Systems Engineering, Associate

Job Location

US-MD-Fort Meade

Peraton is seeking a Systems Engineer to support a complex, multi-year contract providing Systems Engineering and Integration support to DISA. The work performed on this contract is mission‑critical and offers team members the opportunity to work autonomously while developing expertise in cross domain technologies.

The Systems Engineer will support a high priority, high visibility development, integration, and implementation effort for a mission‑critical DISA Cross Domain program. The selected candidate will contribute to multiple concurrent tasks and collaborate across engineering and mission teams.

The successful candidate will be a motivated, forward‑leaning engineer with strong technical fundamentals and the ability to grow into more senior responsibilities within a dynamic customer environment.

The ideal candidate demonstrates a commitment to delivering high‑quality work, continuous learning, and effective collaboration within a team environment. This individual is expected to quickly come up to speed, operate with a high degree of autonomy, and proactively contribute to mission objectives. The role requires the ability to adapt to evolving priorities in a dynamic, fast‑paced environment while maintaining attention to detail and technical excellence.

Primary

Responsibilities include:

• Support decomposition of customer and system requirements in alignment with cross‑domain roadmaps.
• Assist in the design, implementation, and maintenance of cross domain systems and infrastructure, including servers, networks, storage systems, and software applications.
• Strong understanding to configure and maintain physical and virtual environments, including VMware and ESXi systems.
• Apply and validate system security configurations, including DISA STIGs (Security Technical Implementation Guides), to ensure compliance with security requirements.
• Perform hands‑on hardware and software configuration of systems, including network configuration and cabling.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and support development of technical solutions aligned with mission and security objectives.
• Install, configure, and troubleshoot IT system components to ensure stability and performance.
• Work with customers, mission partners, program managers, and other technical team members to support system integration activities.
• Assist in the creation and maintenance of automation scripts (e.g., Ansible, Python, Bash, etc.) to streamline deployments, support internal lab environment projects and perfective maintenance priorities of the program.
• Provide support to system infrastructure, network security, and Authorization & Accreditation (A&A) activities.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation and assist with Engineering Implementation Plans.
• Support integration, testing, verification, and validation activities for systems and components.
• Track hardware, software, and configuration changes to support documentation updates and system baselines.
• Provide input to training materials and support knowledge sharing across the team.

Basic Qualifications:

• 0 years with BS/BA; 4 years with HS Diploma/Equivalent
• Ability to Obtain Secret Clearance
• Must obtain DoD 8140 (formerly 8570) IAT Level II certification (e.g., Security+) within 60 days of hire
• Must be a US Citizen
• Demonstrated full life cycle, systems integration experience
• Strong demonstrated experience with VMware and ESXi environments
• Hands‑on experience with hardware and software configuration of physical systems, including network configuration and cabling for physical devices and networking concepts
• Experience supporting development of DoD AF architecture frameworks to inform systems engineering design and implementation best practices utilizing MS Visio
• Experience troubleshooting operational systems, including participation in advanced (Tier III‑level) troubleshooting and root cause analysis for deployed environments
• Working knowledge of software development or scripting (e.g., XML, Python, Bash, Power Shell, Java, C++)
• Familiarity with system development processes, databases, and IT infrastructure concepts
• Linux command line…