Solutions Architecture, SME

We are seeking a highly skilled and innovative Solution Architect SMEto join our team in the greater DMV area supporting the Army National Guard.

Responsibilities

• Provide enterprise technical authority for design and governance of secure scalable data analytics and application architectures supporting mission requirements.
• Establish baseline and target solution architectures define IT standards and ensure alignment across business systems and information domains.
• Review and adjudicate architectural designs for data warehousing ETL/ELT pipelines bigdata platforms (Spark/Hadoop) and analytics platforms to ensure technical maturity and compliance.
• Advise leadership on solution strategy modernization planning performance optimization and cloud/hosting tradeoffs across multienvironment ecosystems (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Ensure architectures incorporate DoDM 8140.03/DCWF role 651 responsibilities ITIL 4 service management practices COOP/COG continuity and operational sustainment considerations.
• Guide automation strategy scripting and workflow optimization to improve operational efficiency and reliability.
• Validate scalability resiliency security controls and RMF/ATO implications for proposed solutions; support accreditation evidence and audit readiness.
• Produce decisiongrade architecture artifacts: roadmaps CONOPS BOMs ROMs/COAs integration patterns and executive briefings.
• Mentor engineering teams enforce architecture governance and lead architecture review/adjudication processes.

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Qualifications

• Minimum of 12 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 10 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 7 years with Ph.D.

• Clearance: Active TS/SCI clearance.

• Candidate must meet ONE of the following:

  • Masters degree in Computer Science Engineering Information Technology or a related field; OR
  • Relevant DoD/military training (example: SANS SEC545 (Cloud Security Architecture)); OR
  • Relevant professional certification or equivalent experience (examples: AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional; Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert; CISSPISSAP).

• Required experience and skills:

  • Enterprise solution architecture systems engineering or platform engineering experience with at least 7 years in senior architecture roles.
  • Deep expertise in data architecture (DW/ETL/ELT) bigdata platforms (Spark/Hadoop) analytics stacks and scalable application architectures.
  • Proven experience architecting cloud solutions across AWS/Azure/GCP validating resiliency scalability security and operational sustainability.
  • Strong knowledge of DoD/Army cybersecurity and RMF/ATO considerations ITIL service management COOP/COG planning and evidence requirements.
  • Ability to produce decisiongrade artifacts (DoDAF/architecture views roadmaps ROMs/COAs) and brief senior leadership.

• Desired:

  • Prior DoD/ARNG enterprise architecture experience and familiarity with DCWF role 651 responsibilities.
  • Experience with automation/orchestration infrastructure as code data governance and operational monitoring for analytics platforms.

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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.