Sr. Systems Engineer - TS/SCI w/poly at Peraton
Annapolis Junction, MD
$190,000–$304,000from the description
Jun 30, 2026
Annapolis Junction, MD
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior-level systems engineering role supporting a cyber mission team that builds software to automate tasks for national security customers. Day-to-day work centers on translating user needs into system requirements and specifications, guiding design and development, conducting trade analyses, managing system configuration across hardware and software, and overseeing integration and testing. The role suits a deeply experienced systems engineer holding an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
Senior level · 14+ years · Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
Advertised as Mid, but the requirements read as Senior.
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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Why we read it this way (9)
The posting is titled 'Systems Engineer Level 2' — 'Level 2' in Peraton's internal leveling framework maps to a mid-level designation, hence the level advertised in the title is Mid; however, the 14-year experience requirement and the scope of responsibilities (leading SE efforts, full lifecycle ownership, trade analyses, configuration control) clearly support a Senior classification.
A Bachelor's degree is listed as required, but the JD explicitly states '5 years of additional SE experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree,' so the degree requirement is treated as None.
An active TS/SCI clearance WITH a current polygraph is a hard gate per the Basic Qualifications section.
SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture) is listed as a required ability under Basic Qualifications; it is a methodology/architectural approach rather than a named tool, but it is specific enough to retain as a required skill in this domain context.
GitLab and Jira appear together under Preferred Qualifications as interchangeable ticketing system options ('such as GITLAB or JIRA'), so they are captured as a single preferred skill with alternatives.
The role is primarily on-site at a contractor facility in Annapolis Junction, MD (near Fort Meade); limited telework is noted as possible but not guaranteed, so remote is set to false.
Annapolis Junction, MD falls within the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD CBSA (12580).
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): systems engineering lifecycle.
Requires a TS/SCI clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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