Senior Cloud Architect — Government Modernization

Peraton; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 216,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton seeks an experienced Cloud Architect to lead enterprise architecture for a large state government modernization program in Richmond, VA. You will guide cloud adoption across AWS, GCP, and OCI, build reference architectures, and serve as a technical advisor to stakeholders.

Responsibilities include migrating workloads, designing secure, scalable solutions, and collaborating with security, networking, and application teams.

Qualifications

• 12+ years IT experience with at least 5 years in cloud/enterprise architecture.
• Experience migrating solutions across AWS, GCP, and Oracle Cloud.
• Strong knowledge of TOGAF or Zachman and security frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise architecture for state government initiatives and cloud adoption.
• Assess, plan, and execute migrations to public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, OCI).
• Develop reference architectures, roadmaps, and standards for modernization.
• Collaborate with security, networking, and dev teams to ensure end-to-end solution integrity.
• Support proposal development with architecture diagrams and staffing plans.

Skills

Cloud architecture

AWS

GCP

OCI

TOGAF

DevSecOps

Kubernetes

Python

Education

Bachelor's in CS/IT

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Docker

Landing Zone/Control Tower

Job description

Peraton seeks an experienced Cloud Architect to lead enterprise architecture for a large state government modernization program in Richmond, VA. You will guide cloud adoption across AWS, GCP, and OCI, build reference architectures, and serve as a technical advisor to stakeholders.

Responsibilities include migrating workloads, designing secure, scalable solutions, and collaborating with security, networking, and application teams.