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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Test and Integration Engineering Lead - **Company:** Peraton Inc - **Location:** Kirtland Air Force Base, NM, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $135,000.0 - $216,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Configuration Management, Service-Oriented Architecture, Verification and Validation (Software), Systems Integration, SC Clearance, Modeling and Simulation, Enterprise Integration, Devsecops - **Published:** August 14, 2026 - **Apply:** https://jobs.localjobnetwork.com/apply/add/88034974/1 ## About the Role * Minimum of 12 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 10 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 7 years with Ph.D. However four (4) years experience may be substituted in lieu of degree. * This position requires the candidate to possess a minimum of Top-Secret clearance with the ability to obtain TS/SCI. The candidate must maintain the clearance. * Expert-level experience leading and overseeing integration of large, complex enterprise system-of-systems or service-oriented architecture environments. * Extensive experience planning, implementing, testing, documenting, and maintaining solutions across cloud, on-premise, and hybrid infrastructures. * Working knowledge of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), digital engineering processes, tools, and methodologies. * Demonstrated ability to apply leading-edge principles and concepts to unusually complex and ambiguous integration problems. * Demonstrated experience mentoring and supervising integrators and engineers across varying levels of experience. * Excellent critical thinking, technical writing, and oral communication skills, including the ability to present and defend technical solutions to customers and senior stakeholders., * Experience supporting satellite ground systems, Satellite Operations Centers (SOCs), or space mission operations. * Experience supporting U.S. Space Force (USSF), Space Systems Command (SSC), or similar DoD space programs. * Experience performing integration and test activities within RDT&E or other rapid development/prototyping environments. * Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), digital engineering, modeling and simulation, or related engineering methodologies. * Experience integrating capabilities across cloud, on-premise, and hybrid environments, including DevSecOps-based development environments. * Experience supporting verification and validation (V&V), interface management, configuration management, and formal technical reviews. * Familiarity with cybersecurity-driven integration requirements, including RMF, ATO, and secure DoD environments. ## Description Lead and oversee integration and testing of large, complex enterprise system-of-systems and service-oriented architecture environments. * Lead planning, implementation, testing, documentation, and maintenance of integration solutions across cloud, on-premise, and hybrid infrastructures. * Set technical direction for integration efforts across the program and ensure the integrity of integrated systems and solutions. * Apply leading-edge principles and concepts to resolve unusually complex and ambiguous integration challenges. * Leverage Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and digital engineering processes, tools, and methodologies to support integration activities. * Provide technical leadership throughout integration and testing activities, exercising substantial latitude and independent judgment in developing solutions. * Identify integration issues, dependencies, and technical challenges and drive solutions across complex system environments. * Mentor and supervise Senior, Mid-Level, and Junior integrators and engineers in technical and professional competencies. * Develop and maintain technical documentation supporting integration and testing activities. * Present, communicate, and defend technical solutions and integration approaches to customers and senior stakeholders. * Provide innovative technical solutions that support the long-term technical direction of the program. 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