This position combines Lead Systems Engineering responsibilities with program technical leadership. You’ll guide technical strategy, lead cross-functional execution and drive high-priority engineering efforts at scale.
This position requires full-time on-site work at a customer site near College Park, MD.
Key responsibilities may include
Serve as the primary technical interface to the customer, leading technical discussions, briefings, risk decisions, tradeoffs, and roadmap alignment
Translate evolving mission needs into actionable technical strategy, execution plans, and modernization priorities across research and infrastructure
Own technical delivery outcomes: availability, performance, compliance posture, platform evolution, and operational excellence
Act as the senior systems engineering authority for end-to-end architecture across multi-domain environments (unclassified and classified networks)
Lead engineering efforts for system development, integration, and certification, including high-visibility compliance initiatives
Lead core infrastructure support services enabling research teams: compute, storage, network services, identity/access patterns, monitoring, backup/restore, and lifecycle refresh
Improve resiliency and operational maturity: incident response patterns, root-cause analysis, performance tuning, capacity planning, and change control
Guide modernization efforts while maintaining uptime and mission continuity
Drive secure baselines across multi-OS environments
Lead implementation and validation of controls aligned to appliance governance policies, always ensuring audit readiness
Partner with security/compliance stakeholders to close gaps and continuously improve security posture without breaking research velocity
Lead and mentor cross-functional teams, ensuring infrastructure priorities align to research execution
Direct subcontract personnel, establish accountability, and maintain consistent delivery quality through clear technical expectations and operation rhythm
This position may be eligible for an increased sign-on bonus. Eligibility, bonus amount, and applicable terms and conditions will be discussed during the recruiting process*
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Qualifications
Minimum qualifications
20+ years of experience in planning and leading Systems Engineering efforts and a bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Management, or related discipline. Five years of additional relevant experience may be substituted for bachelor’s degree, for a total of 25 years of experience
5+ years of demonstrated experience working with large complex engineering systems and subsystems with expertise applied across multiple engineering disciplines such as electrical, computer, software, telecommunications, information security, and networking
Demonstrated success as a hands-on technical leader who can also set strategy and drive execution across teams and stakeholders within complex mission environments
Proven customer-facing leadership: ability to brief clearly, make tradeoffs, manage expectations, and communicate risk/impact that is clearly understood
High level of experience within classified environments and the operational realities of compliance, access controls, and mission uptime
Experience implementing security best practices in high-compliance environments
Ability to plan work, manage technical risk, and drive accountability across mixed teams of Peraton, subcontract, and customer personnel, to deliver outcomes on schedule
This position requires an active/current TS/SCI w/ Polygraph
Preferred qualifications
Experience serving as an engineering director, program engineering lead, or equivalent senior technical authority
Experience designing secure data management solutions
Virtualization, hyperconverged infrastructure, enterprise storage platforms and/or research compute environments (HPC)
Experience supporting research teams and experimental environments where requirements evolve and rapid iteration is needed
Target Salary Range $190,000 - $304,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.
Benefits Statement
Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at https://www.careers.peraton.com/benefits.
Application Statements The application period for the job is estimated to be 30 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates. By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in the role and the Company. During the review of your application, you may be required to participate in an on-camera interview, as well as participate in a process to verify your identity. Use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools of any kind during Peraton interviews is strictly prohibited unless the candidate has obtained prior written authorization. All interview responses must be the candidate’s own.
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- EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.
