What are the responsibilities and job description for the Principal Engineer position at Peraton?
Peraton Overview
Peraton 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 and highly differentiated national security solutions and technologies that keep people safe and secure. Peraton serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies across the intelligence, space, cyber, defense, civilian, health, and state and local markets. Every day, our employees do the can’t be done, solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers.
Responsibilities
- Serve as cyber security experts on inter/intra-agency working groups addressing computer, network, and communications security issues
- Provide guidance to systems owners for compliance with DOS configuration standards and policies
- Provide emerging technology analysis and trend reporting to CTS designated recipients
- Provide Cloud, wireless, and mobile security expertise, device assessment, vulnerability analysis, and risk mitigation services
- Research and formulate open source software innovations integration in support of DOS network modernization efforts using industry best practices for cost efficiency solutions
- Provide technical expertise and customer perspective on policy changes to DOS policy working groups
- Facilitate the adoption of cyber and technological security solutions developed by CTS
- Coordinate Enterprise-wide Common Control Documentation and provide technical expertise as needed to Department partners on proper implementation of NIST Common Controls
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
- A Bachelor of Science degree and 9 years of experience is required (7 years of experience with a Master’s). In lieu of a Bachelor's degree, 6 years of additional experience may be substituted
- Active Top Secret security clearance is required with the ability to obtain SCI
- Has sufficient background to perform technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems
- Expertise at performing analysis at all levels of total system product to include: concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, maintenance and disposal
- Has background of skills to ensure the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints
Desired Qualifications
- Possess CASP CE, CCNA, CEH, Cloud , CySA , CISSP, or similar certification
