Remote Senior Software Engineer - ESA Compliance

Peraton; Herndon (VA); Remote; USD 80,000 - 128,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to focus on compliance validation, defect remediation, and production support for a federal ESA data integration program. The role emphasizes ensuring Section 7 regulatory compliance, system stability, and performance through deployment.

The position supports remote work with a strong emphasis on producing robust migration runbooks, monitoring, and post-deployment reporting to validate deployments and ongoing operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required with years of experience as listed; advanced degrees preferred.
• Experience with Java and Python in backend development.
• Experience with REST API integration and monitoring of production systems.

Responsibilities

• Support ESA Section 7 compliance validation from a software development perspective, validating decision logic correctness, template content completeness, and consultation routing accuracy.
• Develop and maintain production migration runbook application-layer components, documenting deployment sequences, verification steps, and rollback procedures.
• Lead defect remediation for Critical and High severity defects identified during testing, pilot consultations, and government demonstrations.
• Support post-deployment monitoring of system availability, species list accuracy, logic performance, and user-reported issues.
• Implement live consultation feedback into system updates, ensuring iterative improvements are incorporated throughout the production period.
• Contribute to the Production Deployment Report, documenting deployment outcomes and post-deployment monitoring results.

Skills

Java

Python

REST API integration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Associates degree

High school diploma

Job description

Peraton is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to focus on compliance validation, defect remediation, and production support for a federal ESA data integration program. The role emphasizes ensuring Section 7 regulatory compliance, system stability, and performance through deployment.

The position supports remote work with a strong emphasis on producing robust migration runbooks, monitoring, and post-deployment reporting to validate deployments and ongoing operations.