Operations Lead - Engineering / Active Top Secret
Peraton · Beltsville, MD, US
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## Operations Lead - Engineering (Federal Strategic Cyber) **Location:** Beltsville, MD **Clearance:** Active Top Secret with SCI eligibility required ### Peraton Overview Peraton is a next-generation national security company delivering trusted solutions and enterprise IT to protect the nation and allies. The company operates across land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace, supporting essential government agencies and all branches of the U.S. armed forces. ### Role Overview The **Operations Lead - Engineering** serves as the senior technical and operational authority for the **Engineering division of the Security Operations Center (SOC)**. You will oversee the full lifecycle of SOC engineering operations, including systems administration, physical/virtual network engineering, **24x7x365** shift coverage, and direct supervision of engineering staff. ### Key Responsibilities **Technical & Operational Leadership** - Provide senior-level direction to system administrators, network engineers, and cybersecurity engineers supporting **24x7x365 SOC operations** - Oversee systems administration: configuration, patching, hardening, lifecycle management, and operational readiness of servers/endpoints/security appliances - Lead and maintain SOC virtualization platforms (**VMware, Hyper-V**) and cloud environments (**AWS GovCloud, Azure Government**) - Recommend and implement solutions for security issues, outages, and network disruptions - Ensure compliance with SLAs and operational performance metrics - Lead/participate in security tests, evaluations, studies, and experiments impacting SOC readiness **Engineering Governance & Documentation** - Develop, maintain, and enforce SOC engineering SOPs, runbooks, knowledge base content, and technical documentation - Conduct technical/management briefings for senior leadership, government stakeholders, and program management - Maintain a centralized service catalog leveraging **ITIL** practices **Team Management & Staffing** - Lead, supervise, and mentor SOC engineering personnel - Manage shift coverage, scheduling, on-call rotations, contingency plans, and surge support - Provide hands-on engineering support during staffing gaps or high-demand events - Develop staffing and continuity plans for weather events, absences, emergencies, and other mission-impacting situations **Cross-Functional Coordination** - Integrate and sustain SOC security tools (e.g., **SIEM, IDS/IPS, EDR/XDR, firewalls, proxies, logging**) - Coordinate with SOC Analysts, Incident Responders, and Threat Intelligence teams - Collaborate with system owners and stakeholders to translate cybersecurity needs into actionable solutions - Facilitate working groups to identify issues, define requirements, and prioritize improvements **Operational Excellence & Compliance** - Manage asset inventory, capacity planning, and technology refresh cycles - Support **COOP** planning and execution for critical SOC infrastructure - Interface with CORs, program managers, and technical leads - Ensure compliance with **NIST SP 800-53, FISMA, DISA STIGs**, DoS policies, and O&M contractual requirements - Coordinate remediation supporting **ATO** compliance across multiple networks/classifications **Incident Response & Operational Reporting** - Lead during high-severity cybersecurity incidents (coordination, client communication, recovery) - Lead after-action reviews; ensure corrective actions are documented, assigned, tracked, and completed - Monitor
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