4 days ago
Base Salary
$176k - $282k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own solution architecture for large federal civilian pursuits ranging from $75M to $1B+ in total contract value.
- Design enterprise architectures spanning cloud, application modernization, cybersecurity, data, AI/ML, IT operations, and managed services.
- Develop evolutionary architectures incorporating emerging technologies such as zero trust, post-quantum cryptography, AIOps, and edge computing.
- Lead technical solutioning sessions with capture teams, partners, and subject matter experts.
- Develop and present solution briefings for gate reviews, executive leadership, and federal customers.
- Author and review technical proposal volumes for compelling, compliant, and differentiating content.
- Conduct competitive technical analysis and define technical discriminators.
- Build understanding of customer missions, technology environments, and strategic direction while serving as a trusted advisor.
- Evaluate Peraton Labs capabilities and partner technologies and contribute reusable frameworks and reference architectures.
Requirements
- Qualifying education and experience: bachelor's degree with 16 years, associate degree with 18 years, master's degree with 14 years, or high school diploma/equivalent with 20 years.
- U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
- At least 5 years as a solution architect or similar role on large enterprise pursuits of $100M+ total contract value with end-to-end solution design responsibility.
- Architecture experience across at least four domains, including cloud, application modernization, cybersecurity/zero trust, data/AI-ML, IT operations, DevSecOps, or enterprise platforms.
- Proven success winning large competitive proposals and translating complex requirements into deliverable, differentiating solutions.
- Experience presenting architectures to executive leadership, gate review panels, and federal customers, including oral presentations.
- Strong understanding of federal acquisition processes, evaluation methodologies, and compliance frameworks including FedRAMP, FISMA, NIST, and CMMC.
- Excellent technical writing and communication skills for technical and executive audiences.
- Preferred qualifications include a bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, engineering, information technology, or a related field; experience with federal civilian agencies; and relevant professional certifications.
- Preferred experience includes generative AI, agentic AI, post-quantum cryptography, AIOps, ITIL, Agile/SAFe delivery, DevSecOps CI/CD, and price-to-win analysis.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, health savings account, short- and long-term disability, employee assistance program, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off, and company-paid holidays.
- Located in Reston, Virginia, with travel to customer sites as needed.
- Eligible employees may receive overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.
Tech Stack
Categories
Solutions Engineering
About Peraton
Peraton builds and integrates mission systems, cyber, space, and intelligence solutions for U.S. defense, intelligence, and civil agencies. It delivers enterprise IT, satellite and terrestrial communications, and spectrum management under government contracts. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in Reston, Virginia and is privately held by Veritas Capital.