Lead Automation Architect Job Las Cruces New Mexico USA,IT/Tech

Basic Qualifications

U.S. Citizenship required with the ability to obtain and maintain the required Public Trust level clearance.
Bachelors Degree and 16 years of experience, or a High School diploma or equivalent and 20 years of experience
15+ years building and automating secure infrastructure across Federal Financial programs
Specializes in Infrastructure as Code with Ansible
Experience with CI/CD pipeline engineering with Jenkins
Continuous monitoring with Splunk for RHEL and Windows Server systems in air-gapped and AWS Gov Cloud environments
Experience with Ansible/Ansible Tower/AWX
Proven experience in Linux and Windows server administration
Experience in automating decommission/provisioning workflows
Must be willing to undergo a pre-employment credit check as required by the Customer

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with Service Now and ARIA

Peraton is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Lead Automation Architect to join our Team. This role owns the target state architecture for automation, makes and documents the design decisions that realize it, leads architecture reviews across the portfolio, and drives process analysis to identify and prioritize automation opportunities. The position ensures automation solutions are scalable, secure, maintainable, and aligned to business strategy.

Work Location:

This is a remote position

What You Will Do:

Provide Technical Direction:
Mentor architects and engineers, lead cross-functional design sessions, and communicate architectural direction to both technical and executive audiences.
Define and maintain the target-state automation architecture, establishing standards, patterns, and technology roadmaps aligned with business and mission objectives.
Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of secure automation solutions across Federal Financial environments, including air-gapped infrastructure and AWS Gov Cloud.
Develop and enforce Infrastructure as Code (IaC) strategies using Ansible, Ansible Tower/AWX, and related automation technologies.
Architect and optimize CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, enabling repeatable, secure, and reliable infrastructure deployment and configuration processes.
Lead architecture reviews and technical design sessions across the portfolio, documenting key decisions, tradeoffs, dependencies, and implementation standards.
Analyze existing infrastructure and operational processes to identify, prioritize, and roadmap automation opportunities that improve efficiency, reliability, and scalability.
Design automation for server provisioning, configuration, patching, lifecycle management, and decommissioning across RHEL and Windows Server environments