Lead Full-Stack Architect for Mission-Critical Cloud Apps

Peraton; Aurora (CO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Heavily subsidized benefits

25 days PTO

10 company holidays

Annual merit assessments

Bonus plan eligibility

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Lead Full Stack Software Engineer to drive the engineering behind mission-critical intelligence software in an onsite role. You’ll own architecture and technical roadmap for cloud-based SIGINT microservices, mentor engineers, and stay hands-on with Java/Spring Boot, Angular, MongoDB, Docker, Kubernetes, and GitLab CI/CD.

You will lead a high-performing team, collaborate with analysts and systems engineers, and present technical updates in PMRs.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience with a BS/BA; 6 years with an MS/MA; 3 years with a PhD. Without a degree, 12 years of relevant experience.
• Active TS/SCI with CI polygraph (U.S. citizenship required)
• Security+ certification, or ability to obtain within 90 days of hire
• Experience defining technical roadmaps, planning resources, and aligning engineering tasks with customer goals
• Back-end development with Java and Spring/Spring Boot
• Front-end proficiency with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and a modern framework (Angular, React, or Vue.js)
• Hands-on experience with databases such as, MySQL, PostgreSQL, or similar
• Experience with GitLab CI/CD (Pipelines, SonarQube, SAST, NexusIQ, dependency scanning)
• Experience with a cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud) and containerized systems
• Experience provisioning environments and building, deploying, updating, and rolling back applications within them

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical vision: Architect solutions, define technical roadmaps, and align engineering work with customer goals.
• Guide the team: Plan resources, mentor engineers, and set standards for code quality, testing, and security. Provide scheduled on-call support.
• Build and deploy: Lead development, integration, testing, deployment, and maintenance of high-availability, resilient cloud-based software.
• Own the pipeline: Stand up development, test, staging, and production environments, and drive automated build, deploy, and rollback through GitLab CI/CD.
• Partner with the mission: Work with analysts, systems engineers, and developers in a fast-paced Agile environment.
• Be the customer's technical voice: Brief project managers and customers, including at quarterly Program Management Reviews (PMRs).

Skills

Technical roadmaps

Backend Java/Spring

Frontend HTML/CSS/JS

Databases MySQL/PostgreSQL

GitLab CI/CD

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Containerization (Docker/Kubernetes)

Environment provisioning & deployment

Education

BS/BA or higher

Tools

Java

Spring/Spring Boot

Angular/React/Vue.js

MongoDB

Job description

Peraton is seeking a Lead Full Stack Software Engineer to drive the engineering behind mission-critical intelligence software in an onsite role. You’ll own architecture and technical roadmap for cloud-based SIGINT microservices, mentor engineers, and stay hands-on with Java/Spring Boot, Angular, MongoDB, Docker, Kubernetes, and GitLab CI/CD.

You will lead a high-performing team, collaborate with analysts and systems engineers, and present technical updates in PMRs.