IT Infrastructure Lead

Program Overview

About The Role

Join a team dedicated to protecting the safety and integrity of U.S. air travel. Peraton is seeking an Infrastructure Lead to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. The ideal candidate will lead a team responsible for infrastructure design, configuration planning, documentation, and technical oversight of subcontracted deployments to ensure solutions meet performance, availability, and resiliency requirements in a NIST 800-53 enclave. This role is central to building and maintaining robust systems that power mission-critical operations and modernization initiatives. Whether you’re supporting safety validation efforts or leading teams on major FAA programs, your work will directly impact the millions of passengers and aviation professionals who rely on safe, efficient airspace operations every day.

In this position, you will:

• Lead a team to design and plan infrastructure systems, ensuring alignment with performance and availability goals.
• Ensure configuration documentation, technical diagrams, and deployment procedures are fully developed and maintained.
• Provide technical oversight of subcontractor deployments, ensuring solutions adhere to defined standards and requirements.
• Execute capacity planning and system optimization efforts to enhance infrastructure resiliency.
• Lead/collaborate with engineers, architects, and project managers to integrate infrastructure solutions into modernization programs.
• Oversee troubleshooting and root cause analysis for infrastructure-related issues.
• Ensure optimal system performance, implement improvements for scalability and reliability.
• Ensure NIST 800-53 compliance with security, operational, and regulatory standards.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree and 12 years of experience.
• Minimum of 5 years management experience.
• Experience building/maintaining NIST 800-53 compliant systems.
• Proven experience leading infrastructure engineering, systems administration, or related roles.
• Proven experience leading server, storage, networking, and virtualization technologies.
• Strong knowledge of performance, availability, and resiliency best practices.
• Experience managing technical documentation and coordinating deployments with subcontractors or external vendors.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work in cross-functional, fast-paced environments.
• U.S. Citizenship Required.
• Must have the ability to obtain / maintain a Public Trust clearance.

SCA / Union / Intern Rate or Range

Details

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

Application Duration Statement: 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.

EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.