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Responsibilities

Peraton is hiring a part-time Systems Engineering SME in a hybrid position at the Stennis Space Center to provide project management for continuous technical oversight across parallel modernization tracks to ensure the project's technological critical path is sound and viable for operational sustainment. Core daily and monthly activities include providing technical expertise for risk assessment, guiding the transition of software into operational environments, and conducting expert review and validation of critical systems engineering documentation and project planning materials.

Specific requirements and tasks will include:

• Requirements Analysis & Traceability: Oversee the requirements traceability matrix (RTM) on an ongoing basis across to verify that all operational deficiencies are addressed by the proposed architecture.Integration & Interface Assessment: Regularly review Interface Control Documents (ICDs) to identify potential interoperability issues between disparate systems (e.g., legacy decoders, autonomy engines, and C2 interfaces) prior to operational fielding.
• Operational Acceptance and Readiness Evaluation: Evaluate integration strategies to ensure that systems align with existing operational baseline metrics and can be fully supported and sustained within the current infrastructure without degrading legacy capabilities.
• Oversight of Systems Transition & Lifecycle Planning: Develop and refine engineering recommendations for the continuous transition of software from development to operational sustainment. Assess deployment configurations, environmental requirements, and long-term sustainment viability.
• Technical Review Facilitation: Plan, facilitate, and provide expertise during ongoing critical engineering milestones, including System Requirements Reviews (SRR), Preliminary/Critical Design Reviews (PDR/CDR), and Engineering Review Boards (ERB).
• Executive Technical Communication: Routinely synthesize complex systems engineering data, test results, and integration risks into clear, actionable information. Prepare, review, and deliver high-level technical briefings and decision memos for senior-level leadership as required.

Qualifications

What you will need:

• Minimum of 16 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 14 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 10 years with Ph.D.

Must have strong background in technical project management and coordination including:

• Critical engineering milestones, and associated documentation such as System Requirements Reviews (SRR), Preliminary/Critical Design Reviews (PDR/CDR), and Engineering Review Boards (ERB).
• Assessment, deployment, and integration of complex technical solutions integrating government and industry technologies with Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) solutions into an operational architecture
• Technical risk management to include continuous technical risk assessment across project lifecycle, identifying critical path bottlenecks evaluating technical debt, and formulating ongoing risk mitigation strategies and contingency plans to support operational sustainment
• Operational acceptance and evaluation of integration strategies to ensure that systems align with existing operational baseline metrics and can be fully supported and sustained within the current infrastructure without degrading legacy capabilities
• Expertise in the technical infrastructure of the Naval Oceanographic Office and the technical interface with external organizations including NRL, ONR, and APL-UW at a level sufficient to lead cross-organizational coordination
• Secret security clearance

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$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.EEOEEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.Employment Type: PART_TIME