Task Lead (CIO Services)

Task Lead (CIO Services)

Peraton is seeking a Task Lead (CIO Services) in our Linthicum, MD office in support of our Department of Defense (DoD) customer as part of a highly talented, highly motivated, and high-performing team. This position offers a unique opportunity to work at the forefront of cyber investigations, digital forensics, cyber threat analysis, and mission support in a dynamic and collaborative environment. The successful candidate will contribute to protecting national security interests by leveraging technical expertise, analytical skills, and innovative problem-solving to address complex cyber challenges. Individuals who are passionate about cybersecurity, committed to excellence, and eager to make a meaningful impact are encouraged to apply.

This Task Lead will provide strategic leadership, operational oversight, and technical direction for a large, multi-disciplinary team responsible for building, operating, securing, defending, and advancing enterprise-scale data strategies, architectures, and applications.

As the senior contractor lead, you will oversee the delivery of critical IT services supporting 12 separate networks and telecommunications systems across all classification levels, serving more than 400 users. You will lead a team of approximately 50 professionals spanning infrastructure, cybersecurity, software development, cloud engineering, data science, and project management disciplines while ensuring operational excellence, mission success, and adherence to IT industry best practices.

This role serves as the primary contractor point of accountability for service delivery quality, operational efficiency, and workforce performance while supporting Government financial and business processes, excluding inherently governmental functions.

Key Responsibilities

Program Leadership & Oversight

• Serve as the senior contractor representative responsible for delivering enterprise IT services across multiple classified and unclassified environments.
• Provide strategic direction and guidance to subordinate technical teams responsible for:
• Server infrastructure
• Network operations
• Database administration
• Enterprise services
• Telecommunications systems
• Related IT disciplines
• Oversee operations supporting 12 separate networks and telecommunications systems across all classification levels.
• Ensure delivery of IT services using industry best practices and proven operational methodologies.
• Maintain responsibility for the quality, effectiveness, and efficiency of contractor performance.

Technical Operations Leadership

• Lead teams responsible for building, operating, securing, defending, and extending enterprise-scale:
• Data strategies
• Architectures
• Applications
• Infrastructure services
• Provide leadership across modern enterprise technologies including:
• Cloud computing environments
• Virtualized infrastructure
• Enterprise storage solutions
• Data platforms
• Telecommunications systems

Team Management & Coordination

• Lead and manage a workforce of approximately 50 professionals including:
• Network Engineers
• Tier 1 Support Personnel
• Software Developers
• Cloud Architects
• Knowledge Management Professionals
• Project Managers
• Data Scientists
• Partner with team leads to coordinate technical execution and operational priorities.
• Ensure alignment between program objectives, technical teams, and customer requirements.

Service Delivery Management

• Working closely with technical team leads, responsibilities include:
• Providing functional expertise regarding operational and support processes within assigned service areas.
• Clarifying and resolving process-related issues impacting technical teams.
• Maintaining understanding of existing and future delivery processes, procedures, and tools across all functional areas.
• Monitoring and reporting program progress against established plans through final acceptance and customer sign-off.
• Managing, coordinating, and resolving project issues, risks, dependencies, and decisions.

Personnel & Performance Management

• Lead workforce management activities including:
• Candidate interviewing and selection
• Hiring decisions
• Onboarding and training
• Employee development and mentorship
• Work planning and task assignment
• Performance management
• Corrective action planning
• Employee engagement, motivation, and recognition programs

Business & Financial Support

• Support Government financial and business operations associated with task execution.
• Assist with resource planning and program execution activities while remaining outside inherently governmental functions.

Preferred Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate is a proven technical and operational leader with experience managing large, diverse teams supporting mission-critical government infrastructure and data environments. They bring deep expertise in enterprise IT operations, cloud transformation, cybersecurity, data strategy, and emerging AI technologies while successfully delivering complex programs in highly secure and classified environments.

Location: This position is fully onsite in the Baltimore-metropolitan region.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 12+ years of relevant experience; supervisory or management experience preferred.
• Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.
• Active Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

Leadership Experience

• Minimum of one year experience in the last three years leading and supervising large, technically diverse teams supporting enterprise IT operations.
• Minimum of three years experience in the last ten years leading and supervising teams within Government networking and infrastructure environments supporting both classified and unclassified systems.
• Experience in the last five years briefing a Chief Information Officer (CIO) or Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) on agency-wide planned, recommended, and directed actions to enable operational effectiveness.

Infrastructure & Network Expertise

• Minimum of three years experience in the last ten years with building, operating, securing, defending, and extending:
• Local Area Networks (LAN)
• Wide Area Networks (WAN)
• Wireless networks
• Firewalls
• Routing and switching environments
• IPv6 implementations
• Virtual Private Networks (VPN)
• Cloud environments
• Virtualized servers
• Enterprise storage arrays
• Enterprise IT and data systems

Unified Communications Experience

• Minimum of five years experience in the last seven years with unified communications, including the design, installation, maintenance, and administration of Video Teleconferencing (VTC) systems supporting:
• Unclassified environments
• Secret environments
• TS/SCI environments

Modern DevSecOps & Cloud Experience

• Minimum of one year experience within the last three years leading teams operating Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines utilizing:
• Containerization
• Micro-segmentation
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Minimum of two years experience within the last five years leading teams responsible for planning and executing migrations from legacy environments into:
• Multi-cloud architectures
• Hybrid cloud environments

Data & Artificial Intelligence Experience

• Minimum of two years experience within the last seven years leading teams responsible for developing and implementing:
• Data lakes
• Modern enterprise data strategies
• Demonstrated familiarity with:
• Supervised machine learning
• Unsupervised machine learning
• Large Language Models (LLMs