Senior Software Engineer - CI/CD & Release Lead

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

Benefits offered by this job

Subsidized benefits coverage

25 days PTO accrued annually

Discretionary bonus plan

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Software Engineer to develop, maintain, and enhance advanced software systems across analytics, real-time processing, and business applications. You will work independently or in teams to design, test, and validate components, aligning with specifications and trades-offs between hardware and software solutions.

The role requires extensive SDLC experience, strong Java/C/C++ skills, and UNIX/Linux development on Red Hat.

Qualifications

• The candidate has 20 years of software engineering experience on complex, large-scale programs.
• 8+ years across the full SDLC with strong software delivery discipline.
• 6+ years with Java, C, and C++ in production environments.
• 5+ years developing for UNIX/Linux systems, including Red Hat.
• Bachelor’s degree in CS or 4 additional years of SWE experience in lieu of degree.

Responsibilities

• Lead software release management and define end-to-end schedules across multiple systems.
• Design, maintain, and evolve CI/CD pipelines and build automation for repeatable, auditable product builds.
• Implement Git-based branching, merging, and promotion strategies aligned with enterprise release and compliance requirements.
• Manage CM environments for hardware/software builds, staging, testing, and integration.
• Develop and enforce hardware/software version control processes, policies, and procedures.
• Define and apply configuration management processes, including build scripts and integration with development pipelines.
• Maintain and update CM Plans, artifact repositories (e.g., Artifactory), and infrastructure-as-code/build tooling (e.g., Make, Maven, CMake).
• Utilize UNIX/Maven and ticketing tools (JIRA, Confluence) for process documentation and status tracking.
• Communicate effectively across teams and stakeholders.

Skills

Java

C

C++

UNIX/Linux

Red Hat

SDLC experience

TS/SCI clearance

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science

Tools

Git

JIRA

Confluence

Maven

CMake

Artifactory

Make

Job description

Peraton is seeking a Software Engineer to develop, maintain, and enhance advanced software systems across analytics, real-time processing, and business applications. You will work independently or in teams to design, test, and validate components, aligning with specifications and trades-offs between hardware and software solutions.

The role requires extensive SDLC experience, strong Java/C/C++ skills, and UNIX/Linux development on Red Hat.