Job Description

Responsibilities

Peraton is hiring a Systems Engineering SME that has experience planning for and managing the implementation of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI / ML) capabilities into the customer’s analytic processing infrastructure. The Systems Engineer (SE) will support our customer’s large High-Performance Computing (HPC) related program.

This program is cutting edge and includes everything from HPC test planning and execution, architecture design and prototyping, and vendor outreach and collaboration support. Program technical areas include commercial cloud technologies, high performance computing, and enterprise architecture. 

The program is tactically important to the national security of the United States and the work on these missions are frequently recognized for their results and the Program Integrator will be directly involved in ensuring the government is successful in achieving their planned objectives of this growing, high-profile program.

• The selected Systems Engineer should have significant and relevant experience managing storage solutions.
• The selected SE should have a strong understanding and experience with Technical, Project, Enterprise Organizational Project Enabling, and Agreement Systems Engineering Process Areas.
• The systems engineer will analyze, assess, plan, coordinate and monitor the integration of AI / ML capabilities into the customers processing and analytic capability modernization efforts.
• The systems engineer should have a strong understanding of the AI lifecycle (development, training, inference, monitoring) and understand ML pipeline development, model deployment, and development operations.
• To be successful, the SE must possess excellent communication and collaboration skills with stakeholder groups, an ability to proactively engage with these groups to understand requirements and inform system architecture decisions.
• Experience with Cloud Architecture (especially AWS) is a plus as the modernization efforts will largely be deployed withing that cloud architecture. #AJCM

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Required Education and Experience:
  • A High School Diploma or GED plus twenty-four (24) years of general systems engineering experience, OR
  • A Bachelor’s degree in a qualified engineering field or a related discipline from an accredited college or university plus twenty (20) years of systems engineering experience, OR
  • A Master’s degree or PhD in a qualified engineering field or a related discipline from an accredited college or university plus eighteen (18) years of systems engineering experience.
• Position requires an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.

Desired Qualifications:

• Cloud Architecture/ Cloud Engineer/ Platform Engineering (especially in AWS)
• AI/ML system design and implementation
  • High-level understanding of the AI lifecycle (development, training, inference, monitoring)
  • Experience with ML pipeline development, model deployment, and DevOps/MLOps
  • Experience with Amazon SageMaker is a plus
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with a variety of stakeholder groups, ability to proactively engage with these groups to understand requirements and inform system architecture decisions
• System security and networking (particularly the implementation of system security on classified systems)
• Data engineering and data lifecycle management

Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program, which includes heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and eligible to participate 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

$176,000 - $282,000. 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.

EEO

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