External Job Posting Title Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer – Graph Analytics

Peraton; Maryland; On-site; USD 176,000 - 282,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days PTO

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Peraton seeks an experienced software engineer to deliver comprehensive cloud software research, development, and engineering services. You will lead the full SDLC—from requirements analysis and system design to integration, testing, and long-term enhancement of mission-critical cloud applications.

The role focuses on building and sustaining robust, large-scale distributed systems, with collaboration across data scientists, engineers, and product managers to ensure high-impact outcomes.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with current Polygraph required.
• Twenty years of SWE experience in programs of similar scope.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related discipline; four additional years substituted for degree.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive cloud software research, development, and engineering services.
• Lead the full SDLC from requirements to deployment of mission-critical cloud applications.
• Develop end-to-end full-stack software services and ensure system reliability.

Skills

Graph Data Modeling & Performance

Enterprise Java Microservices

Graph-Relational Integration

Graph Analytics & Algorithms

Advanced Analytics

Cloud Scalability

AI & Pattern Discovery

Specialized Processing

Data Modeling

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related discipline

Tools

NoSQL (HBase, Accumulo, Big Table)

MapReduce (Hadoop, Hive, Pig)

RESTful services (JSON/BSON)

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.

Project Description

• Provides the research, development, evaluation, and demonstration of concepts, technologies, and capabilities to satisfy specific customer research requirements in specific areas.

Job Description

• Provide comprehensive cloud software research, development, and engineering services.
• Lead the full software development lifecycle (SDLC), from initial requirements analysis and system design to integration, testing, and long-term enhancement of mission-critical cloud applications.
• This role is central to our mission of building and sustaining robust, large-scale distributed systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Software Services Development: Deliver end-to-end Full-Stack software services including requirements analysis, installation, evaluation, and issue resolution.
• System Enhancement: Proactively diagnose complex technical issues and develop sustainable enhancements to improve system performance and reliability.
• Distributed Computing: Design and implement solutions utilizing massively parallel computation models and NoSQL architectures to handle large-scale data sets.
• Integration & Testing: Develop and implement rigorous test plans and scripts; integrate and extend FOSS/COTS products to meet unique project requirements.
• Technical Documentation: Generate high-quality technical documents, ontologies, and data models to support project transparency and long-term maintainability.
• Development, Testing, & Deployment:
  • Write and execute unit tests, integration tests, and end-to-end tests.
  • Implement continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.
  • Deploy and maintain the web application in a production environment.
• Collaboration and Communication:
  • Collaborate effectively with data scientists, engineers, and product managers.
  • Communicate technical information clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing.

Highly Desired Skills

• Graph Data Modeling & Performance: Experience designing and optimizing complex graph schemas in Neo4j. Proficiency with Cypher query optimization, index management, and utilizing APOC procedures for batching and large-scale data transformations.
• Enterprise Java Microservices: Advanced development using the Spring Boot ecosystem (Spring Data, Spring Security, Spring Cloud). Experience implementing robust, scalable backend services with a focus on high-concurrency and performance tuning.
• Graph-Relational Integration: Demonstrated work experience integrating graph databases with traditional RDBMS or search engines (like Elasticsearch) to create polyglot persistence architecture(s).
• Graph Analytics & Algorithms: Familiarity with the Neo4j Graph Data Science (GDS) library to implement pathfinding, centrality, or community detection algorithms for real-time analysis.
• Advanced Analytics: Developing data-driven or event-driven analytics orchestrated through rules engines.
• Cloud Scalability: Understanding of massive scalability patterns used by industry leaders (Amazon, Google, etc.).
• AI & Pattern Discovery: Experience with genetic algorithms, inference engines, or identifying latent patterns in datasets exceeding 10 Petabytes.
• Specialized Processing: Foreign language processing, multi-media exploitation (speech, text, image, video), or social network discovery.
• Data Modeling: Experience documenting complex ontologies, schemas, and API specifications within heterogeneous environments.

Qualifications

Required Technical Skills

• Experience: Minimum of eight (8) years in software development/engineering across the full SDLC.
• Development Languages: At least six (6) years of experience with high-level languages (e.g., Java, C, C++).
• OS Expertise: At least five (5) years developing software for UNIX/Linux (specifically RedHat versions) environments.
• Cloud & Big Data Stack: Proven experience with NoSQL products (HBase, Accumulo, Big Table).
• Hands-on experience with MapReduce (Hadoop, Hive, Pig) and HDFS.
• Proficiency in RESTful services and serialization formats (JSON/BSON).
• Demonstrate experience in the requirements analysis and design of at least one major Object-Oriented system.
• Full-stack end-to-end software services delivery
• Graph-data Integration & Analytics
• Advanced development using the Spring Boot ecosystem (Spring Data, Spring Security, Spring Cloud).
• NoSQL products (HBase, Accumulo, Big Table)
• At least four (4) of the following knowledge areas:
  • Graph Data Modeling & Performance (in Neo4j)
  • Enterprise Java Microservices
  • Graph-Relational Integration
  • Graph Analytics & Algorithms
  • Advanced Analytics
  • Cloud Scalability
  • AI & Pattern Discovery
  • Specialized Processing (speech, text, image, video)
  • Data Modeling

Basic Requirements

• Active TS/SCI with current Polygraph required
• Twenty (20) years of experience as a Software Engineer (SWE) supporting programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related discipline from an accredited college or university.
• Four (4) additional years of SWE experience on projects with similar software processes may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.

Benefits

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees supporting 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 eligibility to participate in an attractive bonus plan.

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.

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

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