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Peraton Overview

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.

Responsibilities

Project Description:

The team supports a suite of web-based applications that automate data management for IC data custodians.

The products facilitate the capture of information and approvals that allow for the movement of data through the customer mission space in a compliant manner.

These products are critical to standardize and simplify data movement as well as data reuse and integration with downstream tools.

Job Description:

Outline, develop and implement data engineering solutions.

Work with numerous concurrent IC-provided data sets to identify, map and model data transformation routines supporting ingestion into the customer's corporate repositories and be able to document new and existing data flows supporting data routing implementations.

Desired Qualifications:

Working knowledge of smart data systems and entitlements

Experience with JAVA and Splunk is highly desired

Experience with current and evolving agency dataflow and reporting solutions

Experience in developing system performance, availability, scalability, manageability, and security requirements for mid-to-large scale systems

Experience in leading agile development models

Experience integrating COTS and GOTS products from multiple vendors

Experience developing and deploying storage within clustered or cloud environments

Experience planning and integrating secure compliant solutions based on legal, policy, and compliance directives

Highly Desired Skills:

Have a working knowledge of NiFi, be comfortable working in a Linux environment, interacting with data ontologies (schemas), structured data types (XML, CSV, JSON), have database experience (MySQL/NoSQL) and analytic query experience with a platform.

A working knowledge of smart data systems and entitlements is highly desired, as well as experience with JAVA and Splunk.

Qualifications

Basic Requirements:

Active TS/SCI with current polygraph required

Fourteen (14) years of experience in planning and leading Systems Engineering efforts.

Bachelor’s degree in technical discipline from an accredited college or university is required

Five (5) years of additional systems engineering experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree

Benefits: Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees supporting 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 eligibility to participate in an attractive bonus plan.

Target Salary Range $146,000 - $234,000. 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.

EEO EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.