Software Engineering, SME

About Peraton

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 solve the most daunting challenges that our customers face.

About the Role

The Foundations Lab is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to support the Foundations Lab as a key member of a high performing team. We are looking for a motivated, forward-thinking engineer who is excited to contribute to new initiatives in an R&D environment and can adapt to evolving requirements and learn emerging tools and technologies that will enhance the value that we deliver to our customers. In this role, you will work closely with the Chief Architect (CA) and Lead Software Engineer (LSE), to mature customer ideas into viable tools and products in order to help mitigate risks to future customer acquisitions.

Responsibilities

• Track user and lab project requirements
• Understand system and architecture requirements
• Deploy containerized applications to AWS using EC2, ECS, and S3, optimizing performance and reducing infrastructure costs
• Mentor junior developers and conduct code reviews to uphold best practices
• Participate in customer briefings, such as Lab status discussions and product demonstrations

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• 16+ Years' experience working with various satellite-based electro-optical sensor platforms
• Minimum master's degree in science (or similar technical degree)
• Active TS/SCI Clearance with Poly
• Experience with deploying containerized applications to AWS
• Experience with building reusable Typescript components and RESTful services

Desired Qualifications

• CompTIA Security + certification
• Versed in Agile Development methodologies
• Experience with JIRA
• Experience with Java, C++, Python, SQL, Docker, Linux, Git, Gitlab, Amazon web services
• AWS Cloud: EC2, S3, SQS, SNS, IAM, KMS, System Manager, CloudFormation, Elastic Search, API Gateway, Lambda, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, DynamoDB, Python 3.7, PyCharm, JDK 11

Benefits

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.

Pay

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.