Systems Architect

Peraton Overview

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.

Responsibilities

• Peraton is seeking a Systems Architect with approximately four years of relevant experience. This position supports the design and evolution of secure, scalable, and high-performing web applications. The role translates business and technical requirements into practical system designs, collaborates with development teams and stakeholders, creates and maintains architectural documentation, and helps evaluate application performance and emerging technologies. The Systems Architect works within established technical standards and receives guidance on highly complex architectural decisions.

• Key Responsibilities include contributing to the design and documentation of web application architecture, including front-end, back-end, integration, and deployment components; translating business and technical requirements into practical system designs with guidance from senior architects and technical leads; collaborating with software engineering teams to apply established architectural standards, development practices, and design patterns; reviewing application designs and implementations for scalability, performance, security, reliability, and maintainability; assisting with performance assessments, identifying potential bottlenecks, and recommending improvements; participating in technical discussions with stakeholders and communicating design considerations, dependencies, risks, and tradeoffs; researching and evaluating relevant web technologies, frameworks, and tools, and providing findings to support technology decisions; partnering with development, IT, security, and business teams to support successful implementation and alignment with project goals; developing and maintaining system diagrams, interface descriptions, design specifications, decision records, and other architectural documentation; supporting database administration activities, including configuration, performance monitoring, access controls, backup and recovery planning, and coordination with database administrators to maintain secure and reliable data environments; supporting troubleshooting of complex technical issues, performing root-cause analysis, and collaborating with senior technical staff to implement solutions.

Qualifications

• Four years with BS/BA; Minimum of two years with MS/MA; Minimum of one year with PhD, six years with an AS degree, eight years with HS Diploma; experience in system architect job roles or equivalent years of experience; primary work locations in Tacoma, WA, Aurora, CO, San Antonio, TX, and Falls Church, VA. Remote work may be considered in special cases when approved by the customer; extensive experience in assessing, designing, developing, and deploying large web applications; strong knowledge of the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Agile methodologies; proficiency with web development technologies, such as JavaScript, and various frameworks (for example, Flask, SocketIO); experience with cloud platforms and tools like Docker, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, and CI/CD pipelines; familiarity with system monitoring and logging platforms (for example, Grafana, Prometheus, Splunk); experience in creating technical documentation; knowledge of IT service management (ITSM) and the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) frameworks is often beneficial; strong communication skills to work effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences; must be a US citizen; ability to obtain Public Trust Clearance; desired skills include experience working within Military Health environments.

Salary

Range: $51,000 - $82,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

Benefits Statement

Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at https://www.careers.peraton.com/benefits.

EEO

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