Cloud Software Engineer Level 2 - AI/ML TS/SCI w/Poly

About the role

Peraton is seeking a talented and skilled Cloud Software Engineer to join our Cyber Intelligence team in Laurel, MD. As part of a collaborative, high-impact integrated product development team, you'll work on next-generation cyber and AI/ML capabilities hosted on large-scale compute clusters and AWS Cloud infrastructure. This role involves cloud software research, development, and engineering services including requirements analysis, software development, installation, integration, evaluation, enhancement, sustainment, testing, validation, and issue diagnosis/resolution.

Key Technologies and Skills

• Cloud Expertise: Deep experience in AWS Cloud Architecture, SDKs, APIs, and cloud services integration
• AI/ML Integration: Familiarity with Large Language Models (LLMs) and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) frameworks
• IaC & DevOps: Hands-on with CloudFormation or Terraform, and modern CI/CD pipelines
• Programming Proficiency: Strong in Java for distributed systems with a solid grasp of networking, multi-threading, and concurrency
• Containers & Orchestration: Knowledge of Kubernetes and microservices architecture
• Security-Minded: Working knowledge of cloud security principles and compliance best practices
• Scripting & Systems: Competent in Linux environments with scripting skills in Python, Ruby, Perl, or similar
• Python, Java, C, C++, Hbase, Accumulo, Big Table, Map Reduce programming model and technologies such as Hadoop, Hive, Pig, etc.
• Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS), JSON and/or BSON
• Taxonomy, Ontologies, and Big-Data Cloud Scalability (Amazon, Google, Facebook)
• Cluster monitoring tools (e.g., Hobbit, Ganglia)
• Artificial Intelligence (AI), Large Language Model (LLM), Machine Learning (ML), AI/ML algorithms, statistical analysis, RAG, agents, and agentic workflow

Requirements

• A Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related technical field (equivalent to two years of experience)
• Five or more years of directly related experience in software development/engineering, including requirements analysis, software development, installation, integration, evaluation, enhancement, maintenance, testing, and problem diagnosis/resolution
• Must have, or be willing to obtain prior to start, one of the following Cloud Developer Certifications:
  • AWS Certified Developer-Associate
  • AWS Certified Machine Learning-Associate
  • AWS Certified Machine Learning-Specialty
  • AWS DevOps Engineer Professional
  • Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
• A minimum of five years of experience in software development/engineering
• A minimum of four years of experience developing software with high-level languages such as Java, C, or C++
• Demonstrated ability to work with OpenSource (NoSQL) products that support highly distributed, massively parallel computation needs such as Hbase, Accumulo, Big Table, etc.
• Demonstrated work experience with the Map Reduce programming model and technologies such as Hadoop, Hive, Pig, etc.
• Demonstrated work experience with the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS)
• Demonstrated work experience with Serialization such as JSON and/or BSON
• Demonstrated work experience developing Restful services
• At least three years of experience developing software for UNIX/Linux (Redhat versions 3-5) operating systems
• Demonstrated work experience in the requirements analysis and design of at least one Object-Oriented system
• Demonstrated work experience developing solutions integrating and extending FOSS/COTS products
• At least three years of experience in software integration and software testing, including developing and implementing test plans and test scripts
• Demonstrated technical writing skills and experience generating technical documents in support of a software development project
• Experience, work, or college-level courses in at least two of the following:
  • Deploying applications in a cloud environment
  • Understanding of Big-Data Cloud Scalability (Amazon, Google, Facebook)
  • Designing and developing automated analytic software, techniques, and algorithms
  • Taxonomy construction for analytic disciplines, knowledge areas, and skills
  • Developing and deploying data-driven analytics, event-driven analytics, or sets of analytics orchestrated through rules engines
  • Linguistics (grammar, morphology, concepts)
  • Developing and deploying analytics that discover and exploit social networks
  • Documenting ontologies, data models, schemas, formats, data element dictionaries, software application program interfaces, and other technical specifications
  • Developing and deploying analytics within a heterogeneous schema environment
• An Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with Large Language Models (LLM), Agentic AI, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
• Expertise in AWS Cloud Architecture design and development
• Proficiency in using AWS SDKs and APIs
• Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like CloudFormation or Terraform
• Skilled in Continuous Integration, Deployment, Testing, and Monitoring practices
• Knowledge and skill in implementing and using observability tools (e.g., Elasticsearch, OpenSearch)
• Java programming for distributed systems, with experience in networking and multi-threading
• Agile development experience with source code management practices and tools
• Well-grounded in Linux fundamentals and knowledge in at least one scripting language (e.g., Python, Ruby, Perl, etc.)
• Familiarity with microservices software development techniques and container-orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes)
• Knowledge of security and compliance best practices

Benefits

• Heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents
• 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap
• Eligibility to participate in an attractive bonus plan
• Enhanced professional development opportunities, including training, certification programs, and skill-building experiences tailored to individual strengths, career goals, and role-specific requirements
• 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

Pay

Target Salary Range: $146,000 - $234,000. 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.