Senior Cyber Software Engineer

Peraton; Corridor North (MD); On-site; USD 176,000 - 282,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days PTO

Bonus plan

Dependent coverage

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Senior Cyber Software Engineer in Annapolis Junction, MD to lead secure software development for national security programs. The role emphasizes implementing security techniques, testing, and code review to harden software against threats.

You will design solutions, guide secure coding practices, and contribute to architecture while maintaining thorough documentation. Qualifications include TS/SCI with polygraph, 14+ years of SWE experience, and a CS-related degree.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in CS or related field.
• Fourteen years' SWE experience required.
• Experience with secure coding practices and security testing.

Responsibilities

• Implements, tests, and operates advanced software security techniques.
• Performs security testing and code review to improve security.
• Develops engineering designs for new software solutions to mitigate vulnerabilities.

Skills

Security engineering

REST APIs

Distributed systems

Linux scripting

Cloud architecture (AWS)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

Kubernetes

Git/Jira

Jenkins/GitLab

Maven

CloudFormation

Job description

Senior Cyber Software Engineer

Job Locations: US-MD-Annapolis Junction

Responsibilities

The Cyber Software Engineering, Senior Advisor implements, tests, and operates advanced software security techniques in compliance with technical reference architecture. Performs on-going security testing and code review to improve software security. Troubleshoots and debugs issues that arise. Provides engineering designs for new software solutions to help mitigate security vulnerabilities. Contributes to all levels of the architecture and maintains technical documentation. Consults team members on secure coding practices. Develops a familiarity with new tools and best practices.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• TS/SCI with polygraph
• Fourteen (14) years' experience as a SWE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, complexity is required.
• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required. Four (4) years of additional SWE experience on projects with similar software processes may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.

Core Competencies and Skills:

• Experience in agile software development/engineering, including requirements analysis, software development, installation, integration, evaluation, enhancement, maintenance, testing, problem diagnosis/resolution, and source code management practices & tools.
• Experience developing software with high level languages such as Java, C, C++ for distributed systems, with proficiency in networking, multi-threading and implementation of REST APIs
• Experience with the Spring framework, messaging frameworks (Kafka, RabbitMQ), streaming analytics (Apache Flink, Spark), management of containerized applications (Kubernetes).
• Experience with Enabling tools (Git, Maven, Jira), DevOps (Bamboo, Jenkins, GitLab Cl/Pipelines), Continuous Monitoring (ELK Stack (ElasticSearch, Logstash and Kibana), Nagios)
• Experience with Apache Hadoop, Apache Accumulo and Apache NiFi
• Well-grounded in Linux fundamentals and familiarity with scripting languages (e.g., Python, Ruby, Perl, BASH, etc.)
• Experience with AWS Cloud architecture, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Cloud security, and Automation (AWS Lambda, CloudFormation)

Benefits

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program, which includes 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 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.

EEO Statement

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