Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer – Graph Analytics

Peraton; West Laurel (MD); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days PTO

Bonus plan

Enhanced benefits

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a senior software engineer in Maryland with active TS/SCI clearance to lead cloud software research, development, and engineering services. You will drive the full SDLC for mission-critical applications, design distributed systems, and work with data scientists, engineers, and product managers to deliver robust cloud solutions.

Required are 20+ years SWE experience, a BS in CS or related field (or substitution), UNIX/Linux (RedHat) expertise, and strong NoSQL/Big Data,

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with current Polygraph required.
• Twenty (20) years of experience as a Software Engineer (SWE) for programs of similar scope and complexity.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related discipline; four additional SWE years may substitute for the degree.

Responsibilities

• Provide cloud software research, development, and engineering services.
• Lead full SDLC from requirements to deployment for mission-critical cloud apps.
• Develop end-to-end Full-Stack software services and large-scale distributed systems.
• Collaborate with data scientists, engineers, and product managers.

Skills

Security clearance TS/SCI

20+ years SWE experience

SDLC experience

Unix/Linux (RedHat)

NoSQL & Big Data

REST/JSON

Object-Oriented design

Full-stack development

Distributed systems

Graph data concepts

AI & pattern discovery

Cloud and scalability

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

Four additional SWE years substituting for degree

Tools

Hadoop

Hive

Pig

HDFS

Spring Boot ecosystem

Neo4j (graph data)

Cypher

Job description

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.

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.