Technology Integration Lead

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  to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Peraton's Space sector is seeking a cleared Technology Integration Lead to serve as the operational and strategic core of the CTO office. This is a full-time position based in Reston, VA with travel to customer and corporate sites as needed.

Reporting directly to the Sector Chief Technology Officer, this role is the connective tissue between the CTO's strategic vision, our technical community of Advanced Capabilities Engineers and Next-gen Technology Engineers, business line leadership, and peer organizations across the enterprise. You will translate strategy into execution, ensure our technical experts are focused, funded, and effective, and make sure that good ideas, roadmaps, and innovations actually land in the hands of the people who need them.

This is a role for someone who leads from the front, earns trust through competence, and knows how to move a diverse technical and business organization toward a common outcome.

What you'll do:

Technology Road mapping and Standards

• Develop, govern, and maintain technology roadmaps in close partnership with our emergent technology community and sector stakeholders
• Translate roadmaps into actionable inputs for capture strategies, proposal development, and program planning
• Balance near‑term customer readiness with longer‑term technology priorities and emerging trends, keeping the portfolio forward‑looking without losing sight of what wins today

IRAD Strategy Execution

• Execute the IRAD strategy set by the CTO, managing the full lifecycle from ideation through investment decision to project execution
• Own the vetting process, evaluating proposals for technical merit, business alignment, customer relevance, and growth potential in partnership with SMEs and sector stakeholders
• Maintain visibility into the sector‑wide IRAD portfolio, identifying gaps, overlaps, and opportunities to consolidate or expand
• Track and communicate business impact metrics so leadership always knows what the portfolio is producing

Technology Transfer and Integration

• Build and sustain relationships with peer sectors and internal organizations to identify technologies, tools, and approaches that could strengthen Space sector capabilities
• Drive technology transfer from Peraton Labs and other enterprise organizations into sector programs and pursuits
• Create mechanisms for capturing and disseminating lessons learned, best practices, and reusable technical assets so innovations outlast any individual expert

Talent Mentoring and Development

• Helping them grow as technical leaders, communicators, and contributors to business growth
• Partner with HR and business leadership to define career paths for technical staff, particularly in emergent technology areas
• Identify training needs and work with the technical community to develop both formal and informal programs that spread expert knowledge across the organization
• Support workforce planning to ensure the sector has the…