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# Cyber Systems Engineer, Senior Advisor

- **Company:** Peraton Inc
- **Location:** Laurel, MD, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $190,000.0 - $304,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Information Systems, Data-Flow Analysis, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Key Management, Software Requirements Analysis, Software Systems, Test Scripts, Information Technology, Cyber Warfare, Vulnerability Analysis
- **Published:** September 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://jobs.localjobnetwork.com/apply/add/85707151/1

## About the Role

* Twenty (20) years experience as a SE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type and complexity is required
 * Bachelor's degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required.
 + Five (5) years of additional experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.
 * TS/SCI with poly
 * Experience providing:
 + Technical direction for the development
 + Engineering, interfacing, integration and testing of complex hardware/software systems to include requirements elicitation, analysis and functional allocation, conducting system requirements reviews
 + Developing concepts of operation and interface standards
 + Developing system architectures
 + Performing technical/nontechnical assessment and management as well as end-to-end flow analysis
 + Developing system performance, availability, scalability, manageability, and security requirements for mid-to-large scale systems.
 + Developing technical documentation for issues and/or training

## Description

Monitor, analyze, and detect cyber events across enterprise systems and networks, identifying threats and vulnerabilities under general supervision.

 * Support integrated, dynamic cyber defense operations, maintaining and coordinating security toolsets that enable continuous monitoring and ongoing authorization programs.
 * Develop frameworks to measure and quantify cyber risk, helping organizations understand their security posture in real-world, mission-focused terms.
 * Determine security requirements by evaluating business needs, researching standards, conducting system and vulnerability assessments, analyzing architectures, identifying integration issues, and preparing cost estimates.
 * Implement advanced security systems, including intrusion detection methodologies, hardware/software installation and calibration, key management, technical support, and documentation.
 * Verify and validate security solutions by developing and executing test scripts to ensure system integrity.
 * Strengthen enterprise security posture by monitoring compliance with policies and standards, conducting incident response analysis, and developing and delivering security training programs.
 * Design, develop, integrate, and implement DoD IA architectures across computing, network, and enclave environments.
 * Ensure secure, mission-ready system architectures, including program-of-record systems and specialized processing nodes requiring platform IT interconnectivity.


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