Principal Engineer Analyst - Azure Cloud Migration & Modernization / Active Secret

Peraton; United States; Hybrid; USD 104,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton seeks a Principal Engineer Analyst to lead a major Azure cloud migration and modernization effort for a federal customer. The role combines advanced cloud engineering, security governance, and cross‑team leadership to deliver secure, scalable infrastructure.

You will own assessment through production, design governance processes, and guide architecture decisions while collaborating with stakeholders and program leadership. U.S. citizenship and Top Secret eligibility are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required with a minimum of 9 years in IT/Cloud or Cybersecurity.
• One of CASP+ CE, CCNA Cyber Ops, CCNA-Security, CCNP Security, CEH, CFR, CISA, CISSP (or Associate), Cloud+, CySA+, GCED, GCIA, GCIH, GICSP, SCYBER, VCA DCV, PPDA, Agile IC, SNOW App Dev is required or must be obtained before start date.
• Strong Azure cloud architecture experience and operating model design.
• Experience with vulnerability assessment and security baseline standards (e.g., NIST, CIS).
• Hands-on in production Azure environments with VNets, NSGs, RBAC, Entra ID/Azure AD.
• IaC tooling (Bicep or ARM templates) for provisioning.
• CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps or equivalent).
• Azure security tooling knowledge (Defender for Cloud, Policy, Key Vault).
• Experience migrating applications to cloud (lift‑and‑shift, re‑platforming, refactor).
• PowerShell or Python scripting/automation.
• Monitoring/logging configuration (Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Sentinel).
• Discovery/assessment work for dependencies and data sensitivity.
• U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain Top Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead a major cloud modernization initiative for a federal customer.
• Plan, design, implement, and sustain migration of on‑prem to Microsoft Azure.
• Set governance, manage lifecycle from assessment to operations.
• Drive technical strategy across stakeholders and teams.
• Design secure, scalable Azure architecture for Dev/Test/Prod.
• Configure identity management, security controls, networking, and baselines.
• Execute phased migrations and validate functionality, performance, and security.
• Lead cut‑over, decommissioning of legacy environments where appropriate.
• Establish change control, onboarding, configuration management, and operations standards.
• Configure monitoring (Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Sentinel) and backup/DR (Azure Backup/Site Recovery).
• Lead design reviews, architecture discussions, and CC&B activities.
• Provide ongoing engineering support and sustainment for production cloud.
• Advise program leadership on cloud architecture and modernization strategy.

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Bicep

ARM templates

Azure DevOps

PowerShell

Python

Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Azure Policy

Key Vault

Entra ID/Azure AD

Job description

Responsibilities

Peraton is currently seeking to hire an experienced Principal Engineer Analyst - Azure Cloud Migration & Modernization

Location: Rosslyn, VA or Beltsville, MD - Flexible for occasional telework - must be local to work location.

As the Principal Engineer Analyst in this role, you will:

• Lead a major cloud modernization initiative supporting a federal customer.
• This senior technical leader will be responsible for planning, designing, implementing, and sustaining the migration of a complex on-premises environment into Microsoft Azure.
• This role requires an experienced engineer who can take ownership of the entire lifecycle-from assessing the current environment and defining the future-state architecture to leading migration activities, establishing governance, and supporting long-term operations.
• The ideal candidate combines deep infrastructure, cloud, and cybersecurity expertise with the ability to drive technical strategy and execution across multiple stakeholders.

What You'll Do

• Lead the assessment of the existing enterprise environment by inventorying applications, infrastructure, networks, and supporting technologies.
• Analyze application dependencies, data sensitivity, technical risks, and migration complexity to develop a comprehensive migration strategy.
• Design and implement a secure, scalable Azure architecture, including Development, Test, Pre-Production, and Production environments.
• Build and configure cloud infrastructure, identity management, security controls, networking, and baseline configurations aligned with federal security requirements.
• Plan and execute phased application migrations while validating functionality, performance, and security throughout each stage.
• Lead production cut-over activities and oversee the transition from legacy environments, including system decommissioning where appropriate.
• Establish governance processes including change management, application on-boarding, configuration management, and operational standards.
• Configure Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Microsoft Sentinel, and related monitoring capabilities to support operational visibility and security monitoring.
• Design and implement backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity solutions using Azure Backup and Azure Site Recovery.
• Lead technical design reviews, architecture discussions, and Change Control Board (CCB) activities.
• Serve as the senior technical advisor to program leadership on cloud architecture, modernization strategy, operational processes, and long-term sustainment.
• Provide ongoing engineering support, optimization, and maintenance for the production cloud environment.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree and minimum of 9 years of relevant experience in IT/Network Engineering, Cloud Architecture, or Cybersecurity.
  • An additional 4 years of relevant experience may be substituted for the degree requirement.
• Applicants must currently hold one of the following professional certifications or obtain one prior to start date (continued certification required): CASP+ CE, CCNA Cyber Ops, CCNA-Security, CCNP Security, CEH, CFR, CISA, CISSP (or Associate), Cloud+, CySA+, GCED, GCIA, GCIH, GICSP, SCYBER, VCA DCV, PPDA, Agile IC, SNOW App Dev
• Strong background in Azure cloud architecture and operating model design.
• Familiarity with vulnerability assessment and security baseline standards (e.g., NIST, CIS benchmarks).
• Demonstrated hands-on experience architecting production Azure environments, including VNets, NSGs, RBAC, and Entra ID/Azure AD configuration.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (Bicep or ARM templates) for environment provisioning.
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps or equivalent).
• Practical experience with Azure security tooling: Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Azure Policy, Key Vault.
• Demonstrated hands‑on experience performing application migrations into a cloud environment (lift‑and‑shift, re‑platforming, or refactoring).
• Scripting/automation proficiency in PowerShell or Python.
• Experience configuring monitoring/logging solutions (Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, or Sentinel).
• Experience conducting technical discovery and assessment work, including evaluating application dependencies and data sensitivity.
• U.S. citizenship required.
• Active Secret security clearance with the ability to obtain a final Top Secret security clearance.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with federal cloud environments and associated compliance frameworks (e.g., FedRAMP).
• Experience integrating cloud environments with a security operations function for security monitoring.
• Experience with Azure Backup/Site Recovery configurations for disaster recovery planning.
• Familiarity with Power Platform, Databricks, or similar enterprise tools.

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.

Target Salary Range

$104,000 - $166,000. 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.

EEO

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