Manager, Technical Project Engineer

Peraton’s Risk Decision Group (RDG) is seeking an experienced and highly driven Manager of Technical Project Engineers to lead a team responsible for delivering high‑visibility, mission‑critical projects. This role oversees project engineers who manage end‑to‑end technical project execution—from requirements gathering through design, development, implementation, and testing. The ideal candidate brings strong leadership, technical oversight capability, and a proven ability to guide teams in a fast‑paced, customer‑focused environment.

 

This position is 100% remote.

 

Responsibilities
The Manager of Technical Project Engineering will:

• Provide leadership, direction, and performance management for a team of Technical Project Engineers and Business Systems Analysts supporting multiple concurrent projects.
  • Ensure adherence to company policies, PMO standards, and contract requirements while maintaining high levels of quality and accountability.
  • Oversee the planning and execution of IT projects and change requests, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives, stakeholder expectations, and technical standards.
  • Serve as an escalation point for complex technical issues, risks, and decision‑making across the project portfolio.
  • Provide guidance in developing detailed work plans, schedules, estimates, resource plans, and reporting deliverables.
  • Coach team members on gathering functional and technical requirements using standard project management and business analysis methodologies.
  • Review and approve key project deliverables, including requirements documentation, design artifacts, implementation plans, and testing strategies.
  • Monitor project performance metrics and ensure timely, accurate communication of progress, risks, and dependencies to senior leadership.
  • Oversee adherence to established change management practices and support engineers in managing change requests and defect resolution through the Change Control Board process.
  • Foster strong cross‑functional collaboration with end users, technical teams, business stakeholders, and senior leadership.
  • Promote continuous improvement in project management, engineering processes, and team operations.
  
  

Required Qualifications:

• US Citizenship
• Must hold active federal background investigation with a T5 adjudication or Top Secret eligible clearance
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite
• Proficiency in Microsoft Teams Environment 
• Experience with Visio
• Experience with process flow mapping 
• Experience working within and the analysis of federal investigative standards and operational workflows
• Strong understanding of systems engineering, project lifecycle management, and requirements analysis.
• Proven ability to lead project teams handling multiple concurrent projects with competing priorities.
• Excellent communication, problem‑solving, and decision‑making skills.
• Experience with PMO processes, change management, risk analysis, and project tracking.
• Ability to work effectively across distributed teams in a remote environment.
• Commitment to fostering teamwork, accountability, and a culture of continuous improvement.

Preferred Qualifications:

• PMP Certification
• Scrum Master Certification 
• Understanding of agile methodology
• Understanding of software development lifecycles 

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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 do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.

$80,000 - $128,000. 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.

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