Systems Architect; Senior

Responsibilities

Peraton is seeking a Systems Architect (Senior) to support the MODES III program supporting Military Community and Family Policy (MC&FP). In this role, the selected candidate will provide enterprise systems architecture leadership for the program, designing end‑to‑end system, cloud, network, and service architectures that meet MC&FP operational, security, scalability, and RMF/ATO requirements. This position is remote and requires an active Secret clearance.

• Provide enterprise systems architecture leadership for MODES III, designing end‑to‑end system, cloud, network, and service architectures that meet MC&FP operational, security, scalability, and RMF/ATO requirements.
• Architect integrated solutions: produce DoDAF/enterprise architecture artifacts, system interaction diagrams, solution blueprints, and deployment reference architectures that support O&E, IT, cybersecurity, and data operations.
• Define cloud and infrastructure strategy: design secure, compliant AWS Gov Cloud architectures (VPC, networking, KMS, IAM, isolation for IL2/IL4/IL5), container orchestration patterns (EKS), and IaC standards (Terraform/Cloud Formation) to enable scalable, auditable deployments.
• Drive cross‑domain integration: specify API contracts, data flows, integration patterns, and interface standards (OpenAPI, DCAT) ensuring interoperability between applications, CMS, data lakes, and third‑party services; provide guidance to Integration and API teams.
• Embed security & RMF into architecture: define security controls, STIG/SRG hardening patterns, logging/observability requirements, and RMF artifact requirements for system design; coordinate with CCM/SDEL to ensure ATO readiness and eMASS submissions.
• Enable resilience & continuity: design backup/DR/COOP strategies, HA patterns, multiAZ deployment, immutable backup approaches, and recovery orchestration to meet RTO/RPO targets and validate through exercises.
• Define operational observability & KPI mapping: specify telemetry, logging, and metrics schemas that feed MODES III dashboards (program deliverables), ensuring lineage from source systems to executive KPIs and program performance standards/quality thresholds mapping.
• Guide technology selection & standards: evaluate and recommend platform, middleware, database, and tooling choices (cloud services, DB engines, message buses) aligned to DoD CC SRG and cost/performance trade‑offs; establish architecture governance and review boards (CCB participation).
• Familiar with:
  Active Directory/Azure AD, Microsoft Entra , Group Policy, SCCM/WSUS, VMware vSphere/Nutanix, HyperV, RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu, AWS Systems Manager, Terraform, Ansible, IAM/KMS, DNS/DHCP, LDAP, BGP/OSPF/VLAN, SAN/NAS, Veeam/N2WS, Splunk/ELK, STIG/SCAP/ACAS, PKI/CAC, Power Shell/Python/Bash.

Work location: remote with the ability to travel to the NCR of meeded.

• Active Secret clearance required.
• Experience /
  
  Education:
  
  10 years relevant experience with BS/BA degree or 8 years with MS/MA or 6 years with PhD or 14 years w/o a degree or 12 years with AS/AA.
• Certifications:
  
  Successful applicants must satisfy Foundational Qualification standards via an approved industry certification (e.g., A+ or Network+) or documented equivalent military/educational training as defined in the DoD 8140 Qualification Matrix.

• Eligible for Top Secret/SCI clearance.
• Prior experience working in DoD or Federal government IT environments.
• AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect, AWS Security Specialty) or equivalent cloud certifications.
• Experience with cloud‑native data pipelines, analytics platforms, or data lake architectures.
• Familiarity with NIST RMF, ATO processes, and DoD security compliance frameworks.
• CompTIA Security+.

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