Sr. Software Engineer, TS/SCI w/Poly

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.

Responsibilities

The Team is seeking a Software Engineer to support a complex, mission-critical environment focused on developing and maintaining advanced software systems. This is a funded backfill opportunity supporting an established team, where you will contribute to high-impact efforts involving large-scale data processing, real-time systems, and advanced analytics.In this role, you will support the full software development lifecycle, working independently or as part of a collaborative engineering team to design, develop, test, and enhance software solutions that directly support mission operations.

What You’ll Do

Develop, maintain, and enhance complex software systems, including processing-intensive analytics, real-time systems, and large data set applications

Review and test software components to ensure adherence to design requirements and document test results

Resolve software problem reports and support system troubleshooting

Apply appropriate software development and design methodologies based on the development environment

Provide input to system design, including hardware/software trade-offs, software reuse, and COTS/GOTS integration

Perform requirements analysis and synthesis from system level to individual software components

Recommend new technologies and processes to improve performance and scalability of software solutions

Serve as technical lead across multiple software development teams

Coordinate software development processes with customer and systems engineering teams

Ensure quality control of all developed and modified software

Delegate programming and testing tasks and monitor team performance

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Qualifications

Twenty (20) years of experience as a Software Engineer in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related discipline from an accredited college or university. Four (4) years of additional Software Engineering experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.

Active TS/SCI security clearance with a current polygraph is required.

Desired Qualifications

Experience with AWS cloud environments, including serverless architecture and cloud application deployment

Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), specifically Terraform

Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on our critical National Security programs, which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and eligible to participate in an attractive bonus plan.

Target Salary Range $176,000 - $282,000. 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.

Benefits Statement

Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at https://www.careers.peraton.com/benefits.

Application Statements The application period for the job is estimated to be 30 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates. By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in the role and the Company. During the review of your application, you may be required to participate in an on-camera interview, as well as participate in a process to verify your identity. Use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools of any kind during Peraton interviews is strictly prohibited unless the candidate has obtained prior written authorization. All interview responses must be the candidate’s own.

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