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Peraton

Systems Architect – SME

Peraton

. Lead development of differentiated, technically credible, and executable solutions for a complex Federal Government program .

Posted 10/12/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesSeniorLead💰 $176,000 - $282,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in developing cloud-native services and AI/ML capabilities, with a strong focus on software architecture, integration, and compliance within Federal Government programs. Proven ability to lead technical initiatives and engage with senior stakeholders to deliver measurable outcomes.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Active Secret Security ClearanceCloud-Native Software DevelopmentAI/ML Capabilities DevelopmentRESTful API DevelopmentAgile Methodologies (Scrum/SAFe)

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Hard Skills
PythonGoJavaTypeScriptMicroservices DevelopmentInfrastructure as CodeCI/CD PipelinesAutomated TestingContainer Orchestration (Kubernetes)UNIX/Linux Proficiency
Soft Skills
Strong Executive PresenceWritten CommunicationPresentation SkillsFacilitation SkillsRelationship-Building
Tools & Technologies
AWS CloudFastAPIReactTailwindOpenAPI/Swagger
Industry Keywords
Navy Weapon SystemsZero TrustSecurity ComplianceRMFFault-Tolerant Systems

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
AWSAzureCloudDistributed SystemsJavaKubernetesLinuxMicroservicesPythonReactTypeScriptUnixGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Lead development of differentiated, technically credible, and executable solutions for a complex Federal Government program
  • Serve as a senior technical and strategic advisor to delivery leadership and executive stakeholders
  • Translate requirements into compelling solutions designed to perform against evaluation criteria and deliver measurable customer outcomes
  • Work as part of an integrated product development team on next-generation development
  • Incorporate AI/ML capabilities hosted on AWS Cloud infrastructure
  • Engage directly with senior government customers and internal leadership
  • Apply expertise in Navy weapon systems and platforms
  • Develop software architectures supporting extensibility, open interfaces, and integration across multiple systems
  • Create AI/ML capabilities for development lifecycle and customer use cases
  • Design cloud-native services and integration patterns
  • Develop RESTful APIs, event-driven architectures, microservices, and containerized systems
  • Implement Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and software distribution
  • Build fault-tolerant, concurrent, high-throughput distributed services
  • Apply cloud security, compliance frameworks, and Zero Trust patterns

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Active Secret security clearance required
  • Minimum of 16 years with BS/BA; minimum of 14 years with MS/MA; minimum of 10 years with Ph.D.
  • Ten or more years of directly related software engineering experience, including requirements analysis, software development, installation, integration, evaluation, enhancement, maintenance, testing, and troubleshooting
  • At least three years of experience in software integration and software testing, including developing and implementing test plans and test scripts
  • Minimum of four years developing software with one or more modern programming languages relevant to cloud-native services, such as Python, Go, Java, or 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 REST, JSON, HTTPS APIs, OpenAPI/Swagger, and frameworks such as FastAPI, React, and Tailwind
  • Strong executive presence, written communication, presentation, facilitation, and relationship-building skills
  • Demonstrated technical writing skills and experience generating technical documents in support of a software development project
  • Desired: Background working with the US Navy and NAVAIR
  • Desired: Experience building fault-tolerant distributed systems over unreliable networks
  • Desired: Applied use of LLM, Agentic AI, and RAG within customer use cases and solutions
  • Desired: Applied use of AI-assisted coding within a software engineering lifecycle
  • Desired: Proficiency in lifecycle automation including Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, security compliance, deployment, and continuous monitoring
  • Desired: Expertise with microservices software development and container orchestration such as Kubernetes
  • Desired: Knowledge of security and compliance best practices, RMF, and Zero Trust
  • Desired: Expertise in cloud architecture design and development for Amazon AWS or Microsoft Azure
  • Desired: At least three years developing software on UNIX/Linux, with strong Linux fundamentals and proficiency in at least one scripting language such as Python or Bash

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Potential eligibility for overtime
  • Potential eligibility for shift differential
  • Potential eligibility for a discretionary bonus