Peraton is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to join the Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) Ground Sustainment Services (LGSS) program to add to our distinguished team to sustain and enhance the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Common Ground System (CGS).  The JPSS CGS is responsible for implementing JPSS Program command, control, and communications and data processing requirements for JPSS CGS-serviced missions.  The JPSS is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) next-generation operational Earth observation Program that acquires and distributes global environmental data from multiple polar-orbiting satellites, playing a critical role to NOAA’s mission to understand and predict changes in weather, climate, oceans, coasts, and space environments, which supports the Nation’s economy and protects life and property. 

　　LCAT: Systems Engineer Senior Technical Specialist

　　Responsibilities: 

　　Support system level engineering development to include software integration and test (I&T) activities for Satellite Ground Station Command and Control applications ensuring system compatibility to meet program technical, schedule and cost objectives.  This includes developing and managing requirements supporting the integration of COTS-based systems and custom software, from the system design phase through development, documentation, installation, and commissioning of the completed system

　　Generate segment and component level requirements to include verification approaches in all phases of development

　　Familiar with Systems Engineering processes

　　Generate test procedures for the validation and verification of software components to analyze requirements for integration and/or testability issues

　　Support Requirements readiness reviews, formal system verification of the system requirements and final test reports

　　Organize, execute, and report on software testing

　　Recognize and adopt best practices in documentation, testing and efficient use of resources

　　Develop, review and execute component as well as segment level Test Engineering Duties

　　Have a detailed understanding of the Requirements Lifecycle 

　　Utilize JIRA in an Agile development environment

　　Support development and maintenance of automated testing

　　Required Qualifications:

　　BS/BA in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Math, or related technical discipline or equivalent experience  

　　Minimum of 10-12 years of Systems Engineering, Integration and Test Engineering experience with BS/BA, 8-10 with MS and 5-7 with PhD

　　Experience with Cloud Services such as:

　　EC2

　　S3

　　EFS/EBS

　　SNS/SQS

　　AmazonMQ

　　S3/SQS/AmazonMQ

　　Amazon Aurora or RDS

　　Experience working in an Agile development environment

　　Extensive experience with Windows OS and Microsoft Office products

　　Willing to learn new things

　　Ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance

　　Preferred Qualifications:

　　Experience with Systems Engineering Tools (e.g., Rational DOORS)

　　Familiar with the Atlassian tool suite, including Jira, Insight, Confluence, Risk Register, Crucible, Bitbucket, Git, etc.

　　Familiar with working within a distributed virtual team environment, with proficiency in remote collaboration tools and practices

　　Strong interpersonal skills with a willingness to foster strong relationships with coworkers and vendors

　　Highly organized with strong attention to detail

　　Outstanding verbal and written communication skills with the ability to dynamically tailor communications effectively to different levels of the organization

　　Reside near the Washington, DC area optimal but not required

　　ABOUT GAMA-1

　　GAMA-1 is a rapidly growing technology business that is based in Greenbelt, Maryland. GAMA-1 Technologies provides strategic information assurance, information security, and business enterprise and networking solutions to the Federal Government. Our success is based on the utilization of industry and agency standards, establishment of standardized processes, and IT Services expertise. At GAMA-1, we believe employees should grow, achieve, and develop just as the company grows, achieves, and develops. GAMA-1 is committed to providing our employees with opportunities for career advancement throughout their employment. For more information, visit www.gama1tech.com

　　GAMA-1 is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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