Senior Cloud Architect Lead for DoD & Azure

Peraton; Linthicum (MD); On-site; USD 146,000 - 234,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton seeks a Cloud Architect Lead in our Linthicum, MD office to design and oversee cloud infrastructures for a DoD mission. You will collaborate with Cloud Engineers and Security to shape scalable, secure environments that meet federal standards and support evolving needs.

You will lead architectural decisions, ensure resilience, manage deployments, and drive improvements across cloud platforms, containers, and CI/CD practices, with a focus on security and cost efficiency.

Qualifications

• 12 years of experience in cloud architecture, with supervisory experience a plus.
• Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Software Engineering, or Data Science.
• Active Secret clearance; TS/SCI preferred; AWS/Azure certifications recommended.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain scalable, secure cloud foundations supporting mission-critical DoD applications.
• Collaborate with Cloud Engineers, Cloud Security, and stakeholders to implement architectures aligning with federal standards.
• Define deployment strategies for reliable hosting, networking, and service integration across environments.
• Ensure cost-effective, resilient cloud environments with ongoing security and performance optimization.

Skills

Cloud architecture design

AWS

Azure

Containerization

Kubernetes

Serverless computing

Virtualization

Storage

Networking

Load balancing

Cloud security

Encryption

Micro-segmentation

Least privilege

IAM

CI/CD

Git/Gitlab CI

SDLC

Agile

Observability

Linux basics

Java

Python

C#

Education

Degree in Information Technology or Computer Science

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Peraton seeks a Cloud Architect Lead in our Linthicum, MD office to design and oversee cloud infrastructures for a DoD mission. You will collaborate with Cloud Engineers and Security to shape scalable, secure environments that meet federal standards and support evolving needs.

You will lead architectural decisions, ensure resilience, manage deployments, and drive improvements across cloud platforms, containers, and CI/CD practices, with a focus on security and cost efficiency.