Deputy Program Manager / Active Top Secret w/ SCI eligibility

PeratonArlington, VA
$135,000 - $216,000Onsite

About The Position

Peraton is seeking an experienced Deputy Program Manager for the Federal Strategic Cyber group of programs. This role is responsible for the successful execution of all technical, schedule, cost, and quality performance of a major program, leading subordinate project/technical managers, in accordance with contract requirements, company policies, procedures, and guidelines. The Deputy Program Manager will also assist business leaders in supporting new business development initiatives, including participation in Cyber-related technology investment planning, solutioning, and participating in capture and proposal development efforts, which will have a major impact on Peraton business operations.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree and minimum of 12 years of experience managing complex information technology programs and large technical teams supporting defensive Cyber operations; or, Master's at 10 years.
  • An active Certified Information Security System Professional (CISSP) certification.
  • Experience leading a large contractor team of engineers, architects, requirements analysts, test engineers, and IT/Cyber practitioners.
  • Experience managing program performance to meet operational service level agreements, including monitoring and maintaining system capacity, load balancing, and scaling cloud services to meet operational requirements.
  • Experience analyzing project-specific financial metrics to conduct accurate financial forecasting and projections and monitoring actuals against plan.
  • Leadership experience delivering Cybersecurity services in a fast-paced Federal Government Cybersecurity program, providing support on a 24x7x365 basis.
  • Experience with Cyber technologies and capabilities, including continuous monitoring, incident response, advance threat hunt, secure Cloud and mobile capabilities, on-going assessment, Network Access Control, and threat hunting.
  • U.S. citizenship required.
  • Active Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a multi-disciplined, multi-company program team and decisions related to resource allocation, work assignment, schedule management, risk and opportunity management, and quality attainment in meeting program milestones and objectives.
  • Assist in the development of capture and customer engagement strategies, which may include developing whitepapers and responding to sources sought/requests for information (RFI), supporting the development of proposals for Federal/DoD Cybersecurity programs.
  • Be responsible for meeting operational service level objectives, metrics, and subcontractor management.
  • Engage customers to help define future requirements, identify technology insertion candidates, propose joint technology pilots and demonstrations, and engage Government leads and contractors in support of the customer’s cybersecurity mission.
  • Utilize prior DoD defensive Cyber operations (DCO) experience.
  • Contribute a deep understanding of Cyber intelligence functions, including traditional analysis and products developed to support Federal and DoD customers.
  • Manage Agile software development methodologies, network analysis leveraging detection logic and triage of alerts to include signature development/maintenance, cyber intelligence analysis, malware analysis, and report development in compressed timelines.
  • Workflow development, implementing CMMI and ISO best practices across a large, multi-faceted program and developing performance dashboards, conducting market surveys, and introducing new processes, workflows, capabilities, and tools into the customer’s environment.

Benefits

  • Overtime
  • Shift differential
  • Discretionary bonus
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