Enterprise Capabilities Architect – Cybersecurity at Peraton
Reston, VA
$190,000–$304,000from the description
Jun 30, 2026
Reston, VA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior technical leadership role focused on shaping and growing a cybersecurity solutions portfolio for a federal government contractor. The work centers on designing zero trust architectures, cyber defense frameworks, and reusable service offerings, then translating those into competitive proposal materials alongside capture and growth teams. Best suited to someone with deep federal cybersecurity experience who has contributed directly to winning government contracts.
Principal level · 16+ years · National · Bachelor's required · Top Secret clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
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What the occupation pays Median $132,021 (middle half $99,961–$167,095). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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Why we read it this way (10)
No work location is specified in the posting; Peraton is headquartered in Herndon, VA, but the JD names no city, state, or remote policy — location fields left blank.
The title 'Cybersecurity Architect' carries no explicit seniority level word, so the title states no level. However, the role's scope — enterprise portfolio ownership, org-wide technical leadership across all Peraton sectors, direct engagement with executive leadership and senior government customers, and 16+ years required — supports Principal-level seniority.
The minimum experience requirement is 16 years with a Bachelor's degree; the JD also accepts 14+ years with a Master's or 10+ years with a PhD. The 16-year figure is used as the overall years minimum per the minimum-degree path.
The JD requires US citizenship and the ability to obtain/maintain a Top Secret clearance as a hard gate. An active TS/SCI with Polygraph eligibility is listed under Desired Qualifications and is therefore preferred, not required.
SOC 15-1212 (Information Security Analysts) is the closest fit for a cybersecurity architecture and strategy role; 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other) is noted as a runner-up given the heavy solution-design, capture, and thought-leadership dimensions that go beyond typical security analysis.
CISSP, CISM, and CEH are grouped as interchangeable certification alternatives under Desired Qualifications. AWS Security Specialty and Azure Security Engineer are similarly grouped as cloud-security certification alternatives.
AI-driven threat detection, post-quantum cryptography, and confidential computing appear under Desired Qualifications and are marked preferred accordingly.
'Cross Domain Solutions' appears under Desired Qualifications and is marked preferred.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): Zero Trust Architecture, AI-driven threat detection.
Requires a Top Secret clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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