Sr. Software Engineer, TS/SCI w/Poly

Peraton is a next-generation national security company driving missions of consequence spanning the globe. As a leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, Peraton delivers trusted, highly differentiated solutions to protect the nation and its allies across land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace domains. The company supports essential government agencies and every branch of the U.S. armed forces, solving complex challenges to keep people safe and secure.

About the Role

The Team is seeking a Software Engineer to support a complex, mission-critical environment focused on developing and maintaining advanced software systems. This funded backfill opportunity supports an established team, contributing to high-impact efforts involving large-scale data processing, real-time systems, and advanced analytics. You will support the full software development lifecycle, working independently or collaboratively to design, develop, test, and enhance software solutions that directly support mission operations.

Responsibilities

• 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

Requirements

• 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

Benefits

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on critical National Security programs, including:

• Heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents
• 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous cap
• Eligibility to participate in an attractive bonus plan
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and health savings account benefits
• Short/long term disability and EAP
• Parental leave
• 401(k) with company contributions
• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and company-paid holidays

Pay

Target Salary Range: $176,000 - $282,000. Salary is determined by scope, responsibilities, experience, education, knowledge, skills, competencies, geographic location, and business/contract considerations. Eligible employees may receive overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.