Systems Architect, SME

Peraton•,

2d•$176,000 - $282,000•Remote

About The Position

Peraton is seeking a talented Systems Architect, SME to join their Defense Development Team. The role involves leading the development of differentiated, technically credible, and executable solutions for a complex Federal Government program. This position can be worked remotely. The Systems Architect, SME will act as a senior technical and strategic advisor, collaborating with delivery leadership and executive stakeholders to translate requirements into compelling solutions that meet evaluation criteria and deliver measurable customer outcomes. The role is part of a collaborative, high-impact integrated product development team focused on next-generation development, incorporating AI/ML capabilities hosted on AWS Cloud infrastructure. The position offers an opportunity to shape innovative solutions using cutting-edge technology for customer missions. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience leading large-scale Federal technology programs, enterprise modernization, cloud solutions, and software engineering programs, with the executive presence to engage directly with senior government customers and internal leadership. Expertise in Navy weapon systems/platforms is also desired.

Requirements

Active Secret security clearance.
Minimum of 16 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 14 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 10 years with Ph.D.
Ten (10) or more years of directly related experience in software engineering; including requirements analysis, software development, installation, integration, evaluation, enhancement, maintenance, testing, and troubleshooting.
At least three (3) years of experience in software integration and software testing, to include developing and implementing test plans and test scripts.
A minimum of four (4) years of experience developing software with one or more modern programming languages relevant to cloud-native services (e.g., Python, Go, Java, TypeScript).
Agile development experience using Scrum or SAFe Agile methodologies.
Experience developing modern information management applications with complex workflows, intuitive interfaces, and highly concurrent operation.
Proficiency with modern web service patterns (e.g. REST, JSON, HTTPs APIs, OpenAPI/Swagger) and frameworks (e.g. FastAPI, React, TailWind).
Strong executive presence, written communication, presentation, facilitation, and relationship-building skills.
Demonstrated technical writing skills and shall have generated technical documents in support of a software development project.

Nice To Haves

Background working with the US Navy and NAVAIR.
Experience building fault-tolerant distributed systems over unreliable networks.
Applied use of Large Language Models (LLM), Agentic AI, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) within customer use cases and solutions.
Applied use of AI-assisted coding within a software engineering lifecycle.
Proficiency in lifecycle automation including Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, security compliance, deployment, and continuous monitoring.
Expertise with microservices software development techniques and container-orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes).
Knowledge of security and compliance best practices, RMF, and Zero Trust.
Expertise in Cloud Architecture design and development for Amazon AWS or Microsoft Azure.
At least three (3) years developing software on UNIX/Linux, with strong Linux fundamentals and proficiency in at least one scripting language (e.g., Python, Bash).

Responsibilities

Lead the development of differentiated, technically credible, and executable solutions for a complex Federal Government program.
Serve as a senior technical and strategic advisor.
Work closely with delivery leadership and executive stakeholders to translate requirements into compelling solutions.
Design solutions to perform against evaluation criteria and deliver measurable customer outcomes.
Work on next-generation development incorporating AI/ML capabilities hosted on AWS Cloud infrastructure.
Shape innovative solutions with cutting-edge technology.