Senior Software Engineer - Data Ingest (TS/SCI w/Poly)

Peraton; Corridor North (MD); On-site; USD 146,000 - 234,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage

25 days of PTO accrued annually

Eligibility for an attractive bonus plan

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Senior Software Engineer specializing in data ingest to support critical national security programs in Annapolis Junction, Maryland. Candidates must have a minimum of 20 years of experience, with a focus on data management and analysis, and must hold TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.

This role involves leveraging advanced statistical methods, collaborating with mission teams, and ensuring quality in software development processes. Comprehensive benefits, including subsidized health coverage and a generous PTO policy, are offered.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 20 years of experience as a Software Engineer.
• Clearance TS/SCI with Polygraph level required.
• Minimum of 6 years of recent development experience.

Responsibilities

• Devise strategies to extract meaning and value from data.
• Collaborate with customer teams to understand mission needs.
• Ensure quality control of all developed software.

Skills

Data extraction from structured and unstructured data

Statistical analysis and machine learning

Java development experience

Knowledge of XML, CSV, JSON

Database experience

Analysis and collaboration with mission teams

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline

Tools

DataXplorer

NIFI

Hadoop

Pig

Spark

Statistical libraries in Python and Scala

Job description

Senior Software Engineer - Data Ingest (TS/SCI w/Poly)

Job Location: US-MD-Annapolis Junction

Requisition ID: 2026-162776

Position Category: Information Technology

Clearance: Top Secret/SCI w/Poly

Responsibilities

The project supports a suite of web-based applications that automate data management for IC data custodians. The products facilitate the capture of information and approvals that allow for the movement of data through the customer mission space in a compliant manner. These products are critical to standardize and simplify data movement as well as data reuse and integration with downstream tools. The TTO is performed out of the Peraton facility and offers flexible hours.

• Devise strategies to extract meaning and value from structured and unstructured data
• Leverage statistical methods and/or machine learning to discover patterns and behaviors of entities
• Use query and visualization tools, such as DataXplorer and GMAE, to present question focused datasets in a story-like manner
• Work with various domains of metadata to develop new methodologies and techniques for automated data characterization
• Analyze and develop requirements to support the characterization and ingestion of new and existing data types
• Collaborate with customer teams to understand direct mission needs and requirements
• Devise strategies to extract meaning and value from structured and unstructured data; and collaborate with customer teams to understand mission needs.
• Knowledgeable with data enrichment/conversion methods, familiar with data ontologies/schemas, strong knowledge of structured data types (XML, CSV, JSON), and has database experience.
• Java, analytic development experience, and working knowledge of NIFI are highly desired.

Basic Qualifications

• TS/SCI with Polygraph level clearance is required
• Twenty (20) years experience as a SWE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required. 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.
• Minimum of 6 recent years of development experience
• Recommend new technologies and processes for complex software projects; Serve as the technical lead of multiple software development teams.
• Select the software development process in coordination with the customer and system engineering.
• Ensure quality control of all developed and modified software.
• Delegate programming and testing responsibilities to one or more teams and monitor their performance
• Develop simple data queries for existing or proposed databases or data repositories

Additional Desired Qualifications

• Analytic development experience using scripting languages such as Python and Scala to use statistical libraries against data
• Skilled with big data processing frameworks such as Pig, MapReduce and Spark to scale algorithms over large volumes of data
• Experience employing combination (2 or more) of analysis, computer science, mathematics, and software engineering skills to devise strategies for extracting meaning and value from large datasets
• Experience with predictive analytics, machine learning, and data mining
• Skilled with data flows, Pig scripting, Hadoop MapReduce, and various analytic tools
• Skilled working with development and SE teams, other stakeholders agencies, and leadership
• Knowledge of data indexing and analytic development
• Experience working with cloud service providers and data stewards
• Demonstrated experience in network metadata processing, manipulation, and analysis in support of intelligence analysis

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.

Target Salary Range

$146,000 - $234,000. 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

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