Systems / Software Engineer

Peraton; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 112,000 - 179,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO 25 days

Bonus plan

Subsidized employee benefits

Job summary

Peraton seeks a Software Test Engineer to support the EMMETT SDA I&W program in Herndon, VA or Aurora, CO, delivering test planning, execution, and validation across development, integration, and production environments.

You will maintain test scripts, design tests, analyze results, and document issues in Jira, leveraging tools like Jira/Jenkins/Gitlab/Ansible in a Linux ecosystem. A TS/SCI with poly is required for the role.

Qualifications

• Degree/experience requirements: 2+ tiers of education and experience as stated.
• Requires TS/SCI with polygraph eligibility and successful polygraph within 30 days.
• 4+ years in software testing; 4+ years writing test plans/procedures.
• 4+ years in Agile software development environments (dev, integration, pre-prod, prod).
• Familiarity with Rancher, Kafka, Kubernetes, Active MQ.
• Core tools: IC Connect, Swagger, Rancher, Elastic for testing tasks.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and enhance test scripts; execute tests for development, integration, regression, and UAT.
• Design, write test plans/procedures; analyze results and review code as needed.
• Document bugs in Jira and produce test reports.

Skills

Agile development

Test automation

Test planning

Linux knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years experience; OR Masters with 6+ years experience

Tools

Jira

Jenkins

Gitlab

Ansible

Rancher

Kafka

Kubernetes

Active MQ

IC Connect

Swagger

Elastic

Job description

Responsibilities

Peraton is seeking a SoftwareTest Engineer in Herndon, VA or Aurora, CO location to support Intelligence Community and DoD customers as part of a talented, high-performing team. As part of this team you will work with emerging service and distributed computing technologies for satellite situational awareness (SSA) data processing and distribution.

The EMMETT program, a next gen Space Domain Awareness (SDA) Indications and Warning (I&W) system, establishes a repository of resident space objects (RSOs), finds RSOs of interest, and provides data to ground operators. The EMMETT team uses: programmatics, sensor modeling, and system engineering expertise to deliver this world-class SDA I&W system.

What you'll do:

• Utilize experiencein maintaining and enhancing test scripts and creating and executing test procedures to support development, integration, regression and user acceptance testing.
• Design and write test plans and procedures, analyze test results and develop and review code as necessary.
• Document bugs in Jira and provide test reports.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Associates degree with 10+ years of relevant experience; OR Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of relevant experience; OR Masters with 6+ years experience. Additional Four (4) years of experience may be considered in lieu of a Bachelors degree.
• This position requires the candidate possess a minimum of Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibilityand pass a polygraph within 30 days of employment or at customers request- contract requires TS/SCI with poly. The candidate must maintain the clearance.
• Four (4) years experience with software testing
• Four (4) years experience creating test plans/procedures
• Four (4) years experience in an Agile software development environment - development, Integration, Preprod, Production Environments
• Familiarity with either:Rancher, Kafka, Kubernetes, Active MQ
• Baseline utilization of core tools—including IC Connect, Swagger, Rancher, and Elastic—to execute testing tasks without team guidance.
• Functional understanding of a system's environment and cluster configurations, including the independent identification and setup of API locations.
• Working knowledge of services architecture and how individual system functionalities interact with one another.
• Proactive, independent information gathering and self-study between team touchpoints, ensuring that each subsequent sync shows measurable progress.
• Experience working with Jira, Jenkins, Gitlab, Ansible

Desired Qualifications:

• Active Polygraphis preferred
• Experience supporting customer-facing test events or requirement sell-off activities
• Experience working in a Linux based environment
• Experience working with an RDBMS (Postgres, MySQL, etc.)
• Experience creating or maintaining automated software testing scripts/tools (Selenium, Cypress, etc.)

Benefits:

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on 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 eligible to participate in an attractive bonus plan.

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

$112,000 - $179,000. 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.