Senior IT Engineer Jobs in Springfield, MA

Peraton is seeking an Information Technology (IT) Program Manager (PM) / Enterprise Cloud Platform Technology Leader responsible for planning, directing, and overseeing all technical and program related activities that deliver secure, reliable, and scalable cloud infrastructure services for a large federal civilian agency.

This opportunity will support the modernization of a large-scale multi-tenant cloud ecosystem, providing critical enterprise-wide support for more than 40 million users in a complex stakeholder environment.

This position requires senior level leadership skills combined with modern cloud and industry leading technical capabilities including product development, strict security compliance, latest technology cloud solutions, reliable application delivery with SaaS and Artificial Intelligence integrations and rapid continuous delivery.

Work location: This is a remote position with the ability to travel as needed.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead solutions to design and implement cloud architectures, networking, security, and cost optimization strategies.
• Lead multi cloud operational teams in high availability, mission critical environments.
• Provide leadership and direct to implement and manage services requiring federal cybersecurity frameworks, including FISMA, FedRAMP, NIST SP 800 53, and Zero Trust.
• Implement and manage multi-disciplinary teams to ensure daily use of ITIL, Agile, and DevSecOps methodologies.
• Manage complex technical programs and initiatives with competing priorities and evolving requirements.
• Serve as the accountable leader for a large-scale cloud platform enterprise ensuring daily communication, stakeholder management, and executive briefings.

Detailed Responsibilities:

• Program Execution & Oversight: Directs all aspects of program performance, including scope, schedule, cost, quality, and risk management for cloud infrastructure services.
• Compliance & Security: Oversees adherence to FedRAMP, FISMA, Zero Trust Architecture principles, the federal civilian agency security policies, and all relevant federal standards.
• Service Management: Implements ITIL aligned processes for incident management, change control, configuration management, and continuous monitoring.
• Performance Reporting: Develops and delivers dashboards, metrics, and reports demonstrating SLA/KPI compliance and operational health.
• Budget & Resource Management: Manages staffing, labor categories, subcontractors, and financial performance to ensure efficient and compliant program operations.
• Government Engagement: Serves as the primary point of contact for the CO, COR, Government Task Leads, and the federal civilian agency program stakeholders.
• Cross Functional Coordination: Collaborates with development, cybersecurity, operations, and data teams to support DevSecOps pipelines and integrated cloud services.
• Strategic Alignment: Translates federal civilian agency mission needs into actionable technical and operational plans that support availability, scalability, and modernization.
• Team Leadership: Guides multi-disciplinary teams, fosters a culture of accountability and continuous improvement, and ensures high quality service delivery.
• Risk & Issue Resolution: Leads proactive identification, mitigation, communication of risks, dependencies, and operational challenges.
• Stakeholder Communication: Provides clear, timely, and transparent communication to government leadership, ensuring shared understanding of priorities, progress, and decisions.

**Position could support / work across multiple enterprise-wide efforts within Peraton.**

Basic Qualifications:

• 16 years of experience, must have management experience
• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related field. Advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum fifteen (15) years of relevant experience managing large scale federal IT or cloud infrastructure programs.
• Strong understanding of cloud architectures, networking, security, and cost optimization strategies.
• Proven ability to lead multi cloud operations in high availability, mission critical environments.
• Deep familiarity with federal cybersecurity frameworks, including FISMA, FedRAMP, NIST SP 800 53, and Zero Trust.
• Experience implementing ITIL, Agile, and DevSecOps methodologies.
• Exceptional communication, stakeholder management, and executive briefing skills.
• Ability to manage complex technical programs with competing priorities and evolving requirements.
• Demonstrated success in leading diverse technical teams and subcontractors
• U.S. Citizenship required; must have the ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Top Secret clearance preferred
• Professional certifications strongly desired, such as:
  • PMP, PgMP, or equivalent program management certification
  • ITIL Foundation or higher
  • SAFe, Scrum, or Agile certifications
  • Cloud certifications (AWS, Azure, or equivalent).

Target Salary Range: $146,000 - $234,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

Benefits Statement: Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at https://www.careers.peraton.com/benefits.

Application Statements: The application period for the job is estimated to be 30 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates. By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in the role and the Company. During the review of your application, you may be required to participate in an on-camera interview, as well as participate in a process to verify your identity.