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Systems Engineering and Management Advisor

Peraton

Chantilly, VAFull-time$146–234K/yrPosted todayStill listed today

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Compensation
$146–234K/yr
Location
Chantilly, VA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
US work authorization required

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

TS/SCI clearance

Job overview

Peraton seeks a Systems Engineering and Management Advisor to serve as a Technical Project Manager supporting a Sponsor’s Branch. The role manages technical projects from initiation through implementation, ensuring delivery aligns with the Sponsor’s vision, schedule, and budget. The advisor coordinates stakeholders and project teams, tracks risks and dependencies, and briefs leadership on project status. The position requires a TS/SCI clearance with polygraph and at least eight years of experience with a related technical bachelor’s degree.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Proactive WorkBusiness RequirementsInformation VisualizationAgile MethodologiesProject IntegrationRisk ManagementProject CollaborationResource ManagementSharePointMS ProjectConfluenceHIVEJIRAOrganizational SkillsAttention to DetailTask PrioritizationProject CommunicationTeamworkOral CommunicationWritten CommunicationIT Service ManagementIT Delivery LifecyclesStrategic PartnershipsRapid IT DevelopmentSoftware DevelopmentNetwork DevelopmentCloud Application DevelopmentProject Management FrameworkProject PlanningScope ManagementSchedule ManagementBudget ManagementLeadership

Qualifications

TS/SCI Clearance With Polygraph8 Years Related Technical ExperienceRelated Technical Bachelor's Degree10 Years ExperienceBachelor's in CS, Engineering or RelatedPMP CertificationAWS Certified Cloud PractitionerCertified Scrum Master

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Parental Leave
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off

Full job description

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.

Responsibilities

The Sponsor's office delivers critical needs at a fast pace to its partners, and coordinates growing out an integrated architecture that both spans across and respects needs of diverse mission areas. The Sponsor's office provides technical support and solution development expertise while seeking to leverage existing technologies using a highly skilled team. The Systems Engineer will serve as a Technical Project Manager supporting the Branch and will provide support to ensure a portfolio of technical solutions are delivered and implemented consistent with the vision, on time and within budget. The following responsibilities may not be fully inclusive of the position responsibilities:

Responsibilities:

  • Perform all aspects of project management including project initiation, creation of project plan and schedule, conduct Technical Exchange Meetings (TEM), assemble clear documentation, and interact with stakeholders.

  • Perform overall management of the specific technical (often software-development focused) projects and ensuring that the solutions and schedules are implemented in a timely manner, that risks or opportunities are identified early, and that issues are tackled efficiently.

  • Work with all levels of management, Sponsor's divisions and branches, facilities, and service providers to proactively define and accurately capture requirements.

  • Oversee day-to-day activities, identify dependencies and blockers, develop project timelines, presentations, deliverables, PMPs, and risk management plans.

  • Facilitate/coordinate with other developers, help align and guide the team, and advise Sponsor leadership on administrative aspects outside of the PM's scope.

  • Manage projects from initiation to completion.

  • Lead, monitor, and track IT projects using Sponsor's tools including but not limited to MS Project, Confluence, HIVE, and JIRA.

  • Create and brief quad charts and presentations, capture meeting minutes (action items and decisions included), conduct control gates, brief project status, and keep Senior Management apprised of project status.

All personnel coming in to the organization undergo an additional security review that can take anywhere from 7 business days to 45+ days.

Qualifications

Required Skills:

  • Must possess and be able to maintain a TS/SCI clearance with polygraph

  • Minimum of 8 years with a related technical BS/BA

  • Demonstrated ability to work proactively in ambiguous environments, bringing structure, clarity, and stability

  • Demonstrated experience gathering and developing business requirements, and visualizing content that would provide an enhanced understanding of the information

  • Demonstrated experience utilizing Agile methodologies to improve management of requirements and deliver of functions

  • Demonstrated experience managing and integrating across multiple high priority projects with competing priorities as well a s common or overlapping needs

  • Proven expertise balancing project schedules and identifying/tracking risks, issues, and opportunities

  • Demonstrated experience collaborating within project teams and across organizations on critical tasks

  • Demonstrated experience deconflicting project resources and other dependencies and elevating when appropriate

  • Demonstrated experience in SharePoint, MS Project, Confluence, HIVE, JIRA, and other PM related tools to create user stores, plan sprints, or track work requirements.

  • Demonstrated experience with attention to detail, strong organizational skills and the ability to independently manage and prioritize multiple tasks to ensure deadlines are met.

  • Demonstrated proactive management and communication-style in technical execution of projects towards strategic goals

Desired Skills:

  • Minimum of 10 years of experience and a bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education technical certifications or training, or work experience

  • Proven expertise working well within a team. Listening and incorporating their inputs and needs to drive the project to completion. Excellent oral and written communication skills

  • Demonstrated experience working in Sponsor community supporting Sponsor's mission requirements and processes

  • Demonstrated experience working in IT services management, delivery life-cycles, and aligning technical operations with business value

  • Demonstrated experience fostering and facilitating strategic partnerships across organizational boundaries to positively impact mission delivery

  • Demonstrated experience with leading rapid development IT projects to include but not limited to software development, network, and development of applications in cloud environments utilizing Project Management Framework (PMF)

  • Demonstrated experience creating project plans, managing scope, schedule and budgets

  • Demonstrated leadership skills and support of team members to achieve success

  • Certifications:

  • Project Management - PMP certification preferred

  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

  • Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

Target Salary Range $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

Peraton 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.

Application Statements The 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. All interview responses must be the candidate’s own. EEO EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.

How this job compares

Set against the 2,996 open Systems Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 9, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$146–234K/yr
  • Virginia median$131–200K/yr183 salary ranges
  • US median$133–208K/yr2,164 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $190K, is 11% above the Virginia median midpoint ($172K) — in the middle half of Systems Engineering salary ranges in Virginia.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 257 open Systems Engineering jobs in Virginia and 2,996 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Virginia
Experience
This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience; Systems Engineering postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years at the median (2,373 postings).
Education
1,024 of the 2,996 open Systems Engineering jobs (34%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 9, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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