LEAD SYSTEMS ARCHITECT - ANALYTICS INTEGRATION

Peraton Labs is seeking a Lead Systems Architect to support the BNATCS CTO team in designing and integrating the systems architecture required for the Digital Command Center (DCC) and internally built Agentic AI ecosystem supporting FAA BNATCS. This position will facilitate requirements gathering, architecture planning, issue identification, and cross-functional integration. Ideal candidates for this role are strong systems thinkers who can translate mission needs into cohesive technical architectures that enable advanced analytics, visualization, and user-facing capabilities. This role offers the chance to shape the technical backbone of a highly visible modernization effort. You will work at the center of mission needs, advanced technology, and systems integration to help ensure that innovative capabilities are architected in a way that is practical, scalable, and valuable to the customer. Key responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

• Lead systems architecture activities supporting data management, visualization, user interaction, and AI-enabled workflows
• Capture and refine requirements for advanced analytics capabilities across stakeholders and workstream leads
• Identify technical gaps, risks, vulnerabilities, and integration challenges that may affect program success
• Translate stakeholder needs into architectural approaches, interface requirements, and implementation considerations
• Partner with data, AI/ML, software, and visualization teams to ensure end-to-end solution alignment
• Support system design decisions involving agentic AI workflows, user access/provisioning, and governance-aware platform integration
• Provide technical insight to leadership regarding dependencies, constraints, and architectural tradeoffs

• 12+ years of experience in systems engineering/architecture, information systems, computer science or a related field
• Demonstrated experience in systems architecture, requirements gathering, and technical integration planning
• Experience identifying technical issues, vulnerabilities, system gaps, or operational risks in complex environments
• Ability to derive clear technical requirements from ambiguous stakeholder input
• Strong experience coordinating across engineering, product, and mission stakeholders in a complex program setting
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• US Citizenship with the ability to obtain/maintain an FAA Public Trust
• Must be local to and able to commute to one of the following locations: Annapolis Junction, MD; Bowie, MD; or Herndon, VA

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with advanced analytics platforms, AI/ML-enabled systems, or agentic AI architectures
• Familiarity with aviation, FAA systems, or operational mission-support environments
• Experience with user-facing platforms, visualization ecosystems, or digital command center-style environments
• Knowledge of modern software architecture patterns, APIs, microservices, cloud platforms, and access/provisioning models
• Experience in research, prototyping, or emerging capability integration

Pulled from the full job description

• Parental leave
• 401(k)
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance
• Health savings account
• Dental insurance, Target Salary Range: $146,000 - $234,000. 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.

Benefits Statement: Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at https://www.careers.peraton.com/benefits.

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 solve the most daunting challenges that our customers face. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.