Cyber Software Engineer, Senior Advisor

About Peraton

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extends 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 solve the most daunting challenges that our customers face.

Program Overview

Provides IC data management support to modernize mega data repositories, dataflow management, data provenance and compliance validation, and streaming solutions.

About The Role

Peraton is seeking a Senior Cyber Software Engineer to join our high-impact Cyber Missions team in Laurel, MD. In this role, you'll work as part of an integrated product development team building mission-critical capabilities that operate across large-scale compute clusters and modern AWS cloud environments. You'll play a key role throughout the full software lifecycle—designing, developing, optimizing, and sustaining advanced cyber systems that directly support national-level missions.

What You'll Do

• Drive all phases of agile software development for a full-featured cloud-hosted service
• Develop, test, and integrate new capabilities while improving performance and scalability
• Contribute to optimization and performance tuning for distributed systems
• Support ongoing operations, sustainment, and system enhancements
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineers to deliver reliable, secure, mission-aligned solutions

What You Bring

• Technical Expertise
• Hands-on experience with Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and Agentic AI
• Strong background in AWS architecture, including use of AWS SDKs and APIs
• Proficiency with observability tools (Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, etc.)
• Experience building and managing infrastructure with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as CloudFormation or Terraform
• Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and monitoring best practices
• Java programming expertise for distributed, networked, and multi-threaded systems
• Familiarity with microservices, containerization, and Kubernetes orchestration
• Experience working in Agile development environments with modern source-control and collaboration tools
• Working knowledge of security and compliance principles for cloud-based and distributed systems

Qualifications

• Basic Qualifications:
• 14+ years of Software Engineering experience on programs of similar scope and complexity
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Math, Engineering, Statistics, Engineering Management, or a related field
• May substitute 4 additional years of SWE experience in lieu of a degree
• Active TS/SCI with polygraph required

Details

• Target Salary Range: $112,000 - $179,000
• Application Period: Estimated 30 days from job posting date
• 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.

Application Statements

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.

EEO

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