Systems Architect, Advisor

Peraton•Windsor Mill, MD

20d

About The Position

The Defense Mission and Health Solutions team, Benefits, Claims & Integrity Solutions Operating Unit seeks a Lead System Architect to support our Health and Human Services (HHS) and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) customer delivery and be part of the leadership for CMS Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO) initiatives. The Lead System Architect will support mission‑critical programs within a fast‑paced, highly collaborative environment. In this role, you will define and guide the architectural vision for complex enterprise systems, ensuring alignment with customer objectives, program leadership, and corporate technology strategies. This position works closely with the IT Director to drive modernization initiatives, strengthen architecture governance, and ensure end‑to‑end technical integrity across the enterprise.

Requirements

Minimum of 8 years with BS/BA.
8+ years of architect experience of complex enterprise or mission systems within federal, defense, or intelligence environments.
US Citizen with the ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance.
Experience creating and managing enterprise architecture artifacts using industry‑standard architecture. frameworks and modeling methodologies.
Strong background in systems engineering, solution design, and multi‑domain integration.
Hands‑on familiarity with cloud architectures, microservices, data engineering, and cybersecurity principles.
Proven ability to partner with senior leaders, including IT Directors, CIO organizations, and program executives.

Nice To Haves

Active public trust clearance
Master’s Degree
PMP, ITIL, SAFe, or cloud certifications

Responsibilities

Design and maintain the end-to-end technical architecture for a large-scale federal eligibility processing platform, spanning document intake, verification workflows, case management, and consumer communications across cloud and on-premises environments
Lead architecture decisions for containerized application deployments, ensuring system integrations between BPM platforms, rules engines, OCR/ICR document processing, and federal data exchange APIs meet CMS security and performance requirements
Evaluate, recommend, and obtain approval for new COTS and AI/ML tools that enhance operational throughput including intelligent document processing, robotic process automation, and analytics platforms while ensuring FedRAMP authorization compliance
Partner with the IT Director, program leadership, and CMS stakeholders to translate evolving policy requirements (e.g., new federal mandates, regulatory changes) into actionable system design updates with minimal disruption to production operations
Own the system security posture including ATO maintenance, FISMA compliance, vulnerability remediation SLAs, and data loss prevention controls
Drive data architecture decisions for a central database, including schema design, file synchronization with federal exchange systems, and API integration with external data sources