Lead Systems Engineer

About Peraton

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 solve the most daunting challenges that our customers face. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Program Overview

Peraton is seeking a Lead Systems Engineer to support the NOAA Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) program - a mission-critical platform supporting National Weather Service forecasters nationwide.

This position is hybrid. Must be local to one of the following Peraton facilities: Melbourne, FL, Aurora, CO, Herndon, VA, San Antonio, TX, Houston, TX, Omaha, NE, Huntsville, AL, King of Prussia, PA, or Silver Spring, MD.

About The Role

In this role, you will provide senior technical leadership across the full systems engineering lifecycle, ensuring the delivery of reliable, high-performance capabilities that support operational weather forecasting and public safety.

What You'll Do:

• Provide technical leadership for the NOAA AWIPS program, guiding systems engineering activities across the full lifecycle
• Lead systems integration, verification & validation (V&V), and requirements management for complex, mission-critical systems
• Translate customer and operational requirements into end-to-end system solutions, balancing technical, schedule, and cost constraints
• Oversee system architecture, design standards, and technical implementation to ensure performance and design integrity
• Coordinate the identification, reporting, and resolution of system anomalies, ensuring operational reliability
• Engage directly with customers and stakeholders on strategy, requirements, emerging technologies, and technical problem solving

Required Qualifications:

• Min of 12 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 10 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 7 years with Ph.D
• 4 years of relevant experience will be considered in lieu of a bachelor's degree.
• Microsoft Visual Studio and NetBeans IDEs
• UML software design tools (Enterprise Architect)
• Programming with MS SQLServer DB and/or Postgres DB
• Programming with scripting languages (Perl, JavaScript, PowerShell, etc.)
• Strong working knowledge of Service Oriented architectures.
• Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodologies.
• Git and other software version control or management tools.
• Atlassian tool suite (Jira, FishEye/Crucible, BitBucket, etc)
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience supporting NOAA programs.
• Active/Current Public Trust

Key skills/competency:

• Systems Engineering
• Technical Leadership
• Requirements Management
• System Integration
• Verification & Validation
• System Architecture
• SDLC
• Database Programming
• Scripting
• Atlassian Suite