Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees solve the most daunting challenges that our customers face. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.
We are seeking GEOINT Data & Mission Integration Engineers to integrate mission applications, geospatial data sources, processing services, APIs, metadata, and shared platform capabilities.
These engineers will collaborate with application developers and platform teams to define interfaces, enable interoperable data exchange, support geospatial data formats, and validate end-to-end processing workflows. The ideal candidate combines systems integration and software development skills with experience in geospatial data processing, API integration, and mission-oriented applications.
Support application developers in establishing interfaces between mission applications, geospatial processing services, and shared enterprise capabilities.
Develop and maintain API specifications, integration examples, interface documentation, and technical guidance.
Integrate mission applications with shared processing, catalog, and data services.
Troubleshoot application interfaces, data exchanges, and service integration issues during onboarding and production operations.
Collaborate with software developers and platform engineers to resolve integration dependencies and improve interoperability.
Establish reusable integration patterns and technical documentation to support consistent implementation across applications.
Support the exchange and processing of geospatial data using formats such as GeoTIFF, NITF, and GeoJSON.
Develop data transformation and processing workflows that preserve data integrity, provenance, and metadata.
Integrate geospatial data sources, collection systems, and approved data platforms.
Support metadata management, cataloging, discovery, and access to geospatial products across applications.
Validate data formats, interface compatibility, and processing requirements to ensure reliable data exchange.
Identify and resolve data interoperability issues across systems and processing workflows.
Support end-to-end testing of geospatial data processing and product-generation workflows.
Validate processing accuracy, throughput, latency, data integrity, and error handling.
Coordinate with integration and test engineers to develop and execute integration, mission-workflow, and regression tests.
Analyze workflow failures and coordinate corrective actions with application, data, and platform engineering teams.
Document integration patterns, troubleshooting procedures, and recurring issues to improve reuse and maintainability.
Location: This position is fully onsite in Chantilly, VA.
Active TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph.
Approximately 5–8 years of experience in data integration, geospatial software, API development, mission-application integration, systems integration, or a related technical discipline.
Experience with REST APIs and structured data exchange.
Experience working with geospatial data formats, geospatial processing, or geographic information systems.
Software development or scripting experience.
Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and interface-documentation skills.
Ability to collaborate directly with application developers, platform engineers, and technical stakeholders.
Experience with one or more of the following is beneficial:
GDAL or comparable geospatial data-processing tools.
PostGIS or other spatial database technologies.
GeoTIFF, NITF, and GeoJSON.
Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) interfaces and standards.
Commercial imagery integration.
Geospatial intelligence or other mission-oriented geospatial systems.
Data catalogs, metadata services, and geospatial discovery capabilities.
Experience integrating geospatial data across secure or highly regulated environments.
EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.
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