senior-, Mid-, and Junior-level contractor Systems Engineers.
Ability to solve complex problems, lead a team(s) and work independently and proactively with minimal supervision.