Cyber Journeyman Software Engineer

Ready to make an impact! Peraton is seeking a driven Journeyman Software Engineer to work side by side with our client in Aurora, CO.

As a Journeyman Software Engineer, you’ll work with the U.S. Space Force to develop and rapidly deploy the next generation of resilient Missile Warning (MW), Tactical Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (TISR), and Environmental Monitoring (EM) capabilities to deter attacks and provide critical information to our warfighters to defeat our enemies in battle. Your customer will trust you to not only test, analyze, evaluate, validate, and verify these systems, but also identify areas requiring urgent mitigation up front and early to develop this system with advanced technology solutions.  Grow your skills by merging innovative engineering methodologies and cross-disciplinary coordination to create tomorrow’s solutions. Join our team and create the future of Remote Sensing in the Air Force.

**Due to the nature of work performed within this facility, U.S. citizenship is required**

The Journeyman Software Engineer will be responsible for the following but not limited to:

• Support the Government sustainment software lead or appropriate Government project lead in software sustainment activities.
• Provide technical support to sustainment software deliveries.
• Support technical, status, and scheduling meetings; assess testing requirements and impacts to operations and training; and provide operations installation recommendations for all sustainment software deliveries.
• Develop and maintain a Government repository for all delivered ground and space operational software baseline versions
• Collect all delivered ground and space operational software baseline versions from each organization in order to populate the Government repository.
• Report all recommendations to the Government sustainment software lead or appropriate Government project lead.
• Assess all ground software deficiency reports identified to operations deficiency reporting boards and provide technical recommendations on category, priority, and impacts to operations.
• Monitor and analyze prime development contractor flight software development activities and provide technical assessments of suitability to meet operational requirements.
• Assess all flight software deficiency reports identified to operations deficiency reporting boards and provide technical recommendations on category, priority, and impacts to operations.

Required qualifications:

• Must have an active/current Secret security clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret / SCI clearance
• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering, or equivalent technical discipline with five (5) – seven (7) years of relevant experience; Master's degree and three (3) – five (5) years of relevant experience; PhD and zero experience – two (2) years of relevant experience; High-school Diploma/GED and nine (9+) years of relevant experience in lieu of a completed degree
• Minimum of three (3+) years of experience with software engineering for space-related (space, ground, software, hardware system) Major Defense Acquisition Programs
• Experience with agile software development processes integrating data from digital engineering (DE) reference models with agile management tools to provide traceability between user stories, requirements, and DE architecture views
• Experience with software engineering for operational systems, including comprehending development life cycles
• Knowledge of developing software architecture and implementing design
• Ability to analyze software development activities and provide technical assessments of suitability to meet operational requirements
• Ability to communicate and establish collaborative relationships with government clients, Federally Funded Research and Developmental Centers (FFRDC), and associate contractor teammates to achieve program goals
• Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills

Desired qualifications:

• A current TS/SCI security clearance
• Master’s degree in an engineering, mathematics, physics, or equivalent technical discipline
• Experience supporting space-based remote sensing systems
• Experience in developing with C# in Visual Studio or another object–oriented programming language
• Experience in designing and interfacing with SQL databases, including MySQL
• Experience with prototyping and rapid development
• Knowledge of cryptographic and security algorithms

Salary Range Estimates:

The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Peraton's total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards. In addition, Peraton provides a variety of benefits to employees.

Benefits:

At Peraton, our benefits are designed to help keep you at your best beyond the work you do with us daily. We’re fully committed to the growth of our employees. From fully comprehensive medical plans to tuition reimbursement, tuition assistance, and fertility treatment, we are there to support you all the way. 

Peraton drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted and highly differentiated national security solutions and technologies that keep people safe and secure. Peraton serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies across the intelligence, space, cyber, defense, civilian, health, and state and local markets. Every day, our employees do the can’t be done, solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers.