Software Development Space Weather

Peraton is seeking a Senior Software Developer to support our customer who is located in Colorado Springs. We are seeking an individual with strong technical and team collaboration skills to help drive new product delivery as part of successful deployment of the Space Weather Analysis Forecasting Service (SWAFS)/ GovCloud solution. Candidate will act as primary point of contact for team consumption of technical requirements from Product-owner Chief Systems Engineer Software Developers Engineers and Architects. Join our dynamic team to Do the Cant Be Done!

What youll do:

The Senior Java Developer in conjunction with assigned SCRUM Master will build out the technical tasks populate the SaFE/Agile backlog and drive technical development parameters code development and integration using established tools techniques processes and define product delivery expectations or validate requirements. Works with Software/System Architects Data/Space Scientists Cyber-Security and other technical leads on establishing/adhering to industry coding standards and implements best practices.

• Participate in all phases of development from definition and design through implementation unit test and code deployment.
• Develop and execute meticulous unit tests to ensure quality of releasable software.
• Participate in peer code reviews.
• Assist in defining structured practices especially in source code management build and release management.
• Participate in usability reviews and lead improvements in SW design.
• Collaborate with product management and engineering to define and implement innovative solutions for the SW.
• Establish and promote design guidelines best practices and standards.

Technical:

• Writing application code with programming languages -- JAVA (required) other languages JavaScript Python C# C (beneficial)
• Working with Developers Test Platform and SW Architects to produce maintain and update code in applications under development or deployed.
• Understand fully REST data / services feeding into a SaaS applications -- promote/facilitate best practices among Team.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree with minimum of 8 years relevant experience OR Masters degree with 6 years relevant experience. Four (4) years of relevant experience can stand in place for equivalency in lieu of degree.
• This position requires the candidate possess a minimum of Top-Secret clearance with the ability to obtain TS/SCI. The candidate must maintain the clearance.
• Must be fully proficient with coding in JAVA
• Familiarity in other languages C C# C Python Ruby JavaScript CSS are beneficial (desired)
• Proficient experience with SpringBoot
• Ideal developer is meticulous thorough able to accept/offer objective critique for ones own code and during peer reviews.
• Familiarity with Docker and CI/CD deployment process
• Intermediate knowledge of AWS development environment AWS Workspace and/or Coder
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process.
• Ability to be flexible meet tight deadlines pivot when priorities change and project calm during stressful situations.
• Must be able to translate high-level engineering requirements (SW features) into interaction flows and artifacts and transform them into tasks for the individual or team (stories).
• Must be able to decompose technical requirements into consumable stories / work packets or T-shirt sizes.
• Intermediate knowledge of Git and Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines. GitLab a plus.
• Ability to provide customer-facing presentations of codebase functionality and/or improvements (under the hood).
• Ability to capture knowledge and document processes clearly and concisely.

Desired qualifications:

• Prior Space Weather coding experience is desired
• Familiarity and experience with Apache Camel

• Must be a self-starter! This position works collaboratively at times or with minimum direction.
• Intermediate-level knowledge of AWS/C2S Cloud solutioning.
• Able to lead cross-team collaboration.
• Investigative skills to track and determine problems and perform root-cause analysis of code issues.

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.