Offer summary

Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree with 8 years of experience, or 12 years of experience in lieu of a degree., Significant experience as an application architect with a focus on large-scale enterprise applications., Proven expertise in application modernization to cloud-native architectures and working in agile DevOps environments., Experience with AWS infrastructure and security controls, particularly NIST 800-53..

Key responsibilities:

Define and maintain the long-term application architecture vision aligned with business needs.

Lead architecture discussions and provide technical guidance to development teams on complex challenges.

Evaluate and recommend new technologies and frameworks for application solutions.

Act as a trusted advisor to customers, providing expert guidance to help achieve their goals.

Job description

About Peraton

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 peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Program Overview

About The Role

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Applications Architect/Advisor/Lead who provides expert guidance on application architecture, design, and technology selection, acting as a trusted advisor to teams and customer across an organization, ensuring the quality and scalability of applications while aligning with strategic business objectives. The successful candidate will be a skilled leader with a proven track record of driving results, exceeding client expectations, building trust across the organization, applying critical thinking skills.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Architecture Planning:

Define and maintain long-term application architecture vision, considering future trends and business needs.
Evaluate new technologies and frameworks to identify potential solutions for upcoming projects.
Lead architecture discussions and decision-making processes with stakeholders across different teams.

Technical Design and Guidance:

Review and provide feedback on application designs, ensuring adherence to architectural principles and best practices.
Guide development teams on complex technical challenges, including system integration, performance optimization, and scalability.
Identify potential risks and mitigation strategies related to application architecture.

Solution and Product Evaluation and Selection:

Assess new technologies and solutions and recommend appropriate technology stacks based on business requirements and architectural considerations.
Evaluate new technologies and frameworks to identify potential opportunities for innovation and improvement.

Trusted Advisory

Act as a knowledgeable and reliable partner to the customer, providing expert guidance and recommendations to help them achieve their goals.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

Bachelors Degree and 8 years of experience. Additional 4 years of experience maybe accepted in lieu of the degree
Significant experience as an application architect, with a proven track record of designing and delivering large-scale enterprise applications.
Demonstrated experience in application modernization to cloud native architectures
Demonstrated experience working in large scale agile DevOps environment
Demonstrated experience building very large scale, high availability applications
Demonstrated experience with modern, modular, event-driven micro-services architectures.
Demonstrated experience deploying and operating service and applications in an Amazon AWS infrastructure environment (EC2, S3, RDS/PostgreSQL, NLB,)
Experience with Ansible.
Demonstrated experience with NIST 800-53 security controls and the software accreditation process on secure networks.
Must be a US Citizen
Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust Clearance

Desired Qualifications:

AWS Certifications
Active Public Trust

Benefits:

At Peraton, our benefits are designed to help keep you at your best beyond the work you do with us daily. We're fully committed to the growth of our employees. From fully comprehensive medical plans to tuition reimbursement, tuition assistance, and fertility treatment, we are there to support you all the way.

SCA / Union / Intern Rate or Range

Details

Target Salary Range: $104,000 - $166,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

EEO:Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.

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