1 month ago
Halawa, HI, USASenior / Staff+
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$112k - $179k/yr
Responsibilities
- Engineer, configure, and maintain pipelines for ingesting structured and unstructured telemetry.
- Configure Universal Forwarders, Heavy Forwarders, and Edge Processors for data routing, filtering, masking, and transformation.
- Design standardized data tagging and field-extraction schemas mapped to the Common Information Model.
- Develop technology add-ons to parse, clean, and enrich non-standard mission data sources.
- Troubleshoot data parsing, event-breaking, timestamping, search-performance, and ingest-latency issues.
- Establish secure, encrypted, and highly available transport pathways with enterprise architects and network engineers.
- Implement edge-filtering and data-reduction strategies that retain critical logs and control licensing costs.
- Maintain data-flow diagrams, ingestion matrices, data-taxonomy schemas, and other technical documentation.
- Develop data-routing solutions across TAK, TRAX, Compass, CDS, MSS, and cloud-provider environments using PLI, FMV, and CoT schemas.
Requirements
- Minimum experience is 12 years with a high-school degree, 10 years with an associate degree, 8 years with a bachelor’s degree, or 6 years with a master’s degree.
- Must be DoW 8140 compliant under Work Role Code 451, Systems Administrator, Intermediate level or higher, by October 1, 2026.
- Secret clearance is required, with the ability to obtain TS/SCI clearance.
- Previous experience in Department of War or DoD enterprise network environments is preferred.
- Understanding of the DoD Zero Trust Strategy, especially its data visibility, tagging, and analytics pillars, is preferred.
- Experience with Python or PowerShell for data-classification automation and tool API integrations is preferred.
- Hands-on experience with Apache Kafka, Apache NiFi, syslog-ng, or Rsyslog is preferred.
- Experience configuring and scaling Splunk Edge Processors or Heavy Forwarders for high-volume telemetry is preferred.
Benefits
- Eligible employees may receive medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short- and long-term disability, employee assistance, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off, and company-paid holidays.
- The position is located at Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii.
- The application period is estimated at 30 days from the posting date but may change based on business needs and candidate availability.
- Employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.
Tech Stack
Categories
Data Engineering
About Peraton
Peraton builds and integrates mission systems, cyber, space, and intelligence solutions for U.S. defense, intelligence, and civil agencies. It delivers enterprise IT, satellite and terrestrial communications, and spectrum management under government contracts. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in Reston, Virginia and is privately held by Veritas Capital.