Cloud Application Migration Architect

Location: Herndon Virginia
Category: Information Technology
Clearance Required: Public Trust
Remote/Telework: On-site

About Peraton

Peraton is a premier national security and enterprise IT company delivering mission-critical solutions across every domain land sea space air and cyberspace for U.S. government agencies and all branches of the armed forces. We are driven by a commitment to protecting what matters most.

Program Overview

This role supports the FAAs Brand New Air Traffic Control System (BNATCS) contract a flagship program focused on modernizing the National Airspace System (NAS). The program encompasses aviation safety air traffic management and next-generation airspace technology. As the Cloud Application Migration Architect you will be the driving force behind determining how and whether legacy NAS applications move to the cloud.

Role Summary

Peraton is seeking an experienced Cloud Application Migration Architect to lead the assessment planning and design of application migration strategies for NAS modernization. This senior role is the critical bridge between legacy systems and modern cloud environments you will evaluate application portfolios determine cloud readiness identify technical and organizational blockers and design tailored migration approaches for each workload. You will work across engineering operations and program leadership to ensure that every migration decision is grounded in rigorous analysis and aligned with FAA mission requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead comprehensive application portfolio assessments to create a detailed inventory of all applications within existing NAS systems and develop a catalog of IdCAM services functionality dependencies data flows integration points and ownership.
• Evaluate each applications cloud readiness using structured frameworks (e.g. the AWS 7 Rs of migration: Rehost Replatform Refactor Repurchase Retire Retain Relocate or the Gartner 5 R framework: Rehost Refactor Revise Rebuild and Replace.)
• Identify and document migration blockers technical debt licensing constraints latency requirements data sovereignty issues safety-critical dependencies and organizational readiness gaps at portfolio application group and application specific levels
• Design application-specific migration strategies that account for application support purpose risk tolerance downtime constraints and mission continuity requirements
• Develop detailed migration roadmaps with sequencing wave planning and dependency mapping across the application portfolio
• Architect target-state cloud environments (AWS GovCloud Azure Government) for migrated applications including compute storage networking and integration patterns
• Define and validate proof-of-concept migrations and pilot programs to de-risk complex workload transitions
• Establish migration success criteria rollback plans and post-migration validation procedures
• Collaborate with cybersecurity teams to ensure migrated applications meet FedRAMP RMF NIST 800-53 and Zero Trust requirements in their target environments
• Partner with application owners system engineers and operations teams to build consensus on migration approaches and manage change
• Translate complex migration trade-offs and technical risks into clear actionable recommendations for executive and non-technical stakeholders
• Develop and maintain migration playbooks patterns and reusable frameworks to accelerate future waves

Required Qualifications

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance
• 15 years of experience in cloud migration application modernization enterprise architecture or systems engineering
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems Software Engineering or a related field (or 4 additional years of relevant experience in lieu of degree)
• Proven track record of leading large-scale application migration programs involving hundreds of workloads across diverse technology stacks with a minimum of six successful cloud migration programs for reference purposes in interviews
• Deep expertise in hybrid and multi-cloud environments (AWS GovCloud Azure Government) including cloud-native services landing zone design and migration tooling (e.g. AWS Migration Hub Azure Migrate CloudEndure)
• Strong understanding of application architecture patterns monolithic SOA microservices event-driven and the migration implications of each
• Hands-on experience with application discovery and dependency mapping tools and methodologies such as CAST Highlight Datadog and AWS specific tooling
• Demonstrated knowledge of FedRAMP RMF NIST 800-53 and federal compliance as it applies to migrated workloads
• Experience supporting federal or DoD programs with complex legacy environments
• Background in mission-critical or safety-critical systems where migration risk management is paramount
• Experience with Landing Zones and Trusted Secure Enclaves
• ITIL certification and experience integrating migration activities into ITSM processes
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and drive alignment across engineering security and operations stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with FAA NAS or aviation safety systems and their unique operational constraints
• Familiarity with migrating real-time systems low-latency architectures and edge computing workloads
• Background in network architecture (SD-WAN secure transport) as it relates to hybrid cloud connectivity for migrated applications
• Experience with AIOps observability platforms and automated performance baselining for pre- and post-migration comparison
• Hands-on experience with containerization (Docker Kubernetes OpenShift) and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform CloudFormation Ansible) in migration contexts
• Relevant certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect Professional Azure Solutions Architect Expert TOGAF or AWS Migration Specialty (retired or equivalent)

#BNATCS

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 worlds 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 cant be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit to learn how were keeping people around the world safe and secure.