Technical Manager

Peraton Overview

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.

Responsibilities

Peraton is seeking for a Technical Manager who will have overall accountability for technology planning, optimization, service evolution, and innovation of Services.The Technical Manager will serve as the single point of accountability for DIR concerning performance and Incident management of DIR's and Successful Respondent's technology, including Private Cloud, Network, Mainframe, and AI Platform if implemented.

Candidates must currently reside in the Austin metropolitan area or nearby, or be willing and able to relocate to Austin, TX. This is an on-site position.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as the single point of accountability to DIR for performance and incident management across all technology domains.
• Provide technology planning, optimization, service evolution, and innovation across:
• Private Cloud
• Network
• Mainframe
• AI Platform, if implemented
• Govern the Infrastructure Reference Architecture, including:
• Quarterly architecture updates
• CMDB integration
• Standard products list management
• Monitor the environment for nonstandard product introduction and facilitate appropriate governance decisions.
• Coordinate with the Security Director on threat remediation and security posture.
• Manage infrastructure currency, maintaining systems within one major release of the current version.
• Provide technical leadership and governance across all applicable infrastructure and technology domains.
• Ensure technology decisions remain aligned with enterprise architecture, service requirements, security requirements, and contractual objectives.
• Provide cross-domain technical leadership in a complex multi-vendor/MSI government IT operating environment.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• 10 years of infrastructure architecture and technology leadership experience.
• Deep expertise in private cloud platforms, including VMware, Nutanix, or equivalent hyperconverged infrastructure.
• Hands-on data center infrastructure experience, including:
• Compute
• Storage, including SAN/NAS and tiered storage
• Server virtualization
• Working knowledge of data center networking, including:
• MPLS
• SDN
• Cloud connectivity
• Familiarity with mainframe operations, including z/OS or equivalent, from an architectural perspective.
• Experience with AI/ML infrastructure platforms or cloud-hosted AI services.
• Demonstrated ability to govern enterprise technology standards and reference architectures.
• Experience operating in multi-vendor government IT/MSI operating model environments.
• Strong cross-domain technical leadership and executive communication skills.
• Ability to credibly represent Private Cloud, Network, Mainframe, AI/ML, infrastructure, and related technology domains to senior government stakeholders.
• Must be a US Citizen
• Must be able to obtain and maintain the required agency clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• TX-RAMP
• FedRAMP Moderate
• CJIS
• TAC 202

Preferred Certifications:

• Cloud architecture certification strongly preferred, including AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• ITIL v4 Foundation preferred.

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.

Benefits Statement

Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at https://www.careers.peraton.com/benefits.

Application Statements

The application period for the job is estimated to be 30 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates. By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in the role and the Company. During the review of your application, you may be required to participate in an on-camera interview, as well as participate in a process to verify your identity. Use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools of any kind during Peraton interviews is strictly prohibited unless the candidate has obtained prior written authorization. All interview responses must be the candidate’s own.

EEO

EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.