System Modernization and Cloud Migration Lead Systems Engineer

Peraton is looking for a skilled Systems Engineer (SE) to support planning for, and managing activities related to, the government customer's legacy processing systems upgrade to a modern cloud architecture. The legacy applications provide critical processing for a high priority national indications and warning focused mission. The program is tactically important to the national security of the United States.

The customer requires support to assess existing requirements and application(s) and assistance in determining what tools and services are needed to meet emerging requirements and support with the development of an updated architecture and design that will enable mission success as the new applications are developed in Amazon Web Services (AWS). The successful candidates should understand cloud architectures, system engineering functions connected to requirements documentation and development, and the recommendation of solutions, including performing analysis of alternative solutions.

The range of work also includes managing and coordinating the portfolio's master schedule, deconstructing requirements into actionable and testable elements, drafting of statements of work describing customer's desired outcome for funded activities, and monitoring the customers' development and integration efforts against those requirements. #AJCM

Required Qualifications:

Required Education and Experience:
• A High School Diploma or GED plus twenty-four (24) years of general systems engineering experience, OR
• A Bachelor's degree in a Qualified Engineering Field or a related discipline from an accredited college or university plus twenty (20) years of systems engineering experience, OR
• A Master's degree or PhD in a Qualified Engineering Field or a related discipline from an accredited college or university plus eighteen (18) years of systems engineering experience.
• Position requires an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with AWS system deployment strongly desired

Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program, which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and eligible to participate in an attractive bonus plan.

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.