Quality & Risk Management Lead - SME Security Clearance

Position: Quality & Risk Management Lead - SME with Security Clearance
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  to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure. Program Overview About

The Role Join Peraton's mission-critical team supporting secure, real-time data delivery across complex operational environments in direct support of our nation's warfighters. If you are driven by national security and energized by cutting-edge C2

ISR capabilities, sensor integration, and resilient data transport solutions, we invite you to join our team. We are seeking highly cleared professionals who excel at the intersection of advanced communications infrastructure, distributed systems, and mission assurance-where reliability, security, and performance are paramount. Specifically, we are looking for aTS/SCI cleared Quality & Risk Management Lead - SME - to support this mission in Tampa, Florida.

Responsibilities:
As a Quality & Risk Management Lead - SME, you will provide technical and management leadership for all equipment and information support functions across the Task Order. Your responsibilities include:

* Responsible for the strategic direction, execution, and optimization of task order quality and risk activities through implementation of a task order Quality Improvement Methodology and Risk Management Methodology, leading transformation workshops, lessons learned gathering and analysis, and continuous Improvement processes.
* Provides authoritative leadership for QA and risk management strategy to drive "Design for Quality" practices, shaping testing protocols, performance metrics, and mitigation planning across the TO. Ensures enterprise-wide alignment with government standards and mission outcomes.
* Directs enterprise-level QA and risk strategy, tracking specific risk/opportunity and corrective actions in a RAID Log.
* Establishes standards for QMP, POAM, and risk register development, including assignment of Risk Owners for Task 1 and working with Task 3 - 9 leads for risk assignments.
* Interfaces with senior leadership to align QA and risk with operational priorities.
* Guides integration of QA and risk data into PMP, MSRs, and transition deliverables.
* Leads review and validation of IMS and task order portal functionality.
* Shapes QA and risk governance and performance tracking across the command.
* Advises on strategic quality improvements and risk mitigation planning.
* Ensures traceability, auditability, and evaluator alignment in all QA and risk activities.
* Promotes continuous improvement and cross-functional collaboration.
* Recognized for expertise in federal QA standards, risk frameworks, and service assurance.
* Utilize the following Role Specific Tools: QMP templates; ISO/Lean/CMMI frameworks; audit and inspection checklists;
Archer GRC dashboards; variance analysis trackers; corrective action tracking systems; lessons learned repositories;
SharePoint/Confluence for SOP updates;
Power BI dashboards for AFDP metrics Qualifications

Required qualifications:

* Previous experience as a Quality & Risk Management Lead or similar role supporting a DoD customer at the CCMD level

* Minimum of 12 years' experience with BS/BA or 10 years' experience with MS/MA or 7 years' experience with PhD.
* A current, active DoD security clearance at the TS/SCI level
* US citizenship is required Desired

Qualifications:

* Must complete DoD-approved IA baseline certification for ADP-III/IT-III based on the IAT level and CE/Operating System (OS) certificate within six months of…