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Peraton

Runs and secures technology for federal agencies

HPC Communications Subject Matter Expert

System AdministrationConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeMcLean, VA, USA

About the Job

Requirements

  • An active Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information clearance with polygraph is required.
  • A bachelor's degree in engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a relevant technical field and 12 years of relevant experience is required; alternatively, a master's degree and 10 years of relevant experience, or four additional years of experience in lieu of a degree.
  • Experience in the intelligence or defense industries is required.
  • Ability to work across cross-functional teams and potentially educate or train others in high-performance computing technology is required.
  • Experience benchmarking and testing key high-performance computing workloads, including OpenFOAM and Linpack, is required.
  • Understanding of networking, operating systems, NVIDIA graphics processing units, scripting, data recovery, troubleshooting, and cloud environments is required.
  • Experience working with artificial intelligence and machine learning in an AWS cloud environment and using NVIDIA graphics processing unit architecture is required.
  • A technical background in virtualization, networking storage, and high-performance computing performance is required.
  • Experience with CUDA and a variety of high-performance computing workloads is required.
  • Experience working in a Windows-based environment is required.
  • Experience programming or scripting is required.
  • Willingness and ability to travel is required.

Responsibilities

  • Provide policy, guidance, and resource advocacy on technical, operational, and analysis support.
  • Apply subject-matter understanding in one or more areas: aircraft or maritime communications, core networks, fiber optics, radio frequency, satellites, wireless telecommunications networks, or infrastructure.
  • Analyze complex problems and develop innovative solutions while coordinating onsite projects with technical leads, advising on impacts and mitigation approaches, and resolving mission-critical challenges and issues related to foreign threats.
  • Draft, review, and brief customers and other stakeholders as required.
  • Promote synchronization and synergies across multiple projects.
  • Lead in-depth analyses that translate customer unified-capabilities needs into support and new developments.
  • Direct, design, and develop plans for security, reliability, business continuity, integration, and interoperability for the classified customer.
  • Lead and manage project teams and initiatives.
  • Act as a technical advisor and consultant to systems integration and systems engineering technical assistance activities and serve as a primary interface among program customers and stakeholders, the technical development team, and end users.
  • Ensure robust requirements definition, execution and development processes, solutions, and support for testing and training before deployment of technical capabilities.
  • Support multiple efforts and assist the customer in making informed decisions about requirements and developments.
  • Assist with deployment of technical capabilities while balancing competing equities and operational considerations.

Desired Qualifications

  • Cultural competency and the ability to collaborate effectively with people from diverse cultural backgrounds are desired.
  • Demonstrated experience or relevant education related to working within the United States Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility is desired, including familiarity with the region's geopolitical, social, and cultural dynamics.
  • CISSP certification is desired.
  • Experience working in the customer environment is desired.
  • Knowledge of the customer's processes and procedures to minimize the learning curve for project and task navigation is desired.
  • Relevant cultural and language competency is highly desired.

About the Company

Peraton

Runs and secures technology for federal agencies

Peraton builds and runs secure technology for American defense, intelligence, space, and civilian agencies, from military networks to satellite ground stations. In 2025, the Federal Aviation Administration chose it to manage the overhaul of the nation's air traffic control system, replacing copper wiring with fiber and upgrading radar and radios. Its engineers, many holding security clearances, run and defend agency networks and data centers, write mission software, and operate space and communications systems, and agencies pay for this work through multiyear contracts. Peraton was formed in 2017, when private-equity firm Veritas Capital bought Harris Corporation's government IT business, and is based in Reston, Virginia.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Grant
Total funding
$60M
Headquarters
Reston, VA
Founded
2017

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