We are seeking an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Solutions Architect as a senior technical authority on the CMS Fraud Prevention Services (FPS) team, owning the integration architecture that allows three external agentic AI vendors be onboarded into vendor-isolated enclaves inside the FPS ATO boundary. This role will develop AI solutions using Peraton tools to detect fraud, waste, and abuse.
Responsibilitie includes the following:
- Design the integration architecture for onboarding third-party agentic AI tools into vendor-isolated DISM enclaves inside the FPS ATO boundary.
- Author a common data package specification (schema, sampling strategy, PHI/PII handling, refresh cadence, packaging) that every evaluated vendor consumes.
- Define the per-vendor integration pattern for data access, identity federation, audit-log routing, and tenant isolation.
- Provide deep, hands-on LLM and agentic-AI expertise (RAG, fine-tuning, tool-use/MCP, multi-agent orchestration, LLMOps) to internal Peraton teams and CMS technical stakeholders.
- Ensure every architectural design embeds security, quality, PHI/PII, and governance controls appropriate to the FPS environment.
- Minimum of 8 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 6 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 3 years with PhD
- Deep hands-on expertise with LLM architectures and agentic AI systems: fine-tuning (LoRA/PEFT), RAG, prompt engineering, tool-use/MCP, multi-agent orchestration
- Ability to be highly independent and adaptive in a fast-changing environment.
- Has an “AI first” mentality and uses AI to accelerate productivity and software development.
- Demonstrated use of AI-driven coding and knowledge of best practices.
- Demonstrated experience designing integration architectures for third-party AI tools inside a customer's secure enclave (tenant isolation, identity federation, audit routing)
- Working experience with Snowflake and/or Databricks (Unity Catalog, MLflow, Delta Lake) plus strong SQL and Python.
- Experience deploying AI/ML workloads on AWS (VPC, IAM, KMS, S3, ECS/EKS, RDS, Bedrock or equivalent)
- Solid LLMOps/MLOps practice: versioning, evaluation harnesses, deployment automation, monitoring, governance.
- Familiarity with PHI/PII handling and access-controlled data storage.
- Strong written and verbal communication; able to present architectures to CMS technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- US citizenship; ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Databricks E2 experience: Unity Catalog, Feature Store, MLflow registry, REST API integration.
- Experience with agentic frameworks such as Strands Agents, LangGraph, LlamaIndex, or CrewAI.
- Prior CMS or federal health environment experience (FPS, IDR, One PI).
- Knowledge of Medicare/Medicaid claims, NCD policy, and FWA/program-integrity use cases.
- Experience with Terraform/IaC, Argo CD, Helm for deploying platform components into AWS/EKS.
- Experience with vector databases, hybrid retrieval, graph retrieval, or long-context optimization.
- Confluence/JIRA in a SAFe Agile environment.
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$146,000 - $234,000. 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. EEOEEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.Skills Required
- Minimum 8 years of experience with a bachelor’s degree, 6 years with a master’s degree, or 3 years with a PhD
- Hands-on expertise with LLM architectures and agentic AI systems, including fine-tuning, RAG, prompt engineering, tool use, and multi-agent orchestration
- Experience designing integration architectures for third-party AI tools within secure enclaves
- Experience with Snowflake or Databricks, plus strong SQL and Python skills
- Experience deploying AI/ML workloads on AWS
- Experience with LLMOps or MLOps, including versioning, evaluation, automation, monitoring, and governance
- Familiarity with PHI/PII handling and access-controlled data storage
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- US citizenship
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance
- Databricks E2 experience, including Unity Catalog, Feature Store, MLflow Registry, and REST API integration
- Experience with Strands Agents, LangGraph, LlamaIndex, or CrewAI
- CMS or federal health environment experience
- Knowledge of Medicare or Medicaid claims, NCD policy, and fraud, waste, and abuse use cases
- Experience with Terraform, Argo CD, and Helm for AWS/EKS deployments
- Experience with vector databases, hybrid retrieval, graph retrieval, or long-context optimization
- Experience with Confluence, JIRA, and SAFe Agile
Peraton Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Peraton and has not been reviewed or approved by Peraton.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare offerings are described as broad, including medical, dental, vision, mental health support, and specialty programs like virtual physical therapy and surgical/cancer care navigation. Medical coverage is also characterized as a standout part of the overall package in terms of perceived quality.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support includes a 401(k) with employer matching and is repeatedly positioned as a strong component of total rewards. The 401(k) benefit is frequently singled out as one of the most valued parts of the package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off benefits are positioned as robust, including PTO, holidays, paid sick days, and floating holidays, with some roles offering notably generous accrual. Leave breadth is reinforced by related programs such as short/long-term disability and bereavement leave.
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What We Do
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.
Why Work With Us
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