Senior Cloud & Infrastructure Ops Leader

Peraton; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Senior Technical Manager to oversee and optimize Cloud & Infrastructure services across the organization. This role combines deep technical knowledge with strategic management to ensure stable, scalable, and efficient environments.

You will lead cross-functional teams and collaborate with stakeholders to align technical efforts with business objectives. The position requires extensive cloud/infrastructure leadership, strong vendor management, and a track record of delivering

Qualifications

• 12 years of program management experience with related experience as Manager for information technology contracts.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and optimize cloud and infrastructure services to ensure stability, scalability, and efficiency of complex technical environments.
• Operate with autonomy, managing teams and projects while ensuring seamless technical support and high availability.
• Develop and execute strategies to enhance services, focusing on stability, performance, and scalability of cloud services.
• Lead, mentor, and manage technical teams with clear roles and accountability.
• Establish and refine procedures including incident management, change control, and service monitoring; drive automation and DevOps practices.
• Manage vendor relationships and coordinate support to ensure SLAs and contractual obligations.
• Lead incident and risk management, including root cause analysis and mitigation plans.
• Provide cross-functional leadership with engineering, product, sales, finance, and support teams.
• Support change management and communications to minimize service disruption during deployments.
• Support performance reporting with metrics, dashboards, and reports for senior leadership.
• Foster continuous improvement through training, knowledge sharing, and process standardization.

Skills

Program management

Leadership

Cloud infrastructure

AWS/Azure

Vendor management

Incident response

Change management

DevOps

Automation tools

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent experience

Tools

AWS Certified Solutions Architect

Azure Solutions Architect Expert

Azure Administrator Associate

NIST / FedRAMP / Zero Trust

CCSP / Cloud+ / GIAC Cloud Security

Job description

Peraton is seeking a Senior Technical Manager to oversee and optimize Cloud & Infrastructure services across the organization. This role combines deep technical knowledge with strategic management to ensure stable, scalable, and efficient environments.

You will lead cross-functional teams and collaborate with stakeholders to align technical efforts with business objectives. The position requires extensive cloud/infrastructure leadership, strong vendor management, and a track record of delivering