Software Engineering, Senior Associate

Peraton is seeking a Software Engineer II to support the design, development, testing, and deployment of software applications within the program. This role requires a strong technical background, excellent problem-solving skills, and the ability to work collaboratively in a SAFe Agile environment. The Software Engineer will play a critical role in maintaining the quality and efficiency of software solutions to support the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in detecting and preventing fraud, waste, and abuse within government-sponsored health programs.

Day to Day work Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, document, test and debug applications software and systems that contain logical and mathematical solutions using Java, Springboot and other related technologies.
• Confers with systems analysts, engineers, programmers, and others to design system and to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements and interfaces.
• Work with both client-side and server-side personnel and components to ensure the process of software development, integration and functionality is seamless.
• Design and implement RESTful APIs to support front-end functionalities and ensure smooth data flow between the server and client.
• Implement responsive user interfaces using HTML, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), and Angular to deliver a seamless user experience across multiple devices.
• Implement and optimize CI/CD pipelines for automated testing, deployment, and monitoring of applications.
• Design, implement, and manage databases, ensuring efficient and optimized queries for data retrieval and storage.
• Codes, tests, and implements computer programs in developmental and maintenance modes.
• Collaborate with product owners, Scrum Masters, DevSecOps engineers, and other stakeholders to deliver high-quality software solutions.
• Prioritizes and allocates projects, products, and resources with the assistance of architects and managers.
• Implement security best practices and protocols to safeguard web applications against potential threats.
• Monitors technology trends such as emerging standards for new technology opportunities.

Required Qualifications:

• BS/BA Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field and 2+ years’ experience, MS/MA and 0 years’ experience
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
• Expert proficiency in Java, Spring Boot, RESTful API development, microservices architecture, the ActiveMQ message broker, and containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with front-end technologies (Angular, React).
• Strong experience with the version control systems (GitHub) and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) tools (Jenkins).
• Strong experience with SQL, Python, Bash scripting, Linux, AWS services (Amazon MQ, SQS, S3, EC2, EKS, RDS, CloudWatch), and infrastructure as code tools (Terraform).
• Experience with test automation tools and frameworks such as Selenium, JUnit, TestNG, and Cucumber.
• Experience with databases (PostgreSQL, Oracle) and data modeling.
• Experience with system monitoring tools (Apache JMeter, Grafana, Splunk, New Relic, CloudWatch).
• Knowledge of data analytics tools (AWS QuickSight, Elasticsearch).
• Strong experience with agile methodologies (SAFe, Scrum) and tools (Jira, Confluence).
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work collaboratively in a fast paced, Agile team environment.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to identifying and addressing issues.
• Proven track record of innovation and continuous improvement.

Preferred Qualifications:

• BS/BA Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field and 5+ years’ experience, MS/MA and 3+ years’ experience
• SAFe Agile Certification
• Experience in healthcare IT and understanding of regulatory requirements such as HIPAA.
• Experience with Center for Medicare and Medicaid Service (CMS) or Federal Healthcare Programs
• Experience and/or knowledge of CMS processes and standards.
• Experience with creating dashboards and/or metrics with Jira/Confluence.
• Knowledge of AWS or AWS GovCloud & native AWS administrative tools and dashboards.
• Knowledge of SonarQube, Burp Suite, Apache JMeter
• Knowledge of New Relic, Splunk and Grafana
• Experience with CMS or other Federal Healthcare Programs

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 world’s 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 can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.