Security Architect
Peraton · UNAVAILABLE, UNAVAILABLE, US
About this role
**Security Architect — Peraton** **Peraton Overview** Peraton is a next-generation national security company delivering trusted solutions and enterprise IT capabilities to protect the nation and allies. The company operates across land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace, supporting essential government agencies and the U.S. armed forces. **Work Location** Remote (candidate must be willing to work **8:00am–5:00pm EST**). --- ## Responsibilities - Develop and maintain **enterprise security architecture principles**, reference architectures, technical standards, and security design patterns. - Translate **business, mission, and regulatory requirements** into secure designs across applications, infrastructure, networks, endpoints, and cloud. - Perform **security architecture reviews** and **threat modeling** to identify weaknesses, risks, and opportunities to strengthen controls. - Define security requirements for **new systems**, technology integrations, modernization initiatives, and enterprise platforms. - Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend architectures balancing **security, scalability, performance, cost, and operations**. - Establish **architecture governance** and ensure security is incorporated throughout the **system development lifecycle**. - Provide technical guidance to **security engineering, DevSecOps, cloud platform, infrastructure, and application teams**. - Define security architecture requirements for **secure software development**, **CI/CD**, **infrastructure as code**, and **automated policy enforcement**. - Define secure integration patterns for **security monitoring, incident response, vulnerability management, and threat detection**. - Review technical designs, solution proposals, and implementation plans for alignment with security standards. - Support selection and integration of security technologies based on requirements, threat models, and organizational needs. --- ## Qualifications **Basic Qualifications** - **U.S. Citizen** with ability to obtain and maintain the required **Public Trust** clearance. - Education & experience: - Bachelor’s + **12 years**, or - Master’s + **10 years**, or - Associate’s + **14 years**, or - High School Diploma/equivalent + **16 years**. - One or more relevant certifications: **CISSP, CISM, CASP, CCISO, Security+,** or **CAP**. - Demonstrated experience designing/reviewing security architectures for complex **enterprise, cloud, hybrid, or federal** information systems. - Strong understanding of security architecture concepts including **threat modeling, defense-in-depth, least privilege, identity security, encryption, and network security**. - Experience applying security frameworks/controls, including **NIST SP 800-53** and other applicable federal/industry standards. - Proven ability to translate security requirements into technical architecture designs, implementation standards, and control specifications. **Preferred Qualifications** - Bachelor’s degree in **Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering**, or related field. --- ## Salary Range **$112,000 – $179,000** (typical range). Final compensation depends on factors including scope, responsibilities, experience, education, skills, competencies, and geographic/business/contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for **overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus**. --- ## Benefits Eligible employees may receive **medical, dental,
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