Senior Enterprise Architect – IC Cloud & Modernization

Peraton; Washington, Northern (District of Columbia, KY); Hybrid; USD 176,000 - 282,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Senior Enterprise Architect to guide enterprise architecture strategy, modernization planning, and technology governance for a federal IC customer. You will lead architecture roadmaps across business, data, security, and infrastructure, ensuring compliance with DoDAF/TOG and IC guidance.

You will collaborate with government leadership, mission stakeholders, and engineering teams to align investments with mission goals, drive transformation, and oversee large-scale

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI or Q/SCI clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related technical field preferred
• Minimum of 16 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 14 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 10 years with Ph.D., 20 years with a HS Diploma
• 12+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, systems architecture, or related technical leadership roles supporting federal government or Intelligence Community customers.
• Demonstrated experience developing enterprise architectures within classified environments.
• Strong knowledge of: DoDAF, TOGAF, FEAF, IC architecture methodologies; Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure Government, Google Cloud); Hybrid cloud and on-premises architectures; Zero Trust Architecture; Cybersecurity frameworks including NIST RMF and IC cybersecurity policies; Enterprise integration patterns and API management; Data architecture, data governance, and analytics platforms.
• Experience supporting large-scale modernization and transformation initiatives.
• Strong understanding of networking, infrastructure, virtualization, and distributed systems.
• Experience facilitating executive-level technical discussions and architecture governance boards.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and maintenance of enterprise architecture strategies, roadmaps, standards, and transition plans supporting IC mission objectives.
• Analyze current-state architectures and define target-state architectures across business, application, data, security, and infrastructure domains.
• Provide architectural guidance for modernization initiatives including cloud adoption, zero trust implementation, AI/ML integration, data platforms, and digital transformation programs.
• Support architecture governance processes, technical reviews, and design authority boards.
• Develop and maintain architecture artifacts, models, operational views, and technical documentation using DoDAF, TOGAF, and IC guidance.
• Ensure alignment of systems and solutions with federal mandates, IC directives, cybersecurity requirements, and agency strategic goals.
• Advise senior government leadership on technology strategy, capability gaps, risk mitigation, and investment prioritization.
• Collaborate with systems engineers, solution architects, cybersecurity engineers, and software development teams to ensure consistency and interoperability.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and provide recommendations regarding adoption, scalability, operational impact, and mission relevance.
• Support enterprise data management, API integration strategies, and cross-domain information sharing initiatives.
• Lead architecture assessments, technology rationalization, and portfolio modernization activities.
• Contribute to acquisition planning, technical evaluations, and architecture compliance reviews for new programs and systems.
• Support classified and unclassified environments, ensuring adherence to security and accreditation requirements.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

DoDAF/TOGAF/FEAF

IC architecture methodologies

Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure Gov, GCP)

Hybrid cloud / on-prem

Zero Trust Architecture

NIST RMF / IC cybersecurity policies

API management

Data architecture / governance

Executive communication

Architecture governance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related technical field

MS/MA in a related field

Ph.D. in a related field

HS Diploma with 20 years experience

Tools

Kubernetes

DevSecOps pipelines

Platform engineering

Job description

Peraton is seeking a Senior Enterprise Architect to guide enterprise architecture strategy, modernization planning, and technology governance for a federal IC customer. You will lead architecture roadmaps across business, data, security, and infrastructure, ensuring compliance with DoDAF/TOG and IC guidance.

You will collaborate with government leadership, mission stakeholders, and engineering teams to align investments with mission goals, drive transformation, and oversee large-scale