Lead Cloud-Native App Developer for Federal Ops

Peraton; Suitland (MD); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 216,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Life insurance

401(k)

PTO and holidays

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Lead Application Developer in Suitland, MD to lead design, development, modernization, and integration of enterprise applications for federal operations.

You will drive delivery across cloud-native environments, collaborating with architects, engineers, product teams, and partners. Focus on scalable, secure, compliant solutions with robust CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps practices.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of software development, application engineering, or enterprise modernization experience.
• U.S. Citizenship with ability to obtain a Public Trust.
• Demonstrated experience leading application development teams.
• Proven experience designing and modernizing enterprise-grade cloud-native apps.
• Experience with APIs, distributed integrations, event-driven architectures, and messaging systems.
• Experience implementing DevSecOps practices and CI/CD pipelines in secure environments.
• Experience with containerization/orchestration (Docker/Kubernetes).
• Experience with data integration, ETL, data transformation, and dissemination workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and modernization of enterprise applications within a cloud-native ecosystem.
• Refactor legacy and COTS applications into modular, microservices-based architectures.
• Design, develop, and integrate APIs, event-driven services, and messaging systems.
• Develop secure, scalable, and highly available applications for high-volume, real-time processing.
• Contribute to AI/ML-enabled workflows, model integration, and deployment support.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines with automated testing and security validation.
• Implement DevSecOps best practices and secure SDLC.
• Support system-of-systems integration across multiple applications and teams.
• Ensure applications meet federal security/compliance requirements (NIST, FedRAMP, FISMA, Zero Trust, MFA, ATO).
• Lead code reviews, mentor developers, and enforce engineering standards.

Skills

Cloud-native architectures

API design & integration

DevSecOps practices

CI/CD pipelines

Mentoring teams

Education

Bachelor's degree

Associates degree

High School diploma/equivalent

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Job description

Peraton is seeking a Lead Application Developer in Suitland, MD to lead design, development, modernization, and integration of enterprise applications for federal operations.

You will drive delivery across cloud-native environments, collaborating with architects, engineers, product teams, and partners. Focus on scalable, secure, compliant solutions with robust CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps practices.