Overhead SIGINT Systems Engineer at Peraton

This is a highly specialized Intelligence Community (IC) / national security role focused on Overhead SIGINT systems engineering and portfolio management within the Sensor Data Operations (SDO) group — it does not map cleanly to a standard BLS computer occupation. 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other) is used as the best available fit; 15-1211 (Computer Systems Analysts) is a plausible alternative given the systems analysis and documentation emphasis.

The degree requirement is effectively 'None' for scoring purposes: the JD accepts a Bachelor's in a related field with 20 years of experience, a Master's/PhD substituting for 2 years, or a High School Diploma/GED with 24 years — equivalent experience is explicitly accepted in lieu of a degree.

The 20-year minimum reflects the primary path (Bachelor's + 20 years); the GED/HS path requires 24 years. The overall years minimum is set to 20 as the stated minimum under the most common path.

TS/SCI with polygraph is an explicit hard gate ('Position requires an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph').

SIGINT operational experience (CNO, NCSC, Analytics), SIGINT analyst/reporter/auditor experience, and Overhead architecture familiarity are all listed under 'Individual Capabilities/Experience Desired' — treated as preferred.

The role is on-site at the customer facility in Jessup, MD (within the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson CBSA); remote work is not indicated.

The posting specifies 1880 hours of support per year, which is consistent with full-time employment.

Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): systems engineering.

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.