Senior Technical Manager
Peraton · United States
- Hybrid
- Full-time
- $175,000 / year
- United States
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Job highlights
- Lead cloud services for 40 million users.
- Oversee technical strategy and team management.
- Optimize processes, manage vendors, and risks.
- Drive product development and AI integrations.
- Requires strong leadership and cloud expertise.
About the role
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 seeking a Senior Technical Manager, who is a seasoned leader responsible for overseeing and optimizing cloud services within an organization. This role blends deep technical knowledge with strategic management skills to ensure the stability, scalability, and efficiency of complex technical environments. The Senior Technical Manager drives technical excellence, leads cross-functional teams, and collaborates with stakeholders to align technical with broader business objectives.
The Senior Technical Manager will operate with autonomy, managing teams and projects while ensuring seamless technical support, infrastructure reliability, and continuous improvement. They focus on process optimization, resource management, incident response, and vendor coordination to maintain high availability and efficiency.
This opportunity will support the modernization of a large-scale multi-tenant cloud ecosystem, providing critical enterprise-wide support for more than 40 million users in a complex stakeholder environment. This position requires senior level leadership skills combined with modern cloud and industry leading technical capabilities including product development, strict security compliance, latest technology cloud solutions, reliable application delivery with SaaS and Artificial Intelligence integrations and rapid continuous delivery.
Core Responsibilities
- Technical Strategy: Develop and execute strategies to enhance cloud services, focusing on infrastructure stability, performance, and scalability. Align cloud services technical goals with business priorities and emerging technologies.
- Team and Resource Management: Lead, mentor, and manage technical teams, ensuring clear roles, accountability, and professional development. Oversee resource allocation, recruitment, and performance management.
- Process Optimization: Establish and refine procedures, including incident management, change control, and service monitoring. Drive automation and DevOps practices to improve efficiency and reduce downtime.
- Vendor and Stakeholder Collaboration: Manage relationships with vendors and internal stakeholders to coordinate support, resolve technical issues, and implement system upgrades. Ensure compliance with SLAs and contractual obligations.
- Incident and Risk Management: Lead root cause analysis, risk assessments, and mitigation plans for technical incidents. Foster a culture of continuous improvement to minimize risks.
Leadership and Collaboration
- Cross-Functional Leadership: Collaborate with engineering, product, sales, finance, and support teams to ensure integrated cloud services and aligned objectives. Advocate for cloud services needs and improvements.
- Change Management: Guide teams through technology changes, deployments, and upgrades with effective communication and stakeholder engagement. Ensure minimal service disruption during deployments.
- Performance Reporting: Develop and present cloud services metrics, dashboards, and reports to senior leadership. Use data-driven insights to inform decisions and prioritize initiatives.
- Continuous Improvement: Promote a culture of innovation, feedback, and best practices in cloud services. Lead efforts for training, knowledge sharing, and process standardization.
Position could support /work across multiple enterprise- wide efforts within Peraton.
Qualifications
Key Skills and Qualifications:
- 12 years of experience, may have supervisory or management experience
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent experience. Advanced degree preferred.
- Strong leadership experience (7+ years) in cloud services infrastructure or related roles with a proven ability to manage teams and cross vendor collaboration.
- In-depth knowledge of modern IT infrastructure, cloud platforms, DevOps methodologies, and automation tools.
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills to address challenges and optimize processes.
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills for collaboration across diverse technical and business teams.
- Experience with vendor management, service level agreements, and contract negotiations.
- Ability to lead incident response, risk management, and change management initiatives.
Clearance Requirements:
- U.S. Citizenship required
- Ability to obtain agency clearance (public trust)
Preferred Qualifications:
- Top Secret clearance preferred
Details
- Target Salary Range: $135,000 - $216,000. 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 Duration Statement: 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.
- EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.
Key skills/competency
- Cloud Services Management
- Technical Strategy
- Team Leadership
- Process Optimization
- DevOps Methodologies
- Incident Management
- Vendor Management
- Risk Management
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Cloud Platforms
Skills & topics
- Senior Technical Manager
- Cloud Services
- Technical Strategy
- Team Leadership
- DevOps
- Infrastructure Management
- Cloud Computing
- IT Management
- National Security
- Government Contracting
How to get hired
- Tailor your resume: Highlight 12+ years experience and 7+ years leadership in cloud services infrastructure.
- Showcase technical skills: Emphasize cloud platforms, DevOps, and automation expertise.
- Demonstrate leadership: Provide examples of managing teams and cross-vendor collaboration.
- Address clearance: Note U.S. Citizenship and ability to obtain Public Trust.
- Prepare for interviews: Be ready to discuss strategic decision-making and problem-solving.
Technical preparation
Behavioral questions
Frequently asked questions
- What are the key technical requirements for the Senior Technical Manager role at Peraton?
- The Senior Technical Manager role at Peraton requires in-depth knowledge of modern IT infrastructure, cloud platforms, DevOps methodologies, and automation tools. You should also have experience with product development, strict security compliance, AI integrations, and continuous delivery within a large-scale cloud ecosystem.
- What is the expected salary range for the Senior Technical Manager position at Peraton?
- The target salary range for the Senior Technical Manager position at Peraton is $135,000 - $216,000 annually. This range is determined by various factors including experience, education, and location.
- Does Peraton offer benefits for the Senior Technical Manager role?
- Yes, Peraton offers eligible employees a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, HSA, disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), and paid time off. More details can be found on their careers website.
- What kind of clearance is required for the Senior Technical Manager at Peraton?
- U.S. Citizenship is required for this role, and the ability to obtain an agency clearance (Public Trust) is necessary. A Top Secret clearance is preferred.
- How many years of experience are needed for the Senior Technical Manager role at Peraton?
- The Senior Technical Manager position requires 12 years of experience, with at least 7 years in a leadership capacity within cloud services infrastructure or related fields. A Bachelor's degree in a relevant field is also required, with an advanced degree being preferred.
- What is the application timeline for the Senior Technical Manager job at Peraton?
- The application period for the Senior Technical Manager job is estimated to be 30 days from the posting date, though this may be adjusted based on business needs and candidate availability.
- Can a Senior Technical Manager at Peraton work remotely?
- The job description does not explicitly state the work arrangement. However, given the nature of supporting a large-scale, multi-tenant cloud ecosystem and the need for collaboration across teams, it is likely to be on-site or hybrid. Further clarification would be needed.