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Cloud Computing, Lead Associate

Peraton
Peraton Salary
Huntsville, AL Full Time
POSTED ON 9/23/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 11/18/2026
About Peraton

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees solve the most daunting challenges that our customers face. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.

About The Role

Job Description:

Peraton is seeking a mid-level Systems Engineer to join our national intelligence program that delivers engineering, application development, deployment, operations, upgrades and sustainment of products and services to achieve our client's global missions. This position is responsible for managing, maintaining, and supporting the client's IT systems and services to ensure they operate efficiently, securely, and in alignment with mission needs. This position will focus on cloud computing.

Responsibilities:

The responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Support the engineering and provision of physical/ virtual platforms and operating systems, server build deployments, server virtualization, virtualization / hypervisor hyperconverged platforms with the intent to reduce time required to deploy on server (physical, virtual, and cloud based).
  • Deploy, operate and maintain cloud computing (applications and services) within the service lane portion.
  • Deploy, operate, and maintain approved infrastructure devices, technologies and products in compliance with server O&M procedures and policies including building, maintaining and sustaining physical, virtual and cloud-based server services.
  • Receive operational responsibility of engineered Hosted Server Compute (HSC) solutions as part of system/service life cycle to include, but not limited to, virtual infrastructure, server builds, transition documents, physical and virtual servers, cloud, and related solutions.
  • Integrate, operate and maintain Cloud service areas
  • Integrate, operate and maintain Server service area in accordance with clouds services.
  • Monitor, analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve system issues/ incidents.
  • Provide and maintain related documentation (e.g., Standard Operating Procedures, System Plans/ Reports, etc.).
  • Position is Contingent on Contract Award**

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

  • Active Top Secret/ Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearance with ability to pass a Poly.
  • Minimum of 5 years of work experience with BS/BA; 3 years with MS/MA; 0 years with PhD. Note: 4 years of significant relevant experience will be considered in lieu of formal education degree.
  • Current DoDD 8570.01-M IAT II: CISSP or Security Certification.
  • Certification: CompTIA Security .
  • Good interpersonal and communications skills.

Desired Qualifications:

  • Active TS/SCI with Poly clearances.
  • Other DoDD 8570.01-M IAT II AND MCSA relevant to the candidate's work area examples are: Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) certification, VMware Certified Associate (VCA); AWS Sys Ops Administrator Associate Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate; Nutanix Certified Professional OR Microsoft Endpoint Manager or previous SCCM certifications.

SECURITY CLEARANCE:

This Position requires an Active TS/SCI and the ability to obtain a Poly, US Citizenship is required

To hold this clearance.

Details

Target Salary Range: $86,000 - $138,000. 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 https://www.careers.peraton.com/benefits.

Application Statements: 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. By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in the role and the Company. During the review of your application, you may be required to participate in an on-camera interview, as well as participate in a process to verify your identity. Use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools of any kind during Peraton interviews is strictly prohibited unless the candidate has obtained prior written authorization. All interview responses must be the candidate's own.

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

Salary : $86,000 - $138,000

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