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Software Engineer Cloud, Lead Associate TSSCI wpoly

Peraton


Job Location:

Laurel, MD - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 176000 - 282000
Posted: 21 August 2026 (19 hours ago)
Application Deadline: 18 November 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Responsibilities

The team is seeking a Senior Level Cloud Software Engineer. This is a position on a large complex product development team. The candidate will have a primary focus of supporting all aspects of agile software design and development for products that are integrated into systems on large scale compute clusters. Duties include design & development of new capabilities testing optimization & performance tuning and operation & sustainment functions.

As a Senior Cloud Software Engineer you are expected to perform requirements analysis software design development installation integration evaluation enhancement maintenance testing and problem diagnosis/resolution at a high level of proficiency and independence. You are expected to communicate directions and provide guidance to more junior programmer/analysts as required. Cloud Software Engineers must be adept at developing solutions which integrated or extended COTS or GOTS products. Additionally Cloud Software Engineers may be responsible for evaluating project needs determining tasks and durations creating/executing test cases creating SOPs and Documentation Code Reviews and generating and reviewing designs for technical accuracy completeness.

Core Required Competencies and Skills:

  • Strong experiencewith JavaProgramming
  • Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Ansible and Puppet
  • Expertise in Continuous Integration Deployment Testing and Monitoring practices
  • Java programming for distributed systems with experiencein networking and multi-threading
  • Agile development experiencewith source code management practices and tools
  • Well-grounded in Linux fundamentals and knowledge in at least one scripting language (e.g. Python Ruby Perl etc.)
  • Familiarity with microservices software development technique and container-orchestration (e.g. Kubernetes)
  • Familiarity with Containerization (e.g. Docker)
  • Rotating Tier III On-Call Support & Emergency Surge Support may be required
  • Work is in the customer office regular/guaranteed telework is not generally supported at this time. (However there are some tasks or research projects available ad hoc for teleworking by qualified team members.)

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Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

  • High School Diploma / GED and 8 years of experience in software development/engineering including requirements analysis development integration testing and troubleshooting.
  • Note: Relevant education may be substituted for the required experience as follows:
    • Bachelors degree in Computer Science or a related technical field 2 years of experience
    • Masters degree in Computer Science or a related technical field 4 years of experience
  • Experience developing in high-level languages such as Java C or C.
  • Experience working in UNIX/Linux (RedHat-based) environments.
  • Experience in software integration and testing including test plan and script development.
  • Active TS/SCI with Polygraph is required.
  • Required Certification (one of the following):
    • AWS Certified Developer Associate
    • AWS DevOps Engineer Professional
    • AWS Certified Machine Learning - Associate
    • AWS Certified Machine Learning - Specialty
    • Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Apache Open-Source Hadoop
  • Apache Open Source Accumulo
  • ApacheOpen Source NiFi
  • MongoDB
  • Message Brokers (e.g. ActiveMQ)
  • Spring Framework Python and Bash
  • Knowledge of security and compliance best practices
  • AWS Cloudexperience hybrid cloud environments and similar commercial cloud technologies

Why Join Peraton

  • Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees supporting this critical National Security mission including:
  • Heavily subsidized medical dental and vision coverage for employees and eligible dependents
  • 25 days of PTO accrued annually
  • 10 paid holidays each year
  • Annual bonus opportunity tied to mission performance
  • Access to challenging mission-focused work utilizing modern cloud technologies at enterprise scale
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 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.

Target Salary Range
$176000 - $282000. 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 individuals 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.

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Peraton provides innovative solutions for the most sensitive and critical programs in government today, developed and executed by scientists, engineers, and other experts.

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