Functional Specialist Advisor

Provides expertise, guidance, consultation, facilitation, and thought leadership to the client and/or project team based on specialized in-depth expertise in such fields as: engineering and technology; policy and administration; planning; analysis; training and development; facilities; communications; visual design; human capital; business; and management.  Ensures that quality is an integral part of the development, design and manufacture of products or services.  Monitors requirements through test and measurement activities; manages/leads quality assurance activities.

Duties include: 

• Review existing programs and assist in making refinements, reducing operating time, and improve current techniques. 
• Confer with systems analysts, engineers, programmers and others to design system and to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements and interfaces. 
• Obtain and evaluate information on factors such as reporting formats required, costs, and operational needs to determine mission health. 
• Consult with customers about commercial software solutions, operational planning, and maintenance strategies. 
• Confer with data processing and project managers to obtain information on limitations and capabilities for data reporting and metrics projects. 
• Prepare reports and correspondence concerning project specifications, activities and status. 
• Evaluate factors such as reporting formats required, cost constraints, and need for operational restrictions to determine mission health. 
• Review existing programs and assist in making refinements, reducing operating time, and improve current techniques. 
• Confer with systems analysts, engineers, programmers and others to design system and to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements and interfaces. 
• Obtain and evaluate information on factors such as reporting formats required, costs, and operational needs to determine mission health. 
• Consult with customers about commercial software solutions, operational planning, and maintenance strategies. 
• Confer with data processing and project managers to obtain information on limitations and capabilities for data reporting and metrics projects. 
• Prepare reports and correspondence concerning project specifications, activities and status. 
• Evaluate factors such as reporting formats required, cost constraints, and need for operational restrictions to determine mission health. 

Location: This position is 100% onsite in Springfield, Virginia. Remote or hybrid work is not available.

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program, which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and eligible to participate in an attractive bonus plan.

Required:

• TS/SCI clearance adjudication or ability to obtain SCI and pass a polygraph.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, Remote Sensing, Photogrammetry, Image Science, Data Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Geographic Information Systems, Geography, or other related degree program or 12+ years working experience in an engineering field; Bachelor’s in Business Administration will be accepted on a case-by-case basis.
  
• 12+ years experience providing guidance and direction in high technology programs.
  
• 12+ experience in guidance, consultation, facilitation, and thought leadership to the client and/or project team based on specialized in-depth expertise in such fields as:

o    engineering and technology
o    policy and administration
o    program management
o    planning
o    analysis
o    training and development
o    facilities
o    communications
o    visual design
o    human capital
o    business

Desired:

• Master’s degree or higher in Remote Sensing, Photogrammetry, Image Science, Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Geographic Information Systems, Geography, or other related degree program.
  
• Experience in engineering, design and analysis of IT or related systems experience in all phases of design, development, analysis and documentation, and development of standards and guidelines for tasks being performed.
  
• Experience working with DoD/IC Acquisition Process or PPBES.
  
• Experience in Model-Based Systems Engineering, processes, tools and languages.
  
• Previous NGA and/or NSG/ASG program/project work experience.
  
• Previous IC or DoD program/project work experience.
  
• Experience with Agile software development methodologies.
  
• Experience with: 

o    Project Management software (Project, Primavera)
o    Financial tracking software
o    Customer relationship management CRM software.
o    Enterprise resource planning ERP software.