Technical Manager (TX DIR)

Peraton; Austin, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton in Austin, TX is seeking a Technical Manager to own technology planning, optimization, service evolution, and innovation across Private Cloud, Network, Mainframe, and AI platforms. This on-site role targets DIR performance and incident management in a multi-vendor government IT environment.

The successful candidate will govern architecture standards, CMDB integration, and product lists while coordinating with Security on threat remediation and maintaining current infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of infrastructure architecture and technology leadership.
• Experience with private cloud platforms and data center hardware.
• Experience in multi-vendor MSI government IT environments.
• Ability to communicate with executive stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Serve as single accountability for DIR performance and incident management across all technology domains.
• Provide technology planning, optimization, service evolution, and innovation across Private Cloud, Network, Mainframe, AI Platform if implemented.
• Govern the Infrastructure Reference Architecture with quarterly updates, CMDB integration, and standard products list management.
• Monitor and govern nonstandard product introduction and governance decisions.
• Coordinate with Security Director on threat remediation and security posture.
• Manage infrastructure currency, maintaining systems within one major release of current version.
• Provide technical leadership and governance across applicable infrastructure domains.
• Ensure technology decisions align with enterprise architecture, service requirements, security, and contractual objectives.
• Provide cross-domain leadership in a complex multi-vendor/MSI government IT operating environment.

Skills

Infrastructure leadership

Private cloud platforms

Data center compute/storage

Data center networking

Mainframe operations

AI/ML infrastructure

Executive communication

Standards governance

Multi-vendor MSI environments

Senior stakeholder representation

US Citizenship

Agency clearance readiness

Job description

Required Qualifications:

• 10 years of infrastructure architecture and technology leadership experience.
• Deep expertise inprivate cloud platforms, includingVMware, Nutanix, or equivalent hyperconverged infrastructure.
• Hands-on data center infrastructure experience, including:
• Compute
• Storage, includingSAN/NAS and tiered storage
• Server virtualization
• Working knowledge ofdata center networking, including:
• MPLS
• SDN
• Cloud connectivity
• Familiarity withmainframe operations, includingz/OS or equivalent, from an architectural perspective.
• Experience withAI/ML infrastructure platforms or cloud-hosted AI services.
• Demonstrated ability to governenterprise technology standards and reference architectures.
• Experience operating inmulti-vendor government IT/MSI operating model environments.
• Strong cross-domain technical leadership and executive communication skills.
• Ability to credibly represent Private Cloud, Network, Mainframe, AI/ML, infrastructure, and related technology domains to senior government stakeholders.
• Must be a US Citizen
• Must be able to obtain and maintain the required agency clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• TX-RAMP
• FedRAMP Moderate
• CJIS
• TAC 202

Preferred Certifications:

• Cloud architecture certification strongly preferred, including AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• ITIL v4 Foundation preferred.

Peraton is seeking for a Technical Managerwho will have overall accountability fortechnology planning, optimization, service evolution, and innovation of Services.The Technical Manager will serve as the single point of accountability for DIR concerning performance and Incident management of DIR's and Successful Respondent's technology, including Private Cloud, Network, Mainframe, and AI Platform if implemented.

Candidates must currently reside in the Austin metropolitan area or nearby,or be willing and able to relocate to Austin, TX. This is an on-site position.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as thesingle point of accountability to DIR for performance and incident management across all technology domains.
• Provide technology planning, optimization, service evolution, and innovation across:
• Private Cloud
• Network
• Mainframe
• AI Platform, if implemented
• Govern theInfrastructure Reference Architecture, including:
• Quarterly architecture updates
• CMDB integration
• Standard products list management
• Monitor the environment fornonstandard product introductionand facilitate appropriate governance decisions.
• Coordinate with theSecurity Director on threat remediation and security posture.
• Manageinfrastructure currency, maintaining systems withinone major release of the current version.
• Provide technical leadership and governance across all applicable infrastructure and technology domains.
• Ensure technology decisions remain aligned with enterprise architecture, service requirements, security requirements, and contractual objectives.
• Provide cross-domain technical leadership in a complexmulti-vendor/MSI government IT operating environment.