Director, General Information Technology

Responsibilities

Peraton is seeking to fill a very critical role for a Director of Information Technology position. This position is 100% remote.

• This role will report to the IT Senior Director within the Peraton Risk Decision Group (RDG) and help define the forward vision of a project management, business analyst, and cyber security team.
• RDG is a unique business focused on background investigations within the federal government space.
• Experience in the background investigation is preferred. Additionally, work will be conducted primarily within RDG analytic tools.

In this position the Director will be responsible for the following:

• General experience leading project management, business analytics, and cyber security teams
• General experience coordinating with Application Development, Database, Infrastructure, Data Analytics, Help Desk, and other IT teams to accomplished cyber requirements. 
• Must be able to communicate effectively with numerous operational stakeholders to gather key requirements and develop action plans to execute needed results.
• Interfaces with all areas affected by the project including end users, IT support, and client services.
• You must be able to operate within an enterprise IT environment and communicate effectively with not only other IT work streams but also interface with operational business leaders
• Supervise professional and technical personnel performing in their regular disciplines.
• May serve as the primary technical and management interface for the business unit and senior staff.
• Maintaining ongoing knowledge of Federal legislation, regulation, policies, and practices related to information systems security
• Responsible for managing the multiple ongoing IT projects across a spectrum 
• Responsible for designing, developing, and recommending integrated system security solutions.
• Provides management services including general administrative oversight, time accounting, financial tracking, cost projection, inventory management, personnel evaluation, and support.
• Responsible for assisting in the leadership and direction to a multidisciplinary staff.
• This position will analyze and define information security technology requirements for network, infrastructure, database, and web application systems.
• Recommending courses of action and policies to senior IT leadership and management that allow Peraton to securely meet its organizational goals
• Development of risk mitigation programs, action plans and costs required to address the risks identified during assessments and audits
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Required:

• Ability to obtain a Top-Secret level clearance
• 10+ years’ experience managing and leading numerous teams
• 10+ years of experience developing staff career growth and technical skillset
• 5+ years of experience preparing and approving Standard Operating Procedures, Protocols, and other technical documentation
• Must have Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
• 5+ years experience mananging IT teams
• 5+ years of experience working with project management, information technology, application development, help desk, and cyber security teams
• 5+ years of experience with Background Investigation industry
• BS 12-15, MS 10-13. Phd 10+

Preferred:

• 5+ years of  experience leading project management, business analyst, and cyber security teams
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
• 5+ years of experience preparing and maintaining information security assessment and authorization documentation
• Knowledge of the NIST Risk Management Framework
• Strong team player with the ability to work independently and within a group and maintain focus on strategic objectives
• Ability to foster innovation, drive critical decisions, hold business partners accountable, and be able to consistently deliver results
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills, including technical writing experience
• Lead through a collaborative environment that values insight, promotes continuous learning, and fosters innovation

Peraton Overview

Peraton drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted and highly differentiated national security solutions and technologies that keep people safe and secure. Peraton serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies across the intelligence, space, cyber, defense, civilian, health,