Position Title: Model-Based Systems Engineer

Location: Herndon VA( Remote Flexibility, onsite one day a week )

Clearance: Interim secret or DOD Secret or Top Secret

Duration: Long Term

Peraton is seeking a Model Based Systems Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position is located in Herndon, VA within office, full-time tele-work, or hybrid options. The qualified applicant will become part of Peraton s Department of State (DOS) Consular Systems Modernization (CSM) Program, for the Bureau of Consular Affairs (CA). This initiative is modernizing and consolidating the operational environment under a common technology framework in order to better support the services provided to CAs customers. As part of the modernization program, the Systems Engineer is responsible for a wide range of tasks and associated work products including requirements definition, concept of operations, systems modeling, system interface specifications, estimation, and trade studies.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Work with the product owner and customer stakeholders to understand customer business needs and priorities.
• Define and manage requirements, both functional and non-functional, as high-level epics, features, and user stories to support SAFe Agile methodology.
• Define the system domain and develop system models using model-based engineering (UML and SysML).
• Author models in an Enterprise Architect tool.
• Support Agile scrum development teams.
• Develop concept of operations (CONOPS) and high-level solution plans aligned with define Solution Epics.
• Lead Decision Analysis Resolution (DAR), gap analysis, and trade study activities for system engineering-related areas.
• Execute within SAFe Framework environment.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in STEM and at least 2-5 years experience.
• Experience supporting systems engineering activities for software projects with involvement in requirements management and technical design/development of software solutions.
• Exposure to Agile development concepts and tools.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbally and in writing.
• Must have a current, active Secret (or higher) clearance. An interim clearance may be acceptable.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience defining business domains, processes and use cases and developing a representation of the proposed solution using model-based engineering (UML and SysML).
• Background in Agile Software Development, specifically experience in developing detailed user stories to include precise and descriptive acceptance criteria.
• Experience using Agile and engineering tools that support Agile Software Development, such as IBM Engineering Workflow Management (EWM) and Sparx EA.
• Experience creating software development product backlogs, roadmaps, and release plans.
• Experience with authoring of a CONOPS for the development of system architectures and requirements.
• Experience modernizing enterprise software systems (web and mobile-based).