Peraton is seeking a qualified candidate will become part of Peraton’s Department of State (DoS) Diplomatic Security Cyber Mission (DSCM) program providing leading cyber and technology security experience to enable innovative, effective and secure business processes. Peraton’s DSCM program encompasses technical, engineering, data analytics, cyber security, management, operational, logistical and administrative support to aid and advise DoS Cyber & Technology Security (CTS) Directorate. This includes protecting a global cyber infrastructure comprising networks, systems, information, and mobile devices all while identifying and responding to cyber risks and threats. Those supporting Peraton’s DSCM program strive to leverage their expert knowledge and propose creative solutions to real-world cybersecurity challenges.

• Lead effort to move a stand-alone, air-gapped, network into a cloud environment, such as AWS or Azure.
• Consult with customer to gather and evaluate technical and business requirements and translate these requirements into technical solutions.
• Develop and provide a project plan, system cost analysis, and timelines.
• Develop, deploy, and maintain cloud services and Infrastructure as Code utilizing SecDevOps tooling and practices.
• Provide technical expertise on cloud cluster computing techniques and technologies and expert advice to the program, and related cloud computing architectures.
• Develop large data technologies, algorithms, and applications for clients.
• Research, evaluate, and deploy advanced cloud computing systems and large data analytics for clients in research and production areas.
• Work with massive data sets, complex algorithms, and team members from a variety of specialties to solve clients’ hardest problems.
• Support a range of clients from front line analysts to researchers and senior leadership.
• Work as a key contributor on a collaborative, and highly skilled team.
• Experience with information extraction and analysis techniques, practices, and algorithms.

Required qualifications:

To be considered for this position, you must minimally meet the knowledge, skills, and abilities listed below:

• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 14 years of related technical experience required. 4 addtional years of related experience can be used in lieu of degree.
• Active Top Secret security clearance is required.
• Possess CISSP, CCSP, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, AWS Certified Solutions Architect or equivalent certification.
• Experience leveraging cloud environment and service-oriented architecture principles to define and own solution architecture (applications and data technologies).
• Demonstrated ability to propose suggestions and best practices to optimize customers’ cloud presence, performance, security, and cost.

At Peraton, our benefits are designed to help keep you at your best beyond the work you do with us daily. We’re fully committed to the growth of our employees. From fully comprehensive medical plans to tuition reimbursement, tuition assistance, and fertility treatment, we are there to support you all the way.