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Cloud Platform Technical Lead

Peraton

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Job Requirements

Remote
Top Secret Polygraph Unspecified
Career Level not specified
$112,000 - $179,000

Job Description

About Peraton

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.

About The Role

Peraton is looking for a Cloud Platform Technical Lead who will drive innovation and collaboration between diverse teams of Software Developers, AWS Site Reliability Engineers, Automation Engineers, Testing Engineers, Network Engineers, Database Engineers, Cloud Operations Engineers, Tools Engineers, Application Developers, and Security experts.

WorkwLocation: Remote

Shift Schedule: 8am - 5pm Eastern Standard Time (EST)

Key job responsibilities
  • Be a key technical leader to drive maturity of current Cloud Platform (IaaS, PaaS, Saas) and lead continuous delivery of highly visible applications.
  • Expertise in designing, architecting and implementing a broad range of technology transformation initiatives, especially those involving advanced cloud platform technologies, artificial intelligence, advanced analytics, and emerging digital solutions.
  • Technical skills using modern tools and observability metrics to identify and troubleshoot recurring enterprise or cloud platform issues and own initiatives to drive improvements.
  • Led Agile sprints to evolve business processes, technologies, and drive optional improvement
  • Utilize enterprise domain expertise on monitoring and alerting tools & practices leveraging
  • Enterprise Observability Tools like Datadog (preferred) or Dynatrace.
  • Understand the technical and business environment to be able to assess the true impact and risks and be able to quickly provide executive level communication regarding the status of an event.
  • Monitor and manage communications during high impact events via relevant channels.
  • Prioritize, manage, and own emerging and developing customer issues from start to finish.
  • Identify areas where standardization of process will aid incident response.
  • Ensure standards are maintained within the technical engineering teams.
  • Identify inefficiencies in team process and create plans to address them.
  • Create and review polished and professional technical documentation as appropriate such as documentation for incident events and actions taken, root cause analysis and actions needed, design new standard procedures for mitigations, etc.
  • Must be able to communicate complex technical information effectively to the Customer and Stakeholders.
  • Responsible for responding to RFIs and drafting technical approach responses that align to our roadmap and strategic agenda.
  • Proven track record in senior consulting or advisory roles, driving strategic change and digital adoption across multiple business units.
  • Set the foundation for success by creating a standard approach for how data, systems, and new technologies like AI and digital dashboards connect and work together, including tools for managing data, finances, design, equipment, and project progress.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:
  • Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain the required Public Trust level clearance.
  • Bachelors Degree and 12 years of experience, a Masters Degree and 10 years of experience, or a High School diploma/equivalent or equivalent and 16 years of experience.
  • At least 10 years of hands-on experience building/operating on AWS, DevSecOps, application development, networking, IT Security tools, databases and tools in a modern software development environment.
  • One relevant AWS Certification: AWS Solutions Architect Associate, AWS Security Specialist, or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
  • Ability to work with Terraform for infrastructure as code solutions.
  • Strong understanding of identity access management roles, permissions, etc.
  • Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes-based containerized applications (AWS EKS) including spring boot-based container services.
  • Experience with Gitlab CICD including enabling environments, feature flags, and DORA Metrics aggregation.
  • Coding proficiency in at least one software language (e.g., Python, C, C++, Java, Ruby).
  • Must be a self-starter and able to execute at both a tactical and strategic level - with a strong attention to detail.
  • Strong analytical acumen, solid technology experience, business judgment, and an ability to dive deep to solve complex problems.
  • Must have the leadership presence and communication skills to effectively work with customers at all levels of their organization.
Preferred Qualifications:
  • AWS Solutions Architect - Professional certification
  • AWS Certified Security - Specialty certification

Details

Target Salary Range: $112,000 - $179,000. 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:Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.
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Peraton 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 and highly differentiated national security solutions and technologies that keep people safe and secure. Peraton serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies across the intelligence, space, cyber, defense, civilian, health, and state and local markets. Every day, our employees do the can’t be done, solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Join Peraton and #DoTheCan'tBeDone

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Job Category
IT - Hardware
Clearance Level
Top Secret
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Peraton