Senior Project Manager Tech

Responsibilities

Lead large and small technical projects; continuously optimize technical support services to lines of business; improve quality, timeliness of cyber forensic products and services; and develop innovative solutions.

Projects are a definable portion of a large, sustained forensics technology development program. Directs and supervises support resources (direct hires and subcontractors) in accordance with contract requirements and company policies, procedures and guidelines. Manages the technical direction of projects from requirements gathering, analysis and verification through design, implementation, and testing to satisfy business performance objectives.

Provides technical leadership, mentorship, and analytical guidance to project teams. Recommends and takes action to direct the analysis and solutioning for technical problems. Supervises professional and technical personnel performing in many disciplines. Prepares and approves Standard Operating Procedures, Protocols and other technical documentation. Capable of supervising, managing, supporting and evaluating personnel.

Directs and coaches scrum team members using Agile best practices.

• Removes impediments and fosters an environment for a high-performing team.
• Promotes cooperation across scrum teams.
• Leads sprint reviews, demonstrations, and sprint retrospectives.
• Creates sprint summary reports and development sprint plans.
• Works with stakeholders to ensure contractual requirements and compliance.
• Assist with decomposing needs and requirements into user-stories, then to developer tasks.
• Ensures stakeholder requirements are mapped in Jira and metrics are reported.
• Ensures ISO/IEC and NIST standards and guidance are followed.
• Leads transformation of applications to cloud platform(s).
• Leverages Peraton Mission Software Factory (DevSecOps) to continuously develop and deliver software within the client SDLC processes.

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• Security: Requires Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.
• Experience and education: Minimum 12 years in technology project management, systems engineering, systems design, and/or configuration management. Acceptable education includes Bachelor of Arts in Management, Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering, Bachelor of Science in General Engineering, Master of Science in Software Engineering, Master of Science in Business Administration, or Master of Science in Information Systems.
• Certifications: Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) 5.0 Advanced Scrum Master (SASM) Certification with 3 years of experience and one or more of the following: AWS Solutions Architect Associate or Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect, Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP) Certification, Project Management Professional (PMP).
• Demonstrate experience running a DEVSECOPS Continuous Integration (CI)/Continuous Development (CD) pipeline.
• Experience Managing development team.
• Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills, exceptional professional attitude, and collaborative management style.

Desired Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience building plans and leading engineering in support of migration to multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud environments.
• Demonstrated understanding of creating/implementing “data lakes” and other aspects of modern data strategies.
• Familiarity with supervised/unsupervised machine learning.
• Familiarity with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and large language models (LLMs) pipelines to support fielding of Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities for government-directed use-cases.

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.

Target Salary Range

$135,000 – $216,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

EEO

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