Senior Manager, Technology Program Management

Peraton; Linthicum (MD); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Senior Program Manager in Maryland to lead cyber analysts delivering intelligence products and analyses for government missions. The role requires guiding teams, ensuring timely, high-quality outputs, and coordinating with government leadership on delivery strategies.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in cyber threat intelligence, project management, and performance management, with a track record of staffing, budgeting, and risk mitigation in complex

Qualifications

• 12 years of experience, with supervisory/management exposure.
• TS-SCI clearance eligible.
• Experience in the last ten years leading technical efforts for intelligence analysis in all-source cyber analysis and reporting.
• Experience in the last ten years supervising teams in intelligence analysis and cyber analysis/reporting.
• Experience with scanning tools for suspicious files, queries, indicators pivoting, and malware analysis.
• Experience with OSINT and closed-source intelligence gathering, data fusion, link analysis, threat actor knowledge.
• Experience in malware and network analysis, protocols, persistence mechanisms, and encoding/encryption used by APT actors.

Responsibilities

• Senior Program Manager will serve as project lead, overseeing cyber analysts and producing actionable threat products.
• Assist Government with financial and business processes of the task, excluding inherently governmental functions.
• Manage approximately 40 contractors consisting of cyber analysts.
• Work with team leads to provide functional knowledge of operations for the service area.
• Clarify and resolve process-related activities for the technical team.
• Monitor progress and report against plans through final acceptance and signoff.
• Manage, coordinate, and resolve project issues, decisions, and risks.
• Handle personnel management: interviewing, hiring, training, performance planning, directing work, and rewards.

Skills

Clearance management

Leadership

Cyber analysis

OSINT integration

Team supervision

Education

PMP Certified

Job description

Required Qualifications:

• 12 years of experience, may have supervisory or management experience
• TS-SCI clearance eligible.
• Experience in the last ten years leading technical efforts supporting intelligence analysis requirements in all-source cyber analysis and reporting.
• Experience in the last ten years supervising teams supporting intelligence analysis requirements in all-source cyber analysis and reporting.
• Experience in the last ten years with scanning tools to conduct suspicious file scanning, and performing queries, pivoting on indicators, and malware analysis on characteristics
• Experience in the last ten years with intelligence analysis processes, including Open- Source Intelligence (OSINT) and closed-source intelligence gathering, source verification, data fusion, link analysis, and threat actor knowledge.
• Experience in the last ten years conducting malware and network analysis, identifying protocols, persistence mechanisms, encoding techniques, and encryption and how they are used by Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) threat actors.

Desired Skills

• PMP Certified.
• Minimum of three years in the last three years of experience, leading and training cyber fusion analysts in malware analysis and generating intelligence reports for review by Government leadership and agency executives.
• Minimum of three years of project management experience in the last ten years (e.g., responsible for handling project scope, cost, resources, risk, and schedule).

Senior Program Manager will serve as a project lead and provide oversight of cyber analysts that develop and share actionable threat products and perform cyber threat analyses for a government mission. The Task Lead be responsible for the quality and efficiency of the contractor’s performance and will assist the Government with all financial and business processes of the task, excluding inherently governmental functions.

The Task Lead will manage approximately 40 contractors consisting of cyber analysts.

As the Task Lead, the candidate will work with team leads to:

• Provide functional knowledge of operational and support processes for their service area.
• Clarify/resolve process-related activities for technical team.
• Understand existing and proposed delivery process, procedures, and tools by function.
• Monitor and report progress against plans through final acceptance and signoff.
• Manage, coordinate, and resolve project issues, decisions, and risks.
• Personnel / Performance Management: Responsibilities include interviewing, selection and hiring; training new and existing employees; planning, assigning and directing work; addressing employee performance and corrective action plans; employee motivation and rewards.