Peraton

Automation & AIOps Lead (TX DIR)

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24 hours ago
West Odessa, TX, USAStaff+
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$104k - $166k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Own Peraton[x] and the Optional AI Platform, including agentic operations, GPU Resource Units, and NIST AI RMF-governed operations.
  • Lead engineering, deployment, and operations for the Enterprise Control Plane and its IF-1 through IF-7 modules.
  • Deliver zero-touch infrastructure provisioning through Terraform, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, and GitLab CI.
  • Manage AIOps telemetry and observability using Splunk ITSI, Dynatrace Davis AI, Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry.
  • Lead ServiceNow IntegrationHub, CSDM, ITOM, MSI accelerator, and schema-validated flow integrations.
  • Manage auto-provisioning accuracy, automation savings reconciliation, the Annual Automation Plan, and service evolution.
  • Manage Kafka/Avro CI synchronization and REST/JSON integrations.
  • Drive AI governance, ML forecasting, enterprise automation, and continuous improvement for the Texas Private Cloud program.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree and eight years of experience, or twelve years of experience with a high school diploma.
  • At least eight years of infrastructure automation and DevOps/MLOps engineering experience.
  • Proficiency with Terraform, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, and GitLab CI/CD pipeline engineering.
  • Experience operating AIOps platforms such as Splunk ITSI and Dynatrace Davis AI.
  • Experience with ML forecasting for capacity management and SLA breach prediction.
  • Experience with ServiceNow integration and development, including IntegrationHub, CSDM, and ITOM.
  • Experience with AI/ML operations, including NVIDIA AI Enterprise, OpenShift, and GPU scheduling, preferred.
  • Familiarity with the NIST AI Risk Management Framework, government IT automation, enterprise observability, Kubernetes, GPU infrastructure, and AI governance is preferred.
  • Must be a U.S. citizen and able to obtain and maintain the required agency clearance.
  • Must be located in the Austin, Texas metropolitan area or San Angelo, Texas as applicable.

Benefits

  • Target salary range is $104,000–$166,000, with potential eligibility for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus.
  • The role is tied to the Texas Private Cloud program and requires Austin, Texas metropolitan area or applicable San Angelo, Texas location.

Tech Stack

Apache KafkaGitLab CI/CDGrafanaKubernetesOpenShiftPrometheusTerraform

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About Peraton

10,000+ employees

Peraton builds and integrates mission systems, cyber, space, and intelligence solutions for U.S. defense, intelligence, and civil agencies. It delivers enterprise IT, satellite and terrestrial communications, and spectrum management under government contracts. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in Reston, Virginia and is privately held by Veritas Capital.

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