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 NNSA's 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
