Shape the Future of America’s Skies with Peraton

Join Peraton in advancing the safety, efficiency, and modernization of the National Airspace System (NAS) through the FAA’s Brand New Air Traffic Control System (BNATCS) contract. As a trusted partner to the Federal Aviation Administration, Peraton delivers the mission-critical systems and services that keep our nation’s skies safe, secure, and connected.

We’re seeking innovative professionals who thrive in high-impact, mission-driven environments and are excited to help transform the future of air traffic management. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to one of the world’s most vital transportation infrastructures while collaborating with leaders in aviation, engineering, data science, and systems integration.

At Peraton, you won’t just support the mission-you’ll help define it.

SW & Data Architect - Enterprise Software & Data Architecture

Location: Herndon, VA 

Defines enterprise software architecture standards, ICD governance, DevSecOps pipeline architecture, cloud modernization patterns, data governance frameworks, and data integration architecture for BNATCS.

Key Responsibilities

• Define enterprise ICD templates, authoring standards, and interface registry governance
• Establish CI/CD pipeline reference architecture - build, test, security scan, deployment stages
• Enforce DO-178C software safety compliance for safety-critical NAS systems
• Define cloud reference architecture for BNATCS - AWS GovCloud/Azure Government patterns
• Produce architecture baselines, ADRs, and software architecture artifacts for current active applicable NEEDS package systems
• Coordinate DevSecOps pipeline standards with security gates (SAST/DAST)
• Define enterprise data governance policy framework - data ownership, stewardship, quality standards, lifecycle management
• Develop canonical data models (conceptual, logical, physical) and enforce naming conventions across domain teams
• Design data integration patterns (ETL/ELT, streaming, event-driven) for cross-package data flows
• Enforce aviation data exchange format compliance (SWIM, FIXM, AIXM) across domain teams
• Produce data architecture artifacts for current active applicable NEEDS package systems - data dictionaries, metadata catalogs, data flow diagrams
• Support procurement trade studies with software and data architecture evaluation criteria

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