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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Systems Architect, Advisor - **Company:** Peraton Inc - **Location:** Suffolk, VA, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** $112,000.0 - $179,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Agile Methodology, Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Applications Architecture, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Content Analysis, Data Architecture, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), Performance Tuning, Scrum Methodology, Zero Trust Network Access, Data Streaming, Systems Integration, Workflow Management Systems, Openapi, Enterprise Software Applications, Technical Debt, Generative AI, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), SC Clearance, Event Driven Architecture, Deployment Automation, Graphql, Devsecops, Api Management, Microservices - **Published:** June 29, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=09fb4219e9d0b1f2 ## About the Role Do you have experience in Systems integration?, Do you have a Bachelor's degree?, What you'll need: * Education: 8 years experience with a BS/BA, 6 years MS/MA, or 12 years of experience in lieu of a degree * Clearance: active Secret clearance * 3 years of experience designing and delivering enterprise software solutions. * Experience with cloud-native architectures and AWS services. * Experience designing REST, GraphQL, and event-driven integrations. * Strong understanding of application architecture, data architecture, and integration patterns. * Experience working within Agile or SAFe delivery environments. * Experience producing architecture diagrams, technical specifications, and solution documentation. * Must be local to the Washington DC Metro area. ## Description Peraton is looking to hire an Solutions Architect in the Washington DC Metro area. This role will be a remote position. At times, the role will also require travel to the Quantico client site when necessary. What you'll do: * Lead solution architecture for major initiatives, epics, and features, translating mission, business, and user requirements into scalable technical solutions aligned with enterprise architecture standards and program objectives. * Develop architecture artifacts, including solution diagrams, integration designs, data flows, API specifications, and technical decision records. * Collaborate with product owners, stakeholders, engineers, and data scientists to refine requirements, assess technical impacts, identify AI opportunities, and support backlog refinement, sprint planning, and Program Increment (PI) planning. * Design secure, scalable cloud-native solutions using microservices, APIs, event-driven architectures, workflow orchestration, messaging, and modern integration patterns across internal and external government systems. * Design and implement AI-enabled capabilities, including Generative AI, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), intelligent search, document analysis, workflow automation, and decision-support solutions while ensuring compliance with Responsible AI, privacy, security, and governance requirements. * Develop secure API, data exchange, and integration strategies that improve interoperability, scalability, maintainability, and reduce technical debt. * Partner with DevSecOps teams to incorporate Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automated deployment, testing, monitoring, observability, resiliency, performance optimization, and cost management into solution designs. * Integrate security, privacy, Zero Trust principles, federal cybersecurity requirements, and program security controls throughout the solution lifecycle, supporting architecture reviews, security assessments, and Authority to Operate (ATO) activities. * Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend architecture, cloud, automation, and AI adoption strategies to improve mission outcomes. * Present technical options, tradeoffs, risks, and recommendations to leadership; support architecture governance processes; and mentor engineers and technical leads on solution architecture best practices. ## Related Videos - [For the REST of us: API First and Conway’s Law](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1932-for-the-rest-of-us-api-first-and-conway-s-law) - [Why make use of an integration platform in today's software developments and infrastructure?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/758-why-make-use-of-an-integration-platform-in-today-s-software-developments-and-infrastructure) - [Putting the Graph In GraphQL With The Neo4j GraphQL Library](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/257-putting-the-graph-in-graphql-with-the-neo4j-graphql-library) - [DevSecOps: Injecting Security into Mobile CI/CD Pipelines](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/273-devsecops-injecting-security-into-mobile-ci-cd-pipelines) - [Lessons learned from observing a billion API requests](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1574-lessons-learned-from-observing-a-billion-api-requests) - [REST, GraphQL, gRPC, and more: A comparison of modern API styles](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100247-rest-graphql-grpc-and-more-a-comparison-of-modern-api-styles) ## Related Articles - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [Best Paying Jobs in Technology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/256-best-paying-jobs-in-technology) - [The 12 Best Jobs for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/401-the-12-best-jobs-for-software-engineers) - [Top-Paying Tech Jobs (with Salaries)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/372-top-paying-tech-jobs-with-salaries) - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers)