Regional Client Advocate

Peraton

Herndon, Virginia

JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$86,000–$138,000 Per Year
LOCATION
Herndon, Virginia
POSTED
30+ days ago
Responsibilities:

We are seeking a highly skilled and innovative Regional Client Advocate to join our team in the greater DMV area, supporting the Army National Guard.

 

Key Responsibilities

  • Maintain regular engagement with State/Territory Directors of Information Management and other regional stakeholders to collect requirements, feedback, and emerging issues.
  • Communicate enterprise initiatives, system updates, patch/maintenance schedules, and rollout plans to regional partners; coordinate readiness actions.
  • Represent regional concerns in enterprise governance forums; escalate risks, constraints, and dependencies to program leadership.
  • Facilitate cross‑state collaboration to harmonize adoption while accounting for regional operational differences.
  • Track and manage stakeholder concerns, service requests, readiness indicators, and resolution status across assigned entities.
  • Provide recommendations and advisory inputs on regional impacts, implementation risk, and mitigation approaches.
  • Produce regional status reports, coordination summaries, stakeholder sentiment briefings, and recommended actions for program leadership.
  • Support exercises, deployments, and transition activities as regional subject‑matter liaison.

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Qualifications:

Required Qualifications

  • Min 8 years with BS/BA, Min 6 years with MS/MA, Min 3 years with PhD
  • Clearance: TS/SCI (active)
  • Education / Training / Certification: Candidate must meet ONE:
    • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Data Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, or Software Engineering; OR
    • Relevant DoD/Military training (e.g., Cyber 101; IT Project Manager (Advanced) Playlist); OR
    • Relevant certifications (see list below).
  • Experience: Minimum 3 years in IT stakeholder engagement, client advocacy, program liaison, or related roles—preferably supporting state, DoD, or large distributed enterprises.
  • Skills: Strong stakeholder management, communications, briefing, coordination, issue tracking, and regional program integration skills.
  • Communication: Ability to produce clear status reports and brief senior leadership.

Acceptable Certifications (one or more preferred)

  • RCCE Level 1, CCISO, CCSP, CISA, CISM, CISSP, CISSP‑ISSEP, CISSP‑ISSMP, DAWIA PM Advanced, FITSP‑A, FITSP‑M, GFACT, GSLC

Desired / Preferred

  • Prior experience supporting State/Territory IT organizations, NGB/ARNG engagements, or distributed enterprise rollouts
  • Familiarity with DoD/Army support models, RMF/ATO constraints, and operational continuity considerations
  • Experience managing regional change, training coordination, and cross-jurisdictional dependencies

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Peraton Overview: 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 worlds 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 cant be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how were keeping people around the world safe and secure. 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. EEO: EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.

About the Company

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Peraton

Peraton 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 and highly differentiated national security solutions and technologies that keep people safe and secure. Peraton serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies across the intelligence, space, cyber, defense, civilian, health, and state and local markets. Every day, our employees do the can’t be done, solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers.
COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Government and Military
WEBSITE
https://careers.peraton.com/