Director, Cloud & Enterprise Architecture

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.

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).

• 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…