External Job Posting Title Mission Planning Software - Cloud Engineering

Peraton; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 216,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days PTO

Bonus plan

Subsidized benefits

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Senior Software Engineer - Cloud Engineering to drive enterprise software development within a collaborative team. You will design, develop, integrate, and maintain modules with modern practices, ensuring quality, performance, and maintainability.

You will develop Java-based modules, perform architecture and integration activities, and support all lifecycle phases while following open standards and best practices. TS/SCI eligibility is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of relevant experience or Master’s with 6+ years.
• Top-Secret clearance with ability to obtain TS/SCI; candidate must maintain clearance.
• Proven experience in Java 8+ with streams, futures, and lambdas.
• Experience with Spring Framework / Spring Boot and microservices.
• Hands-on with AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, and relational databases (PostgreSQL).

Responsibilities

• Develop Java-based software modules using event- or state-driven design.
• Perform software analysis, architecture, engineering, and integration across levels.
• Support all phases of the software engineering lifecycle: implementation, testing, documentation.
• Follow open standards and modern SE best practices; prepare technical docs.

Skills

Java 8+

Spring Framework

Microservices

Cloud (AWS)

Kubernetes

Relational Databases

Messaging (Kafka)

Linux

CI/CD tools (Git/Jira/Confluence)

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

Tools

Spring Boot

Kubernetes

AWS

PostgreSQL

Kafka

Docker

Git

Jira

Confluence

Job description

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.

Responsibilities

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer - Cloud Engineering to support enterprise software development initiatives within a collaborative, high-performing engineering team. This role involves designing, developing, integrating, and maintaining software modules using modern development practices, ensuring solutions meet organizational standards for quality, performance, and maintainability.

What you’ll do:

• Develop Java-based software modules, applying modern programming techniques such as event-driven or state-driven design, error logging, and exception handling.
• Perform software analysis, architecture, engineering, and integration activities across unit, module, and system levels.
• Support all phases of the software engineering lifecycle, including implementation, testing, and documentation.
• Follow open standards and modern software engineering best practices consistent with industry norms.
• Prepare technical documentation such as reports and white papers summarizing engineering findings.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of relevant experience; OR Master’s degree with 6+ years of relevant experience. Additional four (4) years of experience in lieu of a Bachelor's degree will be considered.
• This position requires the candidatetopossessa minimum of Top-Secret clearance with the ability to obtain TS/SCI. The candidate mustmaintainthe clearance.
• Demonstrated experience in Java 8 or later, including Stream APIs, Future APIs, and Lambda expressions.
• Experience building applications using Spring Framework / Spring Boot.
• Experience with microservices architectures, containerization, and Kubernetes.
• Hands-on experience with cloud services such as AWS (e.g., EC2, RDS, ElastiCache).
• Experience with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL).
• Experience with messaging services (e.g., Kafka, ActiveMQ, Camel).
• Experience with remote debugging (JDWP).
• Experience working in a Linux environment.
• Experience using modern development tools such as Jira, Confluence, and Git.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience working in Agile or SAFe environments.
• Background in software design principles, design patterns, and enterprise integration patterns.
• Understanding of advanced Spring concepts including Auto Configuration, WebFlux, AOP, Security, and distributed configuration.
• Experience with Java automation/synthesization libraries (e.g., Lombok, MapStruct).
• Experience with advanced microservice concepts such as clustering, distributed tracing, decentralized governance, fault isolation, and circuit breaking.
• Background in physics, mathematics, or aerospace.
• CompTIA Security+ CE certification or progress toward certification.

Benefits:

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program, 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 participatein an attractive bonus plan

Target Salary Range

$135,000 - $216,000. 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.

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. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed athttps://www.careers.peraton.com/benefits.

EEO

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