Technical Project Engineer, Senior Associate

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe. They are seeking a Technical Project Engineer for managing high visibility projects for their Risk Decision Group (RDG), responsible for overseeing project performance and ensuring alignment with company policies.

Responsibilities:

• The Project Engineer will be responsible for the performance of relatively small projects or a definable portion of a larger program in accordance with contract requirements and company policies, procedures, and guidelines
• Will direct and supervise all support resources for the performance of project assignments and activities and manage the direction of a project through the design, development, implementation and testing in accordance with project objectives
• Responsible for all aspects of the development and implementation of assigned projects and provides a single point of contact for those projects
• Interface with all areas affected by the project including end users, business support teams, technical teams, and senior leadership
• Coordinates efforts within the project team to ensure project expectations are met and communicated
• Manages multiple projects at a time
• Develops detailed work plans, schedules, project estimates, resource plans and status reports
• Gathers functional and technical requirements utilizing standard project management and/or business analysis methodologies
• Responsible for the preparation of and accountability for all project deliverables
• Conducts project meetings and is responsible for project tracking and analysis, to include areas of risk and key decisions
• Provides timely and concise updates on project progress to senior management and key stakeholders
• Recommends and takes action to direct the analysis and solutions of problems
• Specify systems requirements and ensure that completed systems meet requirements
• Participates in the PMO's established change management practice by leading change requests and bugs from initiation to review by the Change Control Board
• Possesses good trouble-shooting and problem-solving skills
• Works under general direction and provides solutions to a wide range of difficult problems
• A good team player with ability to provide after-hours support

Requirements:

• 2 year's experience with BS/BA, 0 years with MS/MA, 6 years no degree
• US Citizenship
• Must hold active federal background investigation with a T5 adjudication or Top Secret eligible clearance
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite
• Proficiency in Microsoft Teams Environment
• Experience with Visio
• Experience with process flow mapping
• Experience working within and the analysis of federal investigative standards and operational workflows
• PMP Certification
• Scrum Master Certification
• Understanding of agile methodology
• Understanding of software development lifecycles