Senior Data Architect

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 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.

Responsibilities Peraton Labs is seeking a Senior Data Architect - Aviation Analytics to support FAA BNATCS CTO in identifying, acquiring, modernizing, integrating, and operationalizing data required for advanced analytics, visualization, and agentic AI-enabled workflows. This role will serve as a senior data leader across FAA BNATCS and Peraton Labs data streams and will help ensure that the Digital Command Center (DCC) is built on a strong data foundation.

The ideal candidate combines strategic data leadership with practical experience in multi-domain data environments, ETL, and data fusion.

Within this role you will define the data backbone behind advanced analytics and AI-enabled mission support. You will play a critical role in ensuring the right data is available, usable, and ready to support highly visible capabilities that inform decision-making and modernization  responsibilities may include:

Support data strategy and execution supporting DCC and CTO-driven capabilities

Identify, assess, and prioritize data sources needed to support analytics, visualization, and AI-enabled workflows

Coordinate data acquisition efforts across internal teams, stakeholders, and program partners

Define and improve approaches for data fusion, modernization of data capture, and data pipeline readiness

Guide ETL and data preparation efforts needed to support dashboards, analytics models, and downstream AI/ML use cases

Partner with systems, software, and analytics teams to align data architecture with mission needs

Help identify data gaps, dependencies, quality issues, and integration challenges affecting program success.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications Minimum of 10+ w/ BS/BA, 8+ w/ MS/MA, or 5+ w/Ph.D. years of relevant experience in data engineering, software engineering, aerospace, systems engineering, systems/enterprise architecture, or related fields

Demonstrated experience with data identification, data acquisition, ETL, and multi-source data integration

Experience with advanced data analysis and data fusion

Familiarity with modern data capture, transformation, and preparation approaches that support advanced analytics

Ability to work across multiple teams and stakeholders to align data efforts with mission objectives US Citizenship with ability to obtain/maintain an FAA Public Trust suitability

Must be local and able to commute to one of our following locations:
Annapolis Junction, MD, Bowie, MD, or Herndon, VA.Desired Qualifications

Experience with synthetic data generation

Familiarity with FAA systems or aviation operational data environments

Experience supporting analytics platforms, dashboards, AI/ML pipelines, or decision-support systems

Knowledge of metadata, lineage, governance-aware data practices, or data architecture strategy

Experience with cloud data platforms, APIs, and modern data engineering ecosystems

Target Salary Range $135,000 - $216,000. This represents the typical…