Modeling, Simulation and Analysis Engineer

Responsibilities

Are you a curious, driven analyst or software engineer excited by the challenge of harnessing the power of data science, simulation and operations research to optimize the Intelligence Community (IC) to get GEOINT data more efficiently to the users who need it most? As a member of PERATON’s dynamic Performance Engineering and Analysis team, you will use your technical and analytic skills to identify trends and patterns using the team’s data-rich ecosystem of GEOINT collection & performance metadata spanning over 60 IC systems. 

 

Our team is a recognized IC leader with decades of expertise in providing customers with data-driven analysis shaping the architectures of the future.  You will use your expertise in analytics, visualization, and programming to develop innovative solutions providing mission “ground truth”, immersive trades, and strategic direction to our diverse set of clients. Come join our team in exciting analysis crossing agency boundaries and providing solutions which address the exponential growth in GEOINT data in the context of modernizing space/ground infrastructure, content, CONOPS, services, and cloud-enabled tools and applications! 

 

We are seeking a Mid-level Modeling, Simulation and Analysis (MS&A) Engineer to conduct modeling, simulation and analysis activities in support of business stakeholders, analysts, and warfighters to define and analyze system and data requirements to support NGA business and mission processes to ensure timely and accurate GEOINT.

 

Duties include:

• Assists Government with the development and use of complex models, tools and algorithms to identify trends and patterns in Big Data.
• Supports developing models NGA’s architectures, requirements, and systems performance and considers NGA and NSG strategies and overall vision for the future of GEOINT.
• Supports creating models to support analysis of alternatives, performance trades, design trades and new capabilities and develops alternatives for deployment based on MS&A results in existing NSG architectures and cloud environments.

Qualifications

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program, which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and participation in an attractive bonus plan. 

 

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or related STEM degree program
• 6 years of technical experience is required. If this experience is as a MS&A Engineer, it may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• 6 years of working experience in government or industry modeling large complex System of Systems or Service Oriented Architecture/Cloud environments.
• Programming & Scientific Computing experience with at least one of the following: Python, R, Julia, C++, or MATLAB.
• TS/SCI clearance adjudication or ability to obtain SCI and pass a poly

Desired:

• Working knowledge of Model Based Systems Engineering, processes, tools and languages.
• A minimum of 6 years of working experience in Operations Research.
• Knowledge of “Big” data wrangling & HPC programming tools (e.g. data.table, Polars, Apache Arrow, Apache Spark)
• Data visualization using scripting language package APIs (e.g. ggplot2, Matplotlib, Plotly, D3)
• Data driven web application prototyping (e.g. R Shiny, Dash, Bokeh, Flask, Tableau, React)

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.

Target Salary Range

$86,000 - $138,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.