Cyber Software Engineer, Senior Advisor

Peraton; Laurel (MD); On-site; USD 146,000 - 234,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for their Cyber Intel team in Laurel, MD. This role offers an exciting opportunity to support critical Cyber Security and Data Management programs for the Intelligence Community. You will be responsible for implementing advanced software security techniques, conducting ongoing security testing, and providing engineering designs to mitigate vulnerabilities. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience in software development, particularly in high-level languages and cloud architecture. Join a forward-thinking company that values innovation and offers enhanced benefits, including a generous PTO policy and attractive bonus plans.

Benefits

Heavily subsidized employee benefits

25 days of PTO annually

Attractive bonus plan

Qualifications

• 20+ years of experience as a Software Engineer required.
• Active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph is mandatory.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field required.

Responsibilities

• Implement advanced software security techniques and conduct security testing.
• Provide engineering designs for new software solutions to mitigate vulnerabilities.
• Consult team members on secure coding practices and develop familiarity with new tools.

Skills

Agile Software Development

Java

C++

REST APIs

Networking

Multi-threading

Secure Coding Practices

Problem Diagnosis/Resolution

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Active TS/SCI Security Clearance

20 years of experience as a Software Engineer

Tools

Git

Maven

Jira

Bamboo

Jenkins

Kubernetes

AWS

Apache Hadoop

Apache NiFi

ELK Stack

Job description

Responsibilities

Peraton is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Cyber Intel team here in Laurel, MD! In this role, you will have the opportunity to support a program that provides Cyber Security and Data Management to critical Intelligence Community missions. Our software engineers are responsible for, but not limited to, the below tasks:

• Implements, tests, and operates advanced software security techniques in compliance with technical reference architecture
• Performs on-going security testing and code review to improve software security
• Troubleshoots and debugs issues that arise
• Provides engineering designs for new software solutions to help mitigate security vulnerabilities
• Contributes to all levels of the architecture and maintains technical documentation
• Consults team members on secure coding practices
• Develops a familiarity with new tools and best practices.

Qualifications

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Active TS/SCI security clearance with current polygraph required
• Twenty (20) years' experience as a SWE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required.
• Four (4) years of additional SWE experience on projects with similar software processes may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.
• A minimum six (6) years demonstrated experience out of the most recent 8 years developing production software.
• Demonstrated work experience developing RESTful Service.
• Familiarity with cloud development techniques, resources, and tools.

Core Competencies and Skills:

• Experience in agile software development/engineering, including requirements analysis, software development, installation, integration, evaluation, enhancement, maintenance, testing, problem diagnosis/resolution, and source code management practices & tools.
• Experience developing software with high level languages such as Java, C, C++ for distributed systems, with proficiency in networking, multi-threading and implementation of REST APIs.
• Experience with the Spring framework, messaging frameworks (Kafka, RabbitMQ), streaming analytics (Apache Flink, Spark), management of containerized applications (Kubernetes).
• Experience with enabling tools (Git, Maven, Jira), DevOps (Bamboo, Jenkins, GitLab CI/Pipelines), Continuous Monitoring (ELK Stack (ElasticSearch, Logstash and Kibana), Nagios).
• Experience with Apache Hadoop, Apache Accumulo and Apache NiFi.
• Well-grounded in Linux fundamentals and familiarity with scripting languages (e.g., Python, Ruby, Perl, BASH, etc.).
• Experience with AWS Cloud architecture, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Cloud security, and Automation (AWS Lambda, CloudFormation).

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on our critical National Security programs, which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and eligible to participate in an attractive bonus plan.

Peraton Overview

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 do the can't be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Target Salary Range

$146,000 - $234,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

EEO

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