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Peraton

Runs and secures technology for federal agencies

Cloud Software Engineer

Backend EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeAnnapolis Junction, MD, USA

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 8 years of experience in software engineering, including requirements analysis, software development, installation, evaluation, enhancement, maintenance, and problem diagnosis and resolution.
  • A TS/SCI with polygraph is required.
  • Must be willing to obtain one of the listed certifications: AWS Certified Developer – Associate, AWS Certified Machine Learning – Associate, AWS Certified Machine Learning – Specialty, AWS DevOps Engineer Professional, or Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD).
  • Knowledge of data enrichment and conversion methods, data ontologies and schemas, structured data types including XML, CSV, and JSON, and databases.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field is highly desired and is considered equivalent to two years of experience. Mathematics, Information Systems, Engineering, or a similar degree is considered a technical field.

Responsibilities

  • Recommend new technologies and processes for complex software projects.
  • Serve as the technical lead of multiple software development teams; select the software development process in coordination with the customer and systems engineering; and ensure quality control of developed and modified software.
  • Delegate programming and testing responsibilities to one or more teams and monitor their performance.
  • Develop simple data queries for existing or proposed databases or data repositories.
  • Devise strategies to extract meaning and value from structured and unstructured data; use statistical methods or machine learning to discover patterns and entity behaviors; and use query and visualization tools such as DataXplorer and GMAE to present focused datasets.
  • Work with metadata domains to develop methodologies and techniques for automated data characterization.
  • Analyze and develop requirements to support characterization and ingestion of new and existing data types.
  • Collaborate with customer teams to understand mission needs and requirements.
  • Support web-based applications that automate data management for intelligence community data custodians, including the capture of information and approvals for compliant data movement, reuse, and integration with downstream tools.

Desired Qualifications

  • Analytic development experience using scripting languages such as Python and Scala to apply statistical libraries to data.
  • Experience with big data processing frameworks such as Pig, MapReduce, and Spark to scale algorithms across large datasets.
  • Experience combining at least two of analysis, computer science, mathematics, and software engineering to devise strategies for extracting meaning and value from large datasets.
  • Experience with predictive analytics, machine learning, and data mining.
  • Skill with data flows, Pig scripting, Hadoop MapReduce, and analytic tools.
  • Experience working with development and systems engineering teams, other stakeholders and agencies, and leadership.
  • Knowledge of data indexing and analytic development.
  • Experience working with cloud service providers and data stewards.
  • Demonstrated experience in network metadata processing, manipulation, and analysis in support of intelligence analysis.
  • JAVA/Python and working knowledge of NIFI.

About the Company

Peraton

Runs and secures technology for federal agencies

Peraton builds and runs secure technology for American defense, intelligence, space, and civilian agencies, from military networks to satellite ground stations. In 2025, the Federal Aviation Administration chose it to manage the overhaul of the nation's air traffic control system, replacing copper wiring with fiber and upgrading radar and radios. Its engineers, many holding security clearances, run and defend agency networks and data centers, write mission software, and operate space and communications systems, and agencies pay for this work through multiyear contracts. Peraton was formed in 2017, when private-equity firm Veritas Capital bought Harris Corporation's government IT business, and is based in Reston, Virginia.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Grant
Total funding
$60M
Headquarters
Reston, VA
Founded
2017

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