Peraton OverviewPeraton drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the worlds 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. Every day, our employees do the cant be done, solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers.ResponsibilitiesAs the worlds 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. Every day, our 22,000 employees do the cant be done, solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Peraton's Global Health & Financial Solutions Sector is seeking an experienced candidate to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. Uncover your full potential to lead skilled technical teams and deliver exceptional performance by helping solve our customers biggest challenges. We are seeking an Engineer Systems Architect (Data SME) to join the team in Lanham, Maryland. Responsibilities Act as a subject matter expert (SME) in presenting complex strategic and technical choices based on available data to assist stakeholders in making decisions in current-state IRS systems, specifically IRSs submission processing systems. Engage and collaborate with delivery partners across functional and organizational boundaries including the Enterprise PMO (EPMO), Application Development (AD), Enterprise Operations (EOps), Cybersecurity, Enterprise Architecture (EA), Enterprise Systems Testing (EST), and the Business Divisions (LB&I, W&I, SB/SE, TE/GE, etc.) in development and evolution of architecture and design. Designs and develops data architectures and defines key capabilities and performance requirements in alignment with IRS Strategy, objectives and technology roadmaps. Evaluate a broad range of systems and technologies through analyses of alternatives (AoAs), operational analyses (OAs) of business systems, and proofs of concepts (POCs) and recommend products and technologies for system modernization. Design and implement data architecture design patterns to meet performance, scalability, extensibility and maintainability requirements. Participate in technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems and seeks customer feedback. This is a duel level requisition and can be filled at a Level 3 or a Level 4.QualificationsBasic Qualifications For a Level 3: Bachelor's degree and 5 years relevant work experience; OR Master's degree and 3 years relevant work experience; OR a Doctorate degree. For a Level 4: Bachelor's degree and 9 years relevant work experience; OR Master's degree and 7 years relevant work experience; OR a Doctorate degree and 4 years of relevant work experience. Active IRS Moderate Risk Background Investigation (MBI) clearance or ability to obtain an IRS MBI clearance. Ability to present complex strategic and technical choices based on available data to assist stakeholders in making decisions. Experience with IRS data ecosystem, architecture and data processing pipelines Familiarity with some or all of the following technologies: Linux (RHEL, etc.), DB2, Assembler Language Code (ALC), COBOL 74, ALC Macros, Job Control Language (JCL), SQL & NoSQL, Java, XML, JSON, Attachmate INFOConnect, Customer Information Control System (CICS), DocIT, Endevor, , IBM Rational Clear Case, Clear Quest, Doors Next Generation (DNG), Informatica, JBoss, Job Control Language (JCL), ServiceNow. Preferred Qualifications Knowledge of data security best practices and information risk management practices. Applicable industry certifications. Familiarity with data storage and retrieval using Virtual Storage Access Method (VSAM) in IBM mainframe environments. Experience developing adaptable data ingestion and enrichment pipelines to support new and evolving data sources, formats, and schemas. Experience with one of more of the following technologies: Informatica PowerCenter, Data Validation Option (DVO) tool, SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise (BOE), FICO Blaze Advisor business rules management system, and Greenplum. Familiarity with big data tools such as Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, NiFi, python, Spark Streaming, Kafka Streams, or Flink. Familiarity with Databricks or Snowflake. Familiarity with data governance and master data management (MDM).