Peraton is seeking a Digital Services Technical Lead to champion modern software delivery practices through DevSecOps methodology, guide incident resolution, and lead strategic technical improvements across a large-scale AWS-based enterprise environment. The role aims to reduce downtime, automate solutions, and build resilient, secure digital services.
Requirements
- 8 years of experience in cloud-native application delivery, AWS, networking, and infrastructure automation.
- Expert-level knowledge of DevSecOps practices, including CI/CD automation, secure coding, and IaC using Terraform.
- Real-world experience resolving critical outages and leading root cause analysis efforts.
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS services (CloudWatch, IAM, OpenSearch), container orchestration (EKS), and security tools (e.g., Aqua, DLP).
- Proficient in at least one programming/scripting language (Python, Java, PowerShell, etc.).
- Experience with GitLab CI/CD including environment management, feature flags, and DORA Metrics reporting.
- Familiarity with monitoring and observability platforms like Datadog.
Responsibilities
- Lead the maturity and implementation of modern DevSecOps practices across software development and delivery teams.
- Direct and manage the real-time resolution of critical incidents, coordinating multi-disciplinary teams and communicating with executive stakeholders.
- Conduct detailed root cause analysis and establish proactive technical solutions to avoid recurrence.
- Drive improvements to monitoring, alerting, automation, and incident response tooling.
- Serve as the primary liaison between software engineers, SREs, security teams, and business stakeholders during technical events.
- Facilitate post-incident reviews and lead efforts to integrate learnings into operational processes and tooling.
- Collaborate on building and evolving CI/CD pipelines, security controls, and delivery automation using GitLab, Terraform, and Kubernetes (EKS).
Other
- Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of experience. Additional 4 years of experience maybe accepted in lieu of the degree.
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional technical teams under pressure.
- Excellent communication skills, including executive-level incident briefings and technical documentation.
- Must be a US Citizen.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
