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Peraton · 20 hours ago

Release / Deployment Specialist - SME

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. They are seeking a highly cleared Release/Deployment Specialist - SME to provide technical and management leadership for equipment and information support functions across the Task Order, ensuring operational excellence and minimal disruption during system changes.

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Responsibilities

Provides strategic leadership for defining the overarching vision, policies, and operational standards for C2ISR Release and Deployment across the entire enterprise. Leads activities to transition to modernize engineering practices, digital engineering frameworks, and emerging mission systems technologies
Establishes enterprise-wide goals and long-range strategic plans for the continuous delivery and deployment of complex integrated C2ISR capabilities, ensuring future-state readiness and rapid adaptation to evolving mission requirements
Serves as the principal authority on all aspects of release engineering, CI/CD, and automated deployment frameworks for highly integrated, mission-critical C2ISR systems. Provides training on integrated C2ISR workflows, data flows, and cross-platform dependencies
Directs and controls all release and deployment initiatives, holding ultimate responsibility for strategic planning, resource allocation, process methodologies, and staffing, ensuring operational excellence and minimal disruption during system changes
Leverages deep domain and expert technical knowledge to conduct comprehensive deployment risk assessments, develop advanced mitigation strategies, and integrate innovative, proactive release solutions (e.g., blue/green, canary deployments)
Engages in high-level client negotiations and strategic interfacing with senior management, shaping policies, resource allocation, and technical standards with critical impact on C2ISR mission effectiveness and rapid capability/delivery
Utilizes the following Role Specific Tools: ITIL Change Management tools (ServiceNow Change, Remedy Change); CI/CD platforms (GitLab CI/CD, DAST, Jenkins, Azure DevOps); project scheduling software (Microsoft Project, Smartsheet); configuration management databases (CMDB); defect and release tracking systems (Jira, Azure DevOps); documentation repositories (Confluence, SharePoint); collaboration platforms (Microsoft Teams, Slack); risk assessment templates; ASI tracking dashboards; performance monitoring tools (Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana). ServiceNow and Jira for CMDB. GitLab, VMware Aria Automation and Orchestration, Jenkins, RedHat Ansible Automation Platform, Terraform, Prometheus, HAProxy, and Grafana for DevSecOps pipeline. SparxEA, Cameo, and Visio for modeling. Docker, Kubernetes, and VMware Tanzu for containerization / orchestration

Qualification

Release EngineeringCI/CDDeployment FrameworksITIL Change ManagementRisk AssessmentProject ManagementClient NegotiationStrategic PlanningTeam CollaborationTechnical Leadership

Required

Previous experience as a Release/Deployment Specialist or similar role supporting a DoD customer at the CCMD level
Minimum of 12 years' experience with a BS/BA degree or 10 years' experience with a MS/MA or 8 years' experience with a Ph.D. OR 16 years without a degree OR 14 years with AS/AA
A current, active DoD security clearance at the TS/SCI level
US citizenship is required
DOD 8140 Compliance based on functional role for WRC: 802 IT Project Manager, Advanced Level / ability to obtain

Preferred

DoD-approved IA baseline certification for ADP-III/IT-III based on the IAT level and CE/Operating System (OS) certificate within six months of the assignment
Minimum of 16 years' experience with a BS/BA degree or 14 years' experience with a MS/MA or 10 years' experience with a Ph.D. OR 20 years without a degree OR 18 years with AS/AA

Benefits

Access to professional development opportunities and career growth within the intelligence and cybersecurity community
Opportunity to work with advanced tactical communications technologies and AISR systems

Company

Peraton Fearlessly solving the toughest national security challenges.

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage

Leadership Team

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Thomas Terjesen
Chief Information Officer
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