Senior Cloud Architect at Peraton
Washington, DC
$135,000–$216,000from the description
Jul 21, 2026
Washington, DC
Jul 23, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior-level cloud architecture role focused on designing and operating secure AWS environments within classified (TS/SCI) federal settings. Day-to-day work spans Landing Zone design, ATO compliance, air-gapped and hybrid cloud infrastructure, IaC-based automation, and AI/LLM deployment in restricted environments. The position also carries team leadership responsibilities, coordinating across government agencies, national laboratories, and cloud service providers. Suits a deeply experienced cloud architect with an active clearance and a strong federal security framework background.
Senior level · 12+ years · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (9)
No specific work location or metro area is stated in the posting. Given the TS/SCI clearance requirement and federal agency mission context, the role is almost certainly on-site at a classified facility, but the city/state cannot be determined from the text.
The degree requirement is tiered by experience: BS/BA with 12 years, MS/MA with 10 years, Ph.D. with 7 years, or HS diploma with 16 years. Because equivalent experience is explicitly accepted in lieu of a degree, the degree requirement is set to None.
Total years minimum is set to 12, reflecting the lowest experience threshold (BS/BA path). The 3+ years in classified/air-gapped environments is a separate hard gate captured in the clearance and notes rather than as a named technology skill.
SOC classification is Medium confidence. The role is primarily an architect/engineer who builds and ships cloud infrastructure and automation code (pointing to Software Developers), but it carries a heavy security posture and ATO/compliance focus that could also support Information Security Analysts — hence the alternate code.
The active TS/SCI or Q/SCI clearance is an explicit hard gate stated in Required Qualifications.
AWS-specific services (EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, Lambda, EKS, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, RDS) are listed under Preferred Qualifications and are marked accordingly.
Terraform is listed with 'or equivalent' in the required section; CloudFormation is the other named option and is captured as an alternative.
AI/ML and LLM deployment experience appears only under Preferred Qualifications.
Requires a TS/SCI 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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