Cloud Software Engineer, Senior Associate

Cloud Software Engineer Cyber Missions Team
Location: Laurel MD

Peraton is looking for a passionate Cloud Software Engineer to join our Cyber Missions team in Laurel this role youll be part of a product-focused development team building and enhancing mission-critical software that operates at scale on large compute clusters. If you enjoy solving complex problems working with cutting-edge cloud and distributed technologies and seeing your work make a real-world impact this role is for you.

What Youll Do

• Design develop and enhance new software capabilities in an agile environment

• Build and optimize high-performance scalable systems deployed across large compute clusters

• Test tune and improve system performance and reliability

• Support operational and sustainment activities for deployed products

• Collaborate closely with engineers stakeholders and mission partners throughout the software lifecycle

What You Bring

• Strong experience with Java particularly for distributed multi-threaded systems

• Hands-on expertise with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Ansible and Puppet

• Solid experience with CI/CD pipelines automated testing deployment and monitoring

• Familiarity with Agile development practices and modern source control tools

• Strong Linux fundamentals and proficiency in at least one scripting language (e.g. Python Ruby or Perl)

• Experience or working knowledge of microservices architectures

• Familiarity with containerization technologies such as Docker and container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes

• Hadoop/Cloud Developer Certification

• Willingness to participate in a rotating Tier III on-call support schedule

Work Environment

This role is based on-site at the customers location in Laurel MD. While regular telework is not typically supported occasional ad-hoc telework may be available for qualified team members based on project needs.

Required Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with current polygraph
• 6 years of professional software engineering experience across the full development lifecycle

• 4 years of hands-on development with Java C or C

• 3 years of experience with software integration and testing including test plan and script development

• 3 years of development experience on UNIX/Linux systems

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or a related technical field (or equivalent experience) will equal 3 years of experience towards the above requirements.
• Masters degree may substitute for 5 years of experience towards the requirements

• Must have or obtain one of the following certifications prior to starting:

  • AWS Certified Developer Associate

  • AWS Certified Machine Learning Associate or Specialty

  • AWS DevOps Engineer Professional

  • Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)

Preferred Experience

• Big data and open-source technologies: Hadoop Accumulo NiFi

• Databases and messaging: MongoDB ActiveMQ (or similar)

• Frameworks and scripting: Spring Python Bash

• AWS and hybrid cloud environments

• Knowledge of security and compliance best practices

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.