Cyber Software Engineer, TS/SCI w/ Poly

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

Senior Software Engineer - Cyber Intelligence
Location: Annapolis Junction, MD
Clearance Required: TS/SCI with Polygraph

What You'll Do

• Design, develop, and enhance a variety of cutting-edge software systems.
• Support high-stakes missions through advanced data processing, real-time analytics, and intelligence operations.
• Lead and mentor multiple development teams through all phases of the software development lifecycle.
• Conduct software analysis, testing, and performance tuning to ensure reliability and scalability.
• Collaborate on system architecture and design decisions, making smart trade-offs between custom development and COTS/GOTS solutions.
• Resolve critical software issues and ensure robust integration of system components.

Your Responsibilities Include

• Recommending innovative technologies and tools to enhance system performance and capability.
• Serving as the technical lead across multiple teams—guiding architecture, coding standards, and best practices.
• Driving the selection and execution of software development methodologies in collaboration with system engineers and customers.
• Ensuring the highest quality standards across all software releases through structured reviews, rigorous testing, and team oversight.
• Delegating tasks effectively while fostering accountability and performance across engineering teams.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI security clearance with a current polygraph is required.
• Twenty years 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 years of additional SWE experience on projects with similar software processes may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.
• Highly desired experience with:
• Hands-on experience with high-level languages such as JAVA, C, C++.
• Developing and/or reviewing Technical Architecture diagrams to ensure infrastructure systems and operations are available, reliable, and resilient.
• Understanding of Software Security Frameworks such as FedRAMP and DoD IL6.
• Providing rapid prototyping of software in support of government mission areas and delivering source code prototypes, resolving existing functional issues, and delivering new functionality.
• Developing production-ready software within the Top Secret Environment.
• Unit and Integration Testing within the Top Secret environment.
• Developing solutions that adhere to the Data Compliance and Security requirements within the Top Secret environment.