Senior IT Program Manager

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.

Peraton is pursuing the DISA Enterprise Engineering & Performance Analysis Program for the Defense Information Systems Agency's Enterprise Engineering Directorate at Fort Meade, MD and we are looking for a Senior IT Program Manager. This team gets the calls nobody else can answer: performance failures in DoD applications and networks that no other support tier could fix, optical and IP network capacity modeling, enterprise monitoring and observability, and custom tools built for the Government to own for the long term. The work is high-visibility, fast-moving, and sometimes "no-fail," with findings that can reach the Secretary of Defense.

Why You'll Love This Role

You'll be the Government's single point of accountability for an elite, fast-moving engineering program. You'll stand up cleared experts in days, brief senior DISA and DoD leaders, and keep a cost-plus contract running on time, on budget, and secure. If you like high stakes, visible impact, and building a team that solves problems others couldn't, this role is for you.

What You'll Do:

• Own program performance, quality, schedule, and customer satisfaction as the primary contact to the Contracting Officer and COR.
• Deliver the Task Order Management Plan, Monthly Status Reports (due by the 5th), and all reports, models, prototypes, and test deliverables to standard.
• Build and deploy a bench of cleared SMEs within days. Run clearances, badging, and onboarding ahead of need, and stand up 24/7 follow-the-sun support when needed.
• Brief senior DISA and DoD leadership and turn complex technical findings into clear decisions.
• Manage a CPFF contract: funding, burn rate, EACs, and cost realism. Lead small-business teammates and Limitations on Subcontracting (FAR 52.219-14) compliance.
• Lead transition-in during the first 90 days and make sure custom tools are DevSecOps-built and ready for Government hand-over.
• Recruit, retain, and grow cleared technical talent, with backup and succession plans for critical roles.

Required Qualifications

• Active Top Secret clearance with SCI access.
• US. Citizenship.
• 12+ years of relevant experience including management of multiple related teams.
• 7+ years as a Program Manager or Deputy PM on DoD cost-type contracts (CPFF, CPAF, or similar) with direct cost, schedule, and performance responsibility on programs of 30+ staff or more than $10M a year.
• Experience delivering services to DISA or on DoD enterprise networks (DISN/DoDIN or equivalent).
• A record of staffing cleared technical roles fast and managing subcontractors, including small businesses.
• Experience briefing SES/flag-level Government leaders.
• Current PMP certification.
• DoD 8140 compliance for DCWF 801 Program Manager, Advanced, at hire or within 6 months. Qualify through ONE of: (a) a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Data Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, or Software Engineering; (b) the DoD Program Manager (Advanced) training playlist; or (c) a certification: CISSP, CISM, CCISO, CISSO, GSLC, GFACT, DAWIA PM Advanced, or RCCE Level 1. You will also need to complete on-the-job qualification and at least 20 hours of continuing professional development each year.

Desired Qualifications

• Master's degree in engineering, computer science, or management.
• Support to the DISA Enterprise Engineering Directorate, or experience on SETI or ENCORE III task orders.
• Working knowledge of performance engineering and monitoring tools (Netscout, IPFIX/NetFlow, Splunk, AWS CloudWatch, ServiceNow), modeling and simulation (Riverbed, JCSS), and Databricks.
• ITIL 4 Foundation and familiarity with DESMF.
• Experience in CMMI-appraised or DevSecOps-mature organizations and with handing over software to Government sustainment.
• Experience with IPv6 transition programs or support to congressional inquiries.

Work Location: 

• Fort Meade, MD

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  .