Software Developer - Big Data (Space Domain)

Peraton is looking for a Senior JAVA Developer in Herndon VA or Aurora CO 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 youll do supporting the Common Data Services (CDS) on EMMETT:

• Design develop and implement scalable and efficient data ingestion pipelines using Apache NiFi to collect transform and route data from diverse sources (e.g. satellite telemetry ground station data sensor feeds mission logs).
• Develop and maintain data processing applications primarily in Java ensuring high performance reliability and security for mission-critical systems.
• Design and manage NoSQL databases specifically MongoDB to store vast amounts of heterogeneous space-domain data optimizing for both read and write performance.
• Build and expose secure performant Data APIs (RESTful/GraphQL) to enable internal and external applications to access and consume processed data facilitating integration with analytics platforms visualization tools and other mission systems.
• Collaborate closely with data scientists aerospace engineers and mission specialists to understand data requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
• Implement data quality validation and governance processes within data pipelines to ensure data integrity and reliability.
• Monitor troubleshoot and optimize data workflows and database performance to ensure continuous operation and efficiency.
• Contribute to the full software development lifecycle including requirements analysis design coding testing deployment and documentation adhering to agile methodologies.
• Stay abreast of emerging technologies and best practices in data engineering cloud computing and the space industry.

Required Qualifications:

• A Bachelors degree with 8years of relevant experience; OR a Masters degree with 6 years of relevant experience. Additional four (4) years experience may be considered in lieu of a degree
• This position requires the candidate possess a minimum of Top Secret clearance with ability to upgrade to TS/SCI and pass a polygraph within 30 days of employment or at customers request- contract requires TS/SCI with poly. The candidate must maintain the clearance.
• Must be proficient in with Java (Model Entity Data Transfer Object (DTO) Data Access (DAO))
• Design develop and implement scalable and efficient data ingestion pipelines using Apache NiFi to collect transform and route data from diverse sources (e.g. satellite telemetry ground station data sensor feeds mission logs).
• Develop and maintain data processing applications primarily in Java ensuring high performance reliability and security for mission-critical systems.
• Design and manage NoSQL databases specifically MongoDB to store vast amounts of heterogeneous space-domain data optimizing for both read and write performance.
• Build and expose secure performant Data APIs (RESTful/GraphQL) to enable internal and external applications to access and consume processed data facilitating integration with analytics platforms visualization tools and other mission systems.
• Collaborate closely with data scientists aerospace engineers and mission specialists to understand data requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
• Implement data quality validation and governance processes within data pipelines to ensure data integrity and reliability.
• Monitor troubleshoot and optimize data workflows and database performance to ensure continuous operation and efficiency.
• Contribute to the full software development lifecycle including requirements analysis design coding testing deployment and documentation adhering to agile methodologies.
• Stay abreast of emerging technologies and best practices in data engineering cloud computing and the space industry.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with other big data technologies (e.g. Apache Kafka Apache Spark Hadoop).
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS Azure GCP) and their data services.
• Experience with containerization technologies (Docker Kubernetes).
• Knowledge of data warehousing concepts and methodologies.
• Experience with version control systems (e.g. Git) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Understanding of satellite data formats (e.g. NetCDF HDF5 CCSDS).
• Active CompTIA Security CE certification or working toward certification

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.

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