Director, Cloud & Enterprise Architecture

Responsibilities Peraton is seeking a director-level Chief/Cloud Architect and Subject Matter Expert (SME) to provide strategic and hands-on technical leadership for enterprise IT architecture, cloud modernization, and cybersecurity initiatives in support of state government customer.

This senior, director-level role combines deep cloud and enterprise architecture expertise with broad decision-making authority, serving as the principal technical advisor to customer leadership and program executives. The successful candidate will lead architecture services, drive cloud adoption across multiple public cloud platforms, and deliver business solutions that enable the state government and its agencies to modernize, migrate, and optimize their IT environments — all within a multi-sourced service integration (MSI) environment.

This position will provide support in the following location(s):
Richmond, VA (candidate must be able to commute to Richmond or be located in the area).

Key Responsibilities Serve as the principal technical and strategic authority for enterprise IT architecture, cloud adoption, Dev Sec Ops , cybersecurity, and system integration across the program.

Lead enterprise architecture services ensuring alignment with customer standards, policies, compliance mandates (NIST, FISMA, customer policies), and strategic modernization objectives.

Provide Business Solutions Management (BSM) to assess, plan, and execute application migrations to public cloud platforms, including:

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
Develop and maintain enterprise architecture artifacts including reference architectures, roadmaps, standards, and patterns to guide cloud adoption and modernization efforts program-wide.

Oversee the development and implementation of innovative, secure, and cost-effective IT solutions, including hybrid cloud, networking, compute, and storage infrastructure.

Evaluate existing on-premises and hybrid environments and develop migration strategies — including lift-and-shift, re-platforming, and re-architecting approaches.

Provide technical direction and guidance across the program, influencing MSI suppliers, engineering teams, and operational staff.

Serve as a trusted technical advisor to customer stakeholders and agencies, translating business requirements into scalable, secure, and cost-effective architecture solutions.

Conduct technical assessments, risk analyses, and gap evaluations, delivering actionable recommendations to program leadership.

Lead development of technical standards, architecture frameworks, and roadmaps to guide IT modernization and innovation.

Respond to and resolve state customer service requests related to cloud and enterprise architecture, providing timely and actionable technical guidance.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams including security, networking, application development, and operations to ensure end-to-end solution integrity.

Produce executive-level briefings, white papers, and solution recommendations for stakeholders and decision-makers.

Identify opportunities to reduce technical debt, optimize operations, consolidate systems/tools, and drive cost efficiency across the enterprise IT portfolio.

Evaluate and recommend emerging technologies, tools, and best practices to advance the enterprise IT environment.

Act as the authoritative liaison between program, MSI suppliers, and Peraton leadership for all architectural and technical matters.

Support proposal development activities, including technical volumes, solution narratives, staffing plans, and architecture diagrams.
** Position is part of a proposal opportunity
** Qualifications

Required Qualifications Minimum 16 years of experience in IT, with significant…