Cyber Systems Engineering, Senior Advisor

Responsibilities

• Monitors, analyzes, and detects cyber events and incidents within information systems and networks under general supervision.

• Assists with integrated, dynamic cyber defense, coordinates and maintains security toolsets to support organizations' continuous monitoring and ongoing authorization programs.

• Establishes a framework by which cyber risk can be measured and quantified in the marketplace.

• Determines security requirements by evaluating business strategies and requirements; researching information security standards; conducting system security and vulnerability analyses and risk assessments; studying architecture/platform; identifying integration issues; preparing cost estimates.

• Implements security systems by specifying intrusion detection methodologies and equipment; directing equipment and software installation and calibration; preparing preventive and reactive measures; creating, transmitting, and maintaining keys; providing technical support; completing documentation.

• Verifies security systems by developing and implementing test scripts.

• Maintains security by monitoring and ensuring compliance to standards, policies, and procedures; conducting incident response analyses; developing and conducting training programs.

• Responsible for the design, development, implementation, and integration of a DoD IA architectures, systems, or system components for use within computing, network, and enclave environments.

• Ensures that the architecture and design of development and operational systems are functional and secure.

• This includes designs for program of record systems and special purpose processing nodes with platform IT interconnectivity.

Qualifications

• Twenty (20) years experience as a SE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type and complexity is required

• Bachelor's degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required. Five (5) years of additional SE experience (total of 25 years) may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.

• Active TS/SCI clearance with current polygraph required

• Providing technical direction for the development

• Engineering, interfacing, integration and testing of complex hardware/software systems to include requirements elicitation, analysis and functional allocation, conducting system requirements reviews

• Developing concepts of operation and interface standards

• Developing system architectures

• Performing technical/nontechnical assessment and management as well as end-to-end flow analysis

Desired Qualifications:

• Published Technical writings, such as white papers, technical journals

• Experience with Object Oriented development methodologies, networks, data storage, data modeling, data ontologies, security architectures and CASE tool selection and use

• Experience performing a variety of tasks related to knowledge/technique dissemination to groups of analytic workforce

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in developing Annotation Services, e.g. services that generate and tag metadata

• Experience in developing Association services, e.g., developing relationships

• Experience designing and engineering automated analytic software, techniques, or algorithms

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 participation in an attractive bonus plan.

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.

Target Salary Range

$190,000 - $304,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.