Peraton Labs · 2 weeks ago
Senior Tech Lead - Cyber Systems Engineering
College Park, MD
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$176K/yr - $282K/yr
20+ years expPeraton Labs is a leading national security company focused on delivering advanced solutions and technologies to protect the nation and its allies. They are seeking a Senior Tech Lead - Cyber Systems Engineering to provide technical leadership in a complex environment, ensuring systems are mission-ready and secure while mentoring cross-functional teams.
ConsultingInformation ServicesMarket Research
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Act as the senior technical authority for system architecture, engineering decisions, and operation execution across multi-domain environments
Lead and coordinate teams of internal and subcontractor personnel across our research and infrastructure teams, ensuring infrastructure needs align with execution of research
Provide hands-on engineering support for complex issues: root-cause analysis, performance tuning, reliability improvements, and lifecycle modernization
Engineer and maintain secure system baselines for a multi-OS environment, including hardening, patching, config management, and privileged access control
Drive compliance and continuous security posture improvements aligned to applicable governance (e.g., RMF/NIST controls, policies, and security plans as outlined by the program/customer)
Partner with compliance stakeholders to implement and validate technical controls and ensure audit readiness
Lead design, development, integration, and delivery of IT and telecommunications systems/solutions
Oversee network and systems operations: segmentation, routing/switching/WAN considerations, DNS/DHCP, firewall rulesets, and zero trust-aligned patterns where applicable
Establish operational practices: monitoring/alerting, backup/restore, capacity planning, and change control
Serve as a primary technical interface to the customer: brief status, risks, architecture decisions, and tradeoffs
Direct subcontract personnel and coordinate across stakeholders to deliver outcomes on schedule with high technical quality
Qualification
Required
20+ years of experience in planning and leading Systems Engineering efforts and a bachelor's degree in system engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Management, or related discipline. Five years of additional relevant experience may be substituted for bachelor's degree, for a total of 25 years of experience
5+ years of recent demonstrated experience working with large complex engineering systems and subsystems, with expertise applied across multiple engineering disciplines such as electrical, computer, software, telecommunications, information security, and networking
Demonstrated success leading technical teams (multi-discipline, mixed prime/subcontract, customer-facing) as a hands-on contributor
Strong Linux and Windows administration background (build/configure/harden/troubleshoot)
Experience implementing security best practices
Proficiency in automation/scripting (e.g., Powershell, Bash, Python) and experience with configuration management and repeatable deployments
Strong customer communication skills (written and verbal) with the ability to translate complex technical issues into clear risk/impact statements
Ability to plan work, drive accountability, manage technical risk, and make sound engineering tradeoffs
This position requires an active/current TS/SCI w/ Polygraph
Preferred
Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and automation at scale (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, CI/CD)
Containerization and orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) and securing those environments
Cloud/hybrid architecture and security experience (AWS/Azure/GCP)
Advanced cyber operations experience (e.g., Red/Purple/Blue team, adversary emulation, pentest tooling, threat hunting)
Experience building runbooks, standard operating procedures, and repeatable onboarding patterns for systems and staff
Experience supporting high-compliance or mission environments, including multi-stakeholder delivery and contract/subcontract oversight
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Life
Health savings account
Short/long term disability
EAP
Parental leave
401(k)
Paid time off (PTO) for vacation
Company paid holidays
Company
Peraton Labs
At Peraton Labs, we refuse to think inside the box. As Peraton’s innovation hub, we are molding the future of emerging technologies.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Stefano Galli
Chief Scientist
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