Senior Level Test and Integration Systems Engineer at Peraton
Chantilly, VA
$135,000–$216,000from the description
Jul 16, 2026
Chantilly, VA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior-level engineering role supporting geospatial intelligence systems within the DoD and Intelligence Community, specifically across NSG and ASG environments. Day-to-day work spans the full systems engineering lifecycle — requirements analysis, systems integration, and both manual and automated testing — while also mentoring junior engineers. Suits a technically experienced candidate with a TS/SCI clearance and a background in large-scale enterprise or cloud-based government programs.
Senior level · 12+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $129,834 (middle half $101,882–$164,857). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (9)
The JD accepts equivalent experience in lieu of a degree (4 years with no degree, or 2 years with a non-STEM degree substituted for a Bachelor's), so the degree requirement is set to None.
Clearance is stated as 'Active TS/SCI clearance or ability to obtain SCI eligibility and successfully complete a polygraph' — this gates on TS/SCI with polygraph eligibility, classified as TopSecretSci.
Location is not explicitly stated in the posting; given the NGA/NSG/ASG/IC/DoD GEOINT mission context, the Washington DC metro area (including Springfield/Bethesda/Reston) is the most probable work location.
SOC classification is a judgement call: the role blends systems engineering, integration, and testing across enterprise architectures. 15-1211 (Computer Systems Analysts) best fits the primary day-to-day work of requirements analysis, systems integration, and technical evaluation; 15-1299 is noted as a runner-up given the heavy systems engineering framing.
Several required skills (e.g., 'systems engineering lifecycle', 'requirements analysis', 'Service-Oriented Architecture') are methodological/architectural concepts rather than named tools, but are included because the JD explicitly gates on them as hard requirements.
'Demonstrated knowledge of the NSG, ASG, and/or NRO enterprise environments' and 'Previous NGA, NSG/ASG, IC, or DoD program experience' are domain/context requirements that cannot be represented as named technology skills and are noted here instead.
All tools listed under Preferred Qualifications (Jenkins, Docker, JMeter, Postman, Swagger, Nexus, Apigee, GitHub/GitLab, Java, Bash, Python, JavaScript, SQL, AWS, C2S) are marked preferred. Postman and Swagger are listed together as interchangeable in that context; GitHub and GitLab are listed as alternatives to each other; AWS and C2S (Commercial Cloud Services, the IC-specific AWS region) are listed as alternatives.
Ignored 3 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): systems engineering lifecycle, test management, Service-Oriented Architecture.
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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