Operations / Maintenance Enterprise Architect

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

Peraton is currently hiring a Operations & Maintenance Enterprise Architect to support our Operations and Maintenance (O&M) team in

support of an mission-critical enterprise application used by the federal government, ensuring reliability, security, and continuous modernization of a complex production environment.

Location: Washington, DC 

Role OverviewIn this role, you will sustain, optimize, and enhance a mature enterprise application. Your focus will be on stability, refactoring, troubleshooting, and implementing minor feature enhancements across Angular front ends and .NET Core microservices.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain and optimize existing .NET Core microservices and ASP.NET applications for high availability and performance.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and upgrade Angular-based Single-Page Applications (SPAs).
• Manage and tune SQL Server databases, including repairing stored procedures and improving query performance.
• Analyze legacy application logic to identify and resolve high-priority bugs and production incidents.
• Apply security patches, performance improvements, and minor feature enhancements based on stakeholder needs.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, etc. (STEM) degree. 
• 10+ years of hands-on full-stack engineering experience, with emphasis on Operations & Maintenance or legacy system maintenance.
• Strong back-end expertise in C#, .NET Core, ASP.NET, and reverse engineering/debugging.
• Experience maintaining and refactoring Angular/TypeScript production codebases.
• Advanced skills in SQL Server, T-SQL, and performance tuning.
• U.S. citizenship required.
• Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligbility and eligible to obtain a polygraph. 

Preferred, Nice to Have Qualifications: 

• Experience with ElasticSearch for log monitoring and troubleshooting.
• Ability to maintain and update SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) reports.
• Familiarity with Ext JS for supporting older UI components.

Target Salary Range

$86,000 - $138,000. 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.

Application Statements

The application period for the job is estimated to be 30 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates. By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in the role and the Company. During the review of your application, you may be required to participate in an on-camera interview, as well as participate in a process to verify your identity. Use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools of any kind during Peraton interviews is strictly prohibited unless the candidate has obtained prior written authorization. All interview responses must be the candidate’s own.

EEO

EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.