AWS Cloud Developer

Peraton is seeking an AWS Cloud Developer to be a part of a team supporting a federal financial customer. The successful candidate will lead and contribute to cloud-native solution development infrastructure automation and the modernization of mission-critical servicesincluding file transfer and messaging queue (MQ) platformsin a secure agile and innovative AWS environment. Peraton serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies across the intelligence space cyber defense civilian health and state and local markets. Every day our employees do the cant be done solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. This position is Hybrid required to work onsite some days and be willing to travel as required.

What will you do:

• Lead the strategic planning and execution of migrating and maintaining large complex data flows to modern cloud environments specifically leveraging AWS cloud technologies

• Write clean maintainable infrastructure-as-code (IaC) and cloud service logic using tools such as Python Ansible and AWS CloudFormation or CDK.
• Develop and deploy event-driven and containerized applications using Lambda Step Functions and Kubernetes (EKS).
• Support and enhance COTS products providing file transfer and MQ services (e.g. IBM MQ Connect:Direct) integrating them into modern AWS architectures.
• Perform troubleshooting performance tuning and documentation of AWS environments and deployed solutions.
• Coordinate closely with stakeholders across teams to manage integration and interface requirements ensuring clear communication and alignment with overall business objectives.
• Design and develop cloud-native solutions. This is an opportunity to use the latest cloud technologies as you look for ways to improve your clients environment using current cloud capabilities.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree and 5 years of experience . Additional 4 years of experience will be accepted in lieu of the degree.
• Professional experience in software development including substantial experience in technical leadership capacity.
• Strong background in AWS cloud engineering and development including experience with services such as: EC2 RDS DynamoDB S3 Lambda Step Functions CloudWatch CloudTrail SNS SQS Glue EKS/ECS
• Proficient in scripting and programming languages: Python Ansible Bash
• Experience developing or supporting infrastructure using CI/CD pipelines and DevOps principles.
• Experience with AWS CDK CloudFormation or Terraform.
• Working knowledge of containerization and orchestration (Docker Kubernetes).
• Experience communicating with business users and stakeholders.
• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain the required agency clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience supporting or integrating file transfer and MQ tools (e.g. IBM MQ Connect:Direct).
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and participation in Agile delivery teams (e.g. Scrum SAFe).
• Understanding of compliance and security best practices in federal financial cloud environments.

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 worlds 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 cant be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit to learn how were keeping people around the world safe and secure.