Enterprise Architect

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 solve the most daunting challenges that our customers face. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted and highly differentiated national security solutions and technologies that keep people safe and secure. Peraton serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies across the intelligence, space, cyber, defense, civilian, health, and state and local markets. Our First Responder Solutions program is seeking an Enterprise Architect to enlarge our team responsible for supporting the California Dept of Forestry and Fire Protection. The Enterprise Architect provides strategic technical leadership for the CAL FIRE CAD Network Consulting Engagement, defining the current-state architecture, target-state vision, and the transition roadmap required to migrate network responsibility to Peraton. This role is central to the Technology Assessment and Technical Enhancements and Infrastructure Transition phases, ensuring all architectural decisions support the reliability, security, and scalability demands of a 24/7 public safety dispatch environment. Key Responsibilities Lead the comprehensive Technology Assessment phase, documenting the existing CAL FIRE CAD network topology, infrastructure components, data flows, and integration points. Develop and maintain architecture artifacts including current-state and target-state architecture diagrams, gap analyses, and transition architecture blueprints. Define the technical strategy for infrastructure transition, including network segmentation, redundancy design, and failover architecture to ensure zero-downtime migration. Evaluate and recommend technology enhancements (hardware, software, protocols) aligned with CAL FIRE’s operational requirements and Peraton’s managed services standards. Establish architecture governance standards, design patterns, and technical baselines to guide the engineering team throughout all project phases. Collaborate with CAL FIRE’s technical staff during Knowledge Transfer to document institutional knowledge and translate it into formal architecture documentation. #J-18808-Ljbffr