Job Description

Responsibilities

The Solutions Architecture Supervisor is a senior, cross-functional engineering leader responsible for the end-to-end development of the use cases in the lab. This individual unifies the disciplines of cloud infrastructure, data/AI tooling, and CMS FPS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Fraud Prevention System) operational governance into a single point of technical authority for the development team. In this role, you will:

• Oversee the design and deployment implementation architectures for a prioritized use case.
• Drive the operationalization of AI and data tooling ecosystems
• Serves as the critical bridge between the Innovation Lab's AWS environment and the existing CMS FPS analytics and modeling processes, workflows, and governance structures.
• This role requires a rare combination of deep hands-on engineering expertise, data platform fluency, and agility to support cross-functional teams

Qualifications

Mandatory Requirements

• College degree (Associates, Bachelors or Masters preferred) or High School diploma with 6+ years of experience in data science or a related technical field.
• Demonstrated experience manipulating dataframes and performing analytical queries using SQL; proficiency programming in Python and/or R for data science and ML workflows
• MLflow & Model Governance: Hands-on experience with MLflow for integrated model governance, experiment tracking, model versioning, and automated release pipelines within the model development lifecycle.
• MLOps & Lifecycle Automation: Experience designing and implementing model development lifecycle optimizations, including automated model quality checks, testing frameworks, and governance validation processes.
• Working experience with Snowflake and Databricks for large-scale data processing, ML pipeline development, and analytics workloads in a cloud-based environment.
• Working knowledge of large language model (LLM) deployment, fine-tuning, and evaluation; experience integrating Generative AI use cases into production analytics platforms.
• Familiarity with SDLC fundamentals and experience using GitHub for version control, branching, and collaborative code management.
• Commitment to ensuring data security, quality, and governance are embedded in all implemented changes; familiarity with PII/PHI handling requirements and access-controlled data storage standards.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; strong team player with the ability to support internal development teams and communicate platform changes to external stakeholders.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance; US citizenship required.

Preferred Requirments:

• Experience with components of the Databricks E2 Platform, including Unity Catalog and Feature Store, for governed data and feature management.
• API development experience or experience utilizing Databricks REST APIs for platform integration and workflow automation.
• Advanced Apache Spark architecture knowledge and experience optimizing large-scale distributed data processing workloads.
• Development with scripting languages such as Python or Bash to support automated CI/CD processes and pipeline orchestration.
• Experience integrating large-scale analytics components to support model development across distributed data environments.
• Prior experience working within CMS, including familiarity with CMS data systems, workflows, and governance structures.
• Knowledge of healthcare claims data, Medicare/Medicaid program data, or federal health analytics use cases.
• Experience applying AI/ML or advanced analytics to fraud, waste, and abuse (FWA) detection or program integrity use cases.
• Experience with Confluence/JIRA for SAFe Agile project tracking and cross-functional documentation.

Peraton Overview

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 do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Target Salary Range

$86,000 - $138,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

EEO

EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.