July 8, 2026

Enterprise Capabilities Architect - Systems Engineering, C2, and Networks Architect

Peraton Inc Melbourne, Florida

You will provide thought leadership and design differentiated service offerings, architectures, and technical strategies mission systems engineering, command and control, and intelligence and defense applications. If you are energized by high-stakes technical challenges and want to see your work translate directly into contract wins, this role was built for you. Lead the Peraton Enterprise Capabilities and Solutions Portfolio for mission systems engineering, command and control, and intelligence and defense applications from strategy through execution, ensuring every offering is aligned to business priorities, technically sound, and built to compete across all Peraton customer's market spaces.Work directly with capture teams, sector growth leaders, and SMEs to shape Mission Engineering solutions from early opportunity identification through proposal submission.Develop technical discriminators, solution narratives, and competitive positioning materials that support capture and proposal efforts across the enterprise, with deep credibility in mission systems engineering, command and control architecture, and intelligence and defense applications.Design and develop scalable, reusable mission engineering service offerings, architectures, and technical frameworks that give Peraton''s sector teams a competitive edge on federal pursuits.Continuously evolve the portfolio by analyzing capability gaps, technology readiness, and market trends across mission systems, defense acquisition, and national security requirements to identify portfolio enhancements and competitive differentiation opportunities that strengthen Peraton''s position in core markets.Provide thought leadership and author white papers and other solution artifacts to support customer engagement efforts highlighting newly developed frameworks and Peraton Labs applicable technologies.Partner with sector growth teams, business stakeholders, and engineering leadership to translate market opportunities into viable, differentiated service offerings.Drive the design and architecture of services across the portfolio. Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, information technology, systems engineering, or related field, and 16+ years of industry experience OR 14+ years with a Master's OR 10+ years with a PhDDeep expertise in systems engineering principles and methodologies aligned to INCOSE and DoD systems engineering frameworks, with demonstrated experience applying them across the full defense acquisition lifecycleProven experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) using tools such as Cameo, Rhapsody, or MATLAB/Simulink to design, analyze, and communicate complex mission system architecturesDemonstrated experience designing and integrating C4ISR systems and mission applications, with working knowledge of DoDAF viewpoints and their application to mission architecture developmentWorking knowledge of interoperability standards including and tactical data links such as Link 16, and experience designing systems that operate across multi-domain environmentsExperience with real-time and embedded systems engineering for mission-critical applications, including sensor fusion and multi-domain data integration across air, land, sea, space, and cyber domainsDemonstrated experience with digital engineering practices and model-based design applied across defense acquisition programsDirect experience supporting federal government customers in a contractor environment, with a working understanding of mission requirements, acquisition processes, and the competitive federal marketProven experience contributing to competitive federal pursuits, including technical solution development, architecture design, or competitive positioning in support of capture or proposal effortsDemonstrated ability to translate complex mission engineering concepts into compelling solution narratives for capture teams, executive leadership, and government evaluatorsA demonstrated bias for action and a track record of delivering technical work that contributed directly to competitive winsUS citizenship and ability to obtain a Top Secret security clearanceDesired Qualifications: Each day, our employees do the can't be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers.

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