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 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
Peraton's Space & Intelligence Sector is looking for a
Systems/Sys Admin Engineer to join our diverse team at our Herndon, VA, office. The candidate will work within a cross-functional Agile scrum team and will be responsible for integrating and troubleshooting deployed systems, working both locally and at deployment sites. The selected candidate will travel to multiple CONUS and OCONUS sites to participate in deployment and integration with external systems, performance testing, and DoD assessment/acceptance tests. This position is on-site.
The candidate should be willing to spend up to 50% of their time traveling and working at deployment sites. While not traveling, the candidate will participate in requirements gathering, deployment and testing of containerized systems running in Kubernetes, and assisting the Information Assurance team in maintaining security paperwork.
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 Qualifications
- A Bachelor's degree with 5 years of relevant experience OR a Master's degree with 3 years of relevant experience; an additional 4 years of experience maybe considered in lieu of a degree requirement
- Security+ or equivalent certification and willingness to serve as a privileged user and systems administrator
- TS/SCI with ability to obtain poly
- 3-5 years administering Linux or other UNIX-based systems
- 2 years administering AWS cloud systems
- 2 years working with DevOps or DevSecOps teams in deploying and troubleshooting container-based systems
- 3-5 years creating and maintaining shell scripts, to include bash and Python
Preferred Qualifications
- 2 years administering Kubernetes (Red Hat OpenShift or another variant)
- Familiarity with NiFi
- Requirements management
- Maintaining systems documentation
- Familiarity with the DoD Risk Management Framework and systems assessment and accreditation process
Target Salary Range
$104,000 - $166,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.
SCA / Union / Intern Rate or Range
EEO
An Equal Opportunity Employer including Disability/Veteran.
Our Values
Benefits
At Peraton, our benefits are designed to help keep you at your best beyond the work you do with us daily. We're fully committed to the growth of our employees. From fully comprehensive medical plans to tuition reimbursement, tuition assistance, and fertility treatment, we are there to support you all the way.
- Paid Time-Off and Holidays
- Retirement
- Life & Disability Insurance
- Career Development
- Tuition Assistance and Student Loan Financing
- Paid Parental Leave
- Additional Benefits
- Medical, Dental, & Vision Care