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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.\nResponsibilities\nPeraton is seeking a Lead Systems Integrator to lead end-to-end integration activities for a mission-critical enterprise software platform supporting an Intelligence Community customer. The platform integrates multiple technology platforms, shared services, and mission applications into a standardized environment across multiple classified enclaves, leveraging a zero trust, hub-and-spoke architecture.\nThe Lead Systems Integrator will oversee integration strategy, interface definition, tenant onboarding, system verification, and release integration to ensure platform components operate cohesively and capabilities transition successfully from development to production. This role works closely with the Chief Architect, Program Manager, cybersecurity personnel, and engineering teams across Peraton and its industry partners to manage technical dependencies, resolve integration challenges, and ensure releases meet established performance, security, and authorization requirements.\nWhat You Will Do\nLead end-to-end systems integration across enterprise platforms, shared services, mission applications, tenant environments, and external or legacy systems.\n\nDefine and maintain interface control documents, integration patterns, interface standards, and onboarding processes for mission tenants and applications.\n\nCoordinate integration activities across multiple security enclaves, collaborating with cross-domain engineering teams to support secure data and artifact exchanges between classification levels.\n\nPlan and execute the integration of new capabilities during legacy system transitions while minimizing disruption to existing mission services.\n\nLead the Integration and Test team, establishing verification strategies, test environments, and release entry and exit criteria.\n\nOversee system-level verification, regression testing, and performance testing; coordinate defect resolution across engineering teams and stakeholders.\n\nCoordinate release integration activities across development, cybersecurity, and operations teams to support predictable and reliable delivery.\n\nEnsure integration and test documentation provides the technical evidence required to support Risk Management Framework (RMF) authorization and continuous Authority to Operate (cATO).\n\nPartner with the Chief Architect to translate enterprise architecture and technical designs into executable integration plans and testable requirements.\n\nIdentify and manage integration dependencies, technical risks, schedule impacts, and cross-team issues; communicate status and mitigation strategies to program leadership and customer stakeholders.\n\nLead technical exchanges, integration working groups, and coordination sessions with government customers, industry partners, and technology vendors.\n\nEstablish integration engineering standards, provide technical guidance, and mentor integration engineers to promote consistent engineering practices.\n\nLocation: This position is fully onsite in Chantilly, VA.\nQualifications\nRequired Qualifications\nActive TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.\n\nBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field, with 12 or more years of relevant experience. Additional 4 years of relevant experience may be substituted for a degree.\n\nAt least 5 years of experience leading systems integration or Integration and Test (I&T) efforts for large, multi-component enterprise systems.\n\nHands-on experience integrating systems across hybrid cloud and on-premises environments, including containerized platforms such as Kubernetes or equivalent technologies.\n\nExperience defining system interfaces and integration standards, including APIs, data exchange mechanisms, identity federation, and messaging.\n\nExperience leading verification and test programs, including test planning, test environment management, and defect tracking and resolution.\n\nExperience developing integration and test documentation and technical artifacts to support RMF authorization.\n\nDemonstrated ability to communicate technical concepts, brief senior government and industry stakeholders, and coordinate across multidisciplinary engineering teams.\n\nDoD 8140 / 8570 IAT Level II certification, such as Security+ CE, or the ability to obtain the required certification within the established timeframe.\n\nDesired Qualifications\nExperience integrating systems across multiple classification levels, including the use of cross-domain solutions.\n\nExperience implementing zero trust architecture within enterprise platforms.\n\nExperience integrating geospatial or other mission data services.\n\nExperience leading systems integration activities during the transition from incumbent or legacy systems.\n\nFamiliarity with DevSecOps pipelines, infrastructure as code, and automated testing frameworks.\n\nExperience with IT service management (ITSM) and observability tools, including ServiceNow.\n\nExperience supporting Intelligence Community or Department of Defense mission programs.\n\nRelevant professional certifications, such as INCOSE CSEP/ESEP, Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS), or a cloud professional certification.\n\nTarget Salary Range\n$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.Benefits Statement\nPeraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at https://www.careers.peraton.com/benefits.\nApplication Statements\nThe application period for the job is estimated to be 30 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates. By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in the role and the Company. During the review of your application, you may be required to participate in an on-camera interview, as well as participate in a process to verify your identity. Use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools of any kind during Peraton interviews is strictly prohibited unless the candidate has obtained prior written authorization. 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