Systems Architect, Senior Advisor

Peraton Overview

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 do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Responsibilities

Systems Architect and overall contractor lead for cross-project integration as well as the user CONOPS (SOW Section 3.3.1). Candidate will support the ATP office in developing and maintaining documentation and establishing cross-project support to implement Analysis technology priorities.This position will report to ATP Leadership\

Duties include:

• Lead the development and updates for the user concept of operations and support Integrated Capabilities Baseline Document (ICBD) and other documentation as necessary.• Assist ATP Leadership to address cross-project dependencies and ensure all projects have a compatible user vision.• Evaluate proposed new insertions to the priority list and provide summary slides for management review along with priority recommendations.• Coordinate with engineers in CIO-T to develop plans and obtain assessments of the impacts and tradeoffs for capability insertions or priority changes. • Engage with mission customers and users to shape and define future capabilities.• Participate in customer and program strategic and tactical planning activities.• Participate in the development of system architectures to evolve mission services.• Assess new technologies for fit-for-use by mission services, employing quantifiable and traceable criteria to enable future decision making. • Conduct AoAs and provide data-driven recommendations.• Identify project key decision points and provide Go/No-Go recommendations.• Conduct user outreach to communicate planned architecture changes, operational concepts, and project status, and accept user inputs for optimization of delivery plans.• Produce weekly activity reports for use by government customers and the program.• Develop and present effective technical presentations to senior management and to technical/non-technical audiences; must possess strong written and verbal communications skills.• Explain technical issues clearly/accurately to technical/non-technical audiences; and conduct issue coordination within and across agencies.• Work with customers to resolve technical and programmatic issues.• Assist product managers and product owners in backlog prioritization.• Help train new analysts on acquisition and general and project details in particular.• Draft documentation as needed to explain both the as-is and to-be state for the project.