Software Engineering Manager - SATCOM

Peraton; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 216,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition reimbursement

Fertility treatment

Job summary

Peraton seeks a Software Engineering Manager to lead a team delivering secure, scalable satellite ground communications platforms. You will blend hands-on software development with people leadership, driving architecture, API services, and cloud-native solutions across AWS and multi-system environments.

You’ll mentor engineers, shape hiring and performance, and collaborate with MBSE, cybersecurity, and test teams to meet mission requirements and ensure maintainable solutions for government

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience, may have prior supervisory or management experience.
• Minimum Secret clearance required and must be maintained.
• Proficiency in Python for backend systems and API development, with experience in microservices and async messaging (PostgreSQL, Kafka, OAuth 2.0, JWT, Unix shell).
• Experience designing and optimizing relational databases and SQL-based capabilities (triggers, functions, stored procedures).
• Experience implementing authentication/authorization: RBAC, ABAC, OAuth 2.0, JWT; apply Zero Trust principles.
• Proficiency in frontend development: TypeScript, Vite, component-based architecture, state management, routing, responsive design.
• Experience with Git-based source control, code reviews, CI/CD, automated testing (unit/integration).
• Experience resolving production issues in ops environments; deployment with Docker, Kubernetes, Helm.
• Working knowledge of PKI; delivering software on AWS/Azure/GCP.

Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end architecture and implementation of cloud-native services by leading multi-tenant AWS platform design, scalable patterns, APIs and microservices.
• Contribute to full-stack development while guiding delivery through code reviews and best practices.
• Oversee line management: staffing, performance reviews, career development, daily team operations.
• Translate business, mission, and system requirements into software architectures and priorities.
• Collaborate with MBSE, Systems Engineering, Cybersecurity, and Test teams for traceability and alignment with requirements.
• Lead backend development in Python for APIs, automation, and data processing; develop platform-level services.
• Guide UI/Frontend development for reusable, accessible, scalable components; ensure consistency.
• Define secure authentication/authorization mechanisms across applications and services (RBAC, ABAC).
• Coordinate end-to-end integration, deployment, production support; enhance CI/CD and operational tooling with DevSecOps.
• Identify technical risks and gaps; develop mitigation strategies for program success.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and architectures suitable for secure government missions.
• Address complex challenges in satellite communications and ground-system infrastructure.

Skills

Python backend

TypeScript frontend

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Git/GitHub

RBAC/ABAC/OAuth2/JWT

Zero Trust

Architecture

Tools

PostgreSQL

Kafka

OAuth 2.0

JWT

Unix shell

Vite

Docker

Kubernetes

Helm

Job description

Software Engineering Manager - SATCOM

Job Locations: US

Responsibilities

Peraton is delivering advanced mission planning, digital engineering, and command-and-control capabilities supporting the U.S. Government's space communications enterprise. Our team uses modern MBSE practices to translate mission needs into precise, traceable, and verifiable technical requirements across a complex, multi-system environment.

As a Software Engineering Manager, you will manage and grow a team of software engineers while contributing directly to the design and delivery of core platform services supporting secure, scalable, and reliable satellite ground communications and data-transport capabilities. You will combine hands‑on software development with direct people management‑coaching engineers, driving career growth, leading hiring, and managing performance‑while fostering engineering best practices to ensure resilient, maintainable, and compliant solutions for U.S. Government missions.

In this role, you will serve as a senior technical contributor and engineering lead, providing technical direction to software developers while remaining hands‑on in architecture, design, development, integration, and troubleshooting. You will collaborate closely with systems engineering, MBSE, cybersecurity, test, DevSecOps, and customer stakeholders to ensure software solutions align with system requirements, architectural objectives, security requirements, and overall program goals.

What you’ll do:

• Drive end to end architecture and implementation of cloud native services by leading multi tenant AWS platform design, defining microservice and integration patterns, setting scalable and secure engineering standards, and delivering robust APIs, microservices, and backend capabilities.


• Contribute directly to full-stack software development while guiding team delivery through code reviews, peer mentoring, and engineering best practices to maintain high-quality, reliable solutions.


• Oversee line management responsibilities‑including staffing, performance reviews, career development, and daily team operations‑to build a collaborative, accountable, and growth-oriented engineering culture.


• Translate business, mission, and system requirements into software architectures, technical specifications, implementation strategies, and development priorities.


• Work closely with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), Systems Engineering, Cybersecurity, and Test teams to maintain traceability and alignment between requirements, models, software implementation, and verification activities.


• Lead and contribute to backend development using Python, including APIs, automation logic, data‑processing capabilities, and platform‑level services.


• Guide the design and development of user interfaces and reusable frontend components that provide consistent, accessible, scalable, and maintainable application functionality.


• Define and implement secure authentication, authorization, and role‑based access‑control mechanisms across applications and services.


• Lead end to end integration, deployment, and production‑support efforts by coordinating software integration with customers and mission partners, partnering with DevSecOps to enhance CI/CD and operational tooling, and driving structured investigation and resolution of complex software and production issues.


• Identify technical risks, architectural gaps, and software dependencies and develop mitigation strategies to support successful program execution.


• Evaluate emerging technologies, frameworks, and architectural approaches and recommend solutions appropriate for secure U.S. Government mission environments.


• Solve complex technical challenges associated with secure, highly available, and scalable satellite communications and ground-system infrastructure.

Qualifications

Required qualifications:

• 12+ years of experience, may have prior supervisory or management experience.


• This position requires the candidate to possess a minimum of Secret clearance. The candidate must maintain the clearance.


• Proficiency in Python for backend systems and API development, with experience in microservice architectures, backend service development, and asynchronous messaging using technologies such as PostgreSQL, Kafka, OAuth 2.0, JWT, and Unix shell scripting.


• Experience designing, implementing, and optimizing relational databases and SQLbased capabilities, including triggers, functions, and stored procedures.


• Experience implementing authentication and authorization mechanisms, including RBAC, ABAC, OAuth 2.0, JWT, and applying Zero Trust software development principles.


• Proficiency in modern frontend development using TypeScript, Vite, and contemporary practices such as componentbased architecture, state management, application routing, and responsive design.


• Experience with Gitbased source control (Git, GitHub), structured code reviews, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing practices, including unit testing, integration testing, and automated test workflows.


• Experience investigating and resolving production issues in operational environments and supporting deployment operations using Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm.


• Working knowledge of PKI concepts and experience delivering software on at least one major commercial cloud platform such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.

Desired qualifications:

• Ability to effectively collaborate with MBSE and Test engineering teams.


• Ability to prepare and present technical designs and recommendations to crossfunctional stakeholders.


• Ability to engage with endusers to clarify requirements or support implementation activities.


• Ability to learn new tools, technologies, or frameworks in support of evolving project needs.

Benefits

At Peraton, our benefits are designed to help keep you at your best beyond the work you do with us daily. We're fully committed to the growth of our employees. From fully comprehensive medical plans to tuition reimbursement, tuition assistance, and fertility treatment, we are there to support you all the way.

Peraton Overview

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 do the can't be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Target Salary Range

$135,000 - $216,000. 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.