Senior Systems Engineer Manager (Service Operations Team Lead)

Peraton is seeking an experienced Senior Systems Engineer Manager (Service Operations Team Lead)to join our team of qualified and diverse individuals.

Peraton supports the NNSA Office of Secure Transportation (OST) which is responsible for the safe and secure transport of nuclear weapons components and special nuclear materials across the United States. OST operates a fleet of specially equipped vehicles and employs Federal Agents and technical staff under strict security protocols. The IT infrastructure supporting OST including server systems virtualization platforms endpoint management and enterprise applications is subject to some of the most stringent security requirements in the federal government.

The Systems Engineer Senior serves as the Server Operations Team Lead providing senior-level technical leadership and oversight for all server and systems infrastructure supporting OST operations.

Location: Onsite in Albuquerque NM (primary location) with travel to field locations as required.

Day to Day Roles and Responsibilities:

• Serve as the senior technical lead and team lead for all server and systems operations supporting the NNSA OST IT program
• Design implement and maintain classified and unclassified server infrastructure virtualization platforms and enterprise systems at OST facilities and field locations
• Ensure all systems comply with DOE cybersecurity orders NIST SP 800-53 controls FISMA requirements and the Risk Management Framework (RMF)
• Lead systems incident response troubleshooting and root cause analysis for server outages application failures or security events
• Develop and maintain systems architecture documentation configuration baselines and as-built diagrams
• Manage Active Directory infrastructure including domain controllers Group Policy DNS DHCP and identity management
• Administer VMware vSphere environment including ESXi hosts vCenter vSAN and virtual machine lifecycle management
• Coordinate with NNSAs Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) on enterprise IT standards and systems policy compliance
• Support Authority to Operate (ATO) processes by providing systems security documentation and evidence packages
• Manage patch management and vulnerability remediation programs across all server and endpoint systems
• Manage vendor relationships and coordinate hardware/software procurement and lifecycle management
• Lead server capacity planning and technology refresh initiatives
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior systems administrators and engineers
• Prepare and present systems status reports metrics and briefings to program management and government stakeholders

• High school diploma with 12 years of experience may have supervisory or management experience
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Must possess an active DOE Q Clearance (or equivalent Top Secret clearance) and be eligible for SCI and SAP access.
• Must be able to work in a secure facility environment and travel to OST field locations as required.
• Minimum of 3 years of recent experience as a Senior Systems Administrator Senior Systems Engineer or technical lead within the last 5 years.
• Experience designing implementing and maintaining enterprise infrastructure in classified or unclassified federal environments.
• Hands on experience administering Windows Server Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) VMware vSphere/ESXi/vCenter Active Directory Group Policy and Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD).
• Experience supporting enterprise server infrastructure virtualization storage (SAN/NAS) backup and disaster recovery and application integration.
• Experience with scripting and automation using PowerShell Python Bash or similar technologies including automation platforms such as Ansible Terraform or Puppet.
• Experience implementing automation AI enabled operations or AIOps solutions to improve operational efficiency.
• Knowledge of federal cybersecurity and compliance frameworks including FISMA NIST SP 800-53 RMF and DOE security requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to lead mentor and manage systems administrators and engineers supporting mission critical environments.

• ITIL v4 Foundation certification (or higher).

• Bachelors degree with 12 years of experience or Masters degree with 10 years of experience.
• Experience supporting Federal Government DoD DOE or Intelligence Community environments.
• Experience supporting enterprise environments with 100 servers 500 virtual machines and Active Directory environments with 1000 user accounts.
• Experience leading technology refreshes data center consolidations infrastructure modernization or cloud migration initiatives.
• Experience supporting federal IT contracts valued at $10M or greater.
• Relevant DoD/DOE cybersecurity certifications such as CompTIA Security CE CISSP SecurityX (CASP) or CAP.
• Microsoft certifications including Azure Administrator (AZ 104) Azure Security Engineer (AZ 500) Identity and Access Administrator (SC 300) or Endpoint Administrator (MD 102).
• VMware certifications such as VCP DCV or VCAP DCV.
• Cloud certifications including CCSP CompTIA Cloud AWS SysOps Administrator or AWS Solutions Architect.

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. As the worlds leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider we deliver trusted highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land sea space air and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day our employees do the cant be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit to learn how were keeping people around the world safe and secure.