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

Peraton; Maryland; On-site; USD 146,000 - 234,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Heavily subsidized employee benefits

25 days PTO annually

Eligibility for attractive bonus plan

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Software Engineer with extensive experience in data management support. This role focuses on modernizing mega data repositories and facilitating compliant data movements through web-based applications.

The candidate should have at least 20 years of experience in software engineering, a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, and TS/SCI clearance. Additional qualifications include skills in Java, machine learning, and big data frameworks.

Peraton offers significant benefits, including a salary range from $146,000 to $234,000, plus bonuses and paid time off.

Qualifications

• TS/SCI with Polygraph level clearance is required.
• Twenty (20) years experience as a SWE in similar scope and complexity.
• Minimum of 6 recent years of development experience.

Responsibilities

• Devise strategies to extract meaning and value from data.
• Use query and visualization tools for data presentations.
• Collaborate with teams to understand mission needs.

Skills

Data extraction strategies

Statistical methods

Machine learning

Data visualization

Strong knowledge of structured data types

Java

Analytic development experience

Familiarity with data ontologies/schemas

Scripting (Python, Scala)

Big data frameworks (Pig, MapReduce, Spark)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline

Tools

NIFI

DataXplorer

GMAE

Job description

About Peraton

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees solve the most daunting challenges that our customers face. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Program Overview

Provides IC data management support to modernize mega data repositories, dataflow management, data provenance and compliance validation, and streaming solutions.

About The Role

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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Details

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.

Benefits Statement: Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at https://www.careers.peraton.com/benefits.

EEO

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