Peraton
Peraton
Peraton is a mission-focused enterprise technology company serving national security, military, and government customers. Its work spans advanced IT and cyber services, including cyber defense, cloud operations, engineering, intelligence, and data-driven technology solutions. Peraton brings together large, specialized teams to address complex operational and security challenges, with roles supporting the delivery of technology capabilities for critical missions.

Senior Technology Manager, Federal IT Modernization – Peraton

Lead federal enterprise IT modernization at Peraton across DevSecOps, cloud architecture, cybersecurity, and technical strategy. Serve as the senior technical authority for mission-focused transformation initiatives.

Description

  • Act as the senior technical authority across engineering, infrastructure, cybersecurity, cloud, and enterprise modernization workstreams.
  • Direct architecture and technical delivery for complex enterprise IT modernization initiatives supporting customer missions.
  • Establish DevSecOps practices through CI/CD integration, automation, containerization, security integration, and threat modeling.
  • Administer and integrate information systems, hardware, software, networks, and enterprise infrastructure operations.
  • Convert business and mission needs into enterprise computing requirements, technical architectures, designs, and reports.
  • Perform engineering analysis and assess enterprise service alternatives for strategic modernization programs.
  • Lead requirements analysis, business cases, solution architecture, integration, testing, and technical validation.
  • Ensure applications and technology solutions meet customer security requirements and applicable federal standards.
  • Guide VDI, MDM, cloud, endpoint, infrastructure, and other enterprise technology initiatives.
  • Coordinate architecture and engineering integration across infrastructure, applications, cybersecurity, cloud, networking, and operations.
  • Find opportunities to improve automation, standardization, resilience, scalability, and operational efficiency.
  • Provide architecture-level direction for AWS GovCloud and other cloud environments.
  • Advance containerization and modern application delivery using Kubernetes and secure CI/CD pipelines.
  • Embed security throughout the systems development lifecycle and enterprise architecture.
  • Serve as the primary technical liaison to the customer Technical Point of Contact on architecture, engineering, strategy, and modernization.
  • Lead technical reviews, architecture sessions, engineering assessments, and modernization planning with federal stakeholders and program leaders.
  • Contribute technical guidance to Agile planning and roadmaps while partnering with the Program Manager on technology strategy.
  • Own or lead major deliverables, including enterprise computing requirements and designs, feasibility documentation, software development plans, and Agile roadmaps.
  • Assess emerging technologies and enterprise service options against mission needs, feasibility, security, scalability, and integration requirements.
  • Ensure technical solutions comply with federal requirements, architecture principles, security policies, and customer modernization goals.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, information technology, or a related technical field.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance.
  • U.S. citizenship.
  • At least 12 years of experience in IT engineering, enterprise architecture, systems engineering, infrastructure, or a related technical discipline.
  • At least five years leading enterprise IT modernization initiatives on federal contracts.
  • TOGAF certification.
  • SAFe Program Consultant certification.
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional certification.
  • Demonstrated leadership in enterprise architecture, engineering integration, and technical modernization across complex IT environments.
  • Strong experience implementing or standardizing DevSecOps practices, including CI/CD, automation, containerization, and security integration.
  • Experience translating business and mission needs into enterprise technical requirements, architectures, designs, and implementation strategies.
  • Experience conducting technical feasibility analyses and evaluating enterprise technology alternatives.
  • Experience leading requirements analysis, business cases, solution integration, testing, and technical validation.
  • Experience incorporating security requirements into enterprise architecture and application development processes.
  • Experience leading infrastructure, networking, cloud, application, and cybersecurity workstreams.
  • Experience with enterprise cloud architecture, including AWS environments and cloud modernization.
  • Strong communication and technical leadership skills, including experience working with senior federal stakeholders.
  • Master’s degree in computer science, engineering, information technology, or a related technical field preferred.
  • Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification preferred.
  • PMP certification preferred.
  • CISSP certification preferred.
  • Certified Kubernetes Administrator certification preferred.
  • TS/SCI security clearance preferred.
  • Experience supporting DEA, DOJ, or other federal law enforcement missions preferred.
  • Experience with AWS GovCloud or Azure Government preferred.
  • Advanced experience with Kubernetes, container orchestration, infrastructure automation, and cloud-native architectures preferred.
  • Experience creating and implementing enterprise Agile or SAFe transformation roadmaps preferred.
  • Experience leading security-by-design, Zero Trust, and DevSecOps initiatives in federal environments preferred.

Benefits

  • Employees may qualify for overtime.
  • Shift differential may be available.
  • A discretionary bonus may be available.
  • Peraton is an equal opportunity employer, including for individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.

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