• Act as a trusted advisor to customers, gathering requirements, qualifying opportunities, and designing solutions. • Collaborate with Arista Account Managers to gain an in-depth understanding of enterprise and commercial clients. • Conduct whiteboard network architectural designs and develop solutions that improve network performance, efficiency, and customer TCO. • Present Arista's Data Center Networking and Cognitive Campus solutions. • Validate Data Center and/or Campus network designs, and network deployments using Arista solutions. • Provide design guidelines and work with Arista Professional Services for client recommendations and turn-key solutions. • Collaborate with the sales team to respond to RFP/RFQs and provide valuable feedback to Product Management.

• Proactively reach out to the customer to position Arista products in DC, Campus, Routing, AI, CV etc in order to expand account footprint. • Provide Technical assistance on new opportunities including Proof of Concept testing at Arista and in customer's labs • Ensure the customer is performing operational health checks, compliance reviews, and automation maturity assessments. • Assist in deploying and integrating CloudVision, APIs, and automation toolsets. • Support customers in implementing workflows for monitoring, telemetry, and provisioning. • Identify opportunities for continuous improvement in customer environments using Arista’s open, programmable platforms. • Ensure the customer is deploying a Modern Operating model and they are reducing their TCO for running their infrastructure. • Deliver strategic and advanced technical workshops (automation, CI/CD, CloudVision, AVD). • Identify training needs, and provide guidance on training, certification, and skill uplift of customer teams. • Produce business-oriented documentation: success runbooks, solution blueprints. adoption roadmaps, and optimization reports. • Primary account team contact for Customer's Operations team supporting QBRs (quarterly business review), QoRs and feedback loops • Act as a technical liaison between customers, Arista TAC, and engineering, but focus on proactive solutions. • Coordinate with SEs (strategy/pre-sales) and PS (execution) teams to ensure end-to-end customer lifecycle coverage. • Evangelize Arista PS and match customer requirements to PS deliverables.

• Provide pre-sales technical systems engineering support for enterprise/commercial customers • Act as a trusted advisor for customers to gather requirements and identify opportunities • Conduct white board network architectural reviews and deliver product presentations • Architect, design and propose Arista Data Center solutions • Work with the Proof of Concept team to validate customer proof-of-concept setups • Collaborate with Sales Team to respond to RFP/RFQs • Represent Arista at customer and industry events and conferences • Write and present design guidelines and recommend improvements to customers

Role Description The Office of Space Weather Observations (SWO) under NESDIS is responsible for advancing space weather observational capabilities to meet NOAA programmatic needs. NOAA’s Space Weather Next (SWX) program maintains and extends space weather observations from various vantage points, selected to most efficiently provide comprehensive knowledge of the Sun and the near-Earth space environment needed to protect our technological infrastructure. The Space Weather Ground Services (SWGS) is responsible for comprehensive ground services for all SWX projects, ensuring successful implementation and operation of observing assets and ensuring the continuity of space weather measurements made by SWFO-L1 and the GOES-R series satellites. The SWGS Mission Operations Services (MOS) program must provide a full mission satellite command and control solution to support the L1 Series with two new independently launched observatories. Peraton is seeking a Cyber Systems Engineer to support cybersecurity activities across a new satellite ground system development program supporting the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). This position will support all cybersecurity design and implementation activities throughout the full system lifecycle—from architecture and design through integration, assessment, authorization, operational deployment, and sustainment. The selected candidate will be responsible for supporting the program’s cybersecurity architecture to include: - Implementing security controls and processes for a FISMA High-impact system in a cloud-based environment. - Close collaboration with other program functional elements including Systems Engineering Integration and Test (SEIT), Software Engineering, Networks, Infrastructure, Architecture, Operations, Quality, and program leadership to ensure cybersecurity is fully integrated into system design and delivery. - Designing and developing new systems, applications, and solutions for enterprise-wide cyber systems and networks in support of CI/CD pipelines, DevSecOps frameworks, and Zero Trust Architecture implementations. - Integrating new architectural features into existing infrastructures, designing cyber security architectural artifacts, providing architectural analysis of cyber security features, and relating existing systems to future needs and trends. - Embedding advanced forensic tools and techniques for attack reconstruction, providing engineering recommendations, and resolving integration and testing issues. - Providing technical expertise for NOAA FISMA High system applications, computers, and networks, including cybersecurity tool management and implementing NIST 800-53 high-impact security control configurations. - Supporting the NOAA cyber security mission by building, configuring, troubleshooting, and updating the network security capabilities that protect NOAA core networks and information. - Managing complex vulnerability remediations and developing novel patch and vulnerability management solutions. - Monitoring secure network connectivity and ensuring high quality data transmission using standard network tools. - Creating and establishing network security processes, configuration guides, and architecture diagrams. - Providing technical expertise to large or complex projects. - Establishing and maintaining standard operating procedures for operations team members. This position is contingent on contract award. Qualifications - Minimum of 5 years of experience with BS/BA, 3 years of experience with MS/MA or 9 years with no degree. - Ability to obtain and hold a Public Trust clearance – US Citizenship is required. - Experience with Information Assurance (IA) hardening and compliance, i.e. DISA STIG & NIST 800-53 compliance, documentation. - Experience deploying and maintaining cybersecurity tools to include vulnerability scanning/management, SIEM, PAM, WAF, endpoint protection, and cloud security applications. - Must have network and firewall engineering experience with designing, implementation, and maintaining layer 2 and 3 networking devices and/or firewall devices. - Strong knowledge of the OSI 7-layer model, TCP/IP, and common application layer protocols. - Experience working with the Atlassian tool suite, including Jira, Asset Manager, Confluence, Risk Register, Crucible, etc. Preferred Qualifications - Strong interpersonal skills with a willingness to foster strong relationships with coworkers and vendors. - AWS certification or similar CSP certifications. - Experience with scripting to automate tasks and manage workflows using Python, Bash, or PowerShell. - Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, and Ansible. - Experience with multiple cyber security vendors and products such as F5 Big-IP, Delinea, Tenable SC, BigFix, and PaloAlto VM-Series or equivalent technologies. - Highly organized with strong attention to detail. - Outstanding verbal and written communication skills with the ability to dynamically tailor communications effectively to different levels of the organization. - Experience supporting NOAA, NASA, or national space mission programs, particularly ground systems. - Experience leading projects and process improvement activities to completion with successful outcomes and delivery of desired results. - Active Public Trust clearance. Company Description 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 do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure. Target Salary Range $104,000 - $166,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. EEO EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.