Software Development - Space Domain

Peraton is seeking for a Junior Software Developer to join its National Security Space (NSS) Business Unit. The NSS Business Unit is responsible for developing and delivering engineering, software, and infrastructure solutions in support of the nation’s critical space-based infrastructure. Superior domain knowledge and communication skills are required along with the ability to successfully interface with corporate functional organizations in program execution.

This role will support the main effort in providing a collaborative, efficient, and effective approach to asset management of common assets and services. The purpose of this effort is to organize, modernize, and improve current processes to ensure that assets are available, documented, and updated as necessary to support the Government team and its mission.

What you'll do:

• Provide TS/SCI Java software development of modules. Some of these techniques include but are not limited to, event-driven or state-driven programming, error logging, and exception handling.
• Perform TS/SCI software analysis, architecture, engineering, and integration services at the unit, module, and system levels.
• Perform all aspects of software engineering support required to implement systems.
• Adhere to open standards and modern software development methodologies, including what is considered ‘best’ practices by Industry to the extent that operational requirements will allow.
• Provide technical reports, white papers and other documentation as required to documents findings of all software engineering service activities.

Required Qualifications:

• An Associates degree with 4+ years of relevant experience; OR Bachelor’s degree with 2+ years of relevant experience. Additional four (4) years of experience in lieu of a Bachelor's degree will be considered. 
• This position requires the candidate possess a minimum clearance of TS/SCI and pass a polygraph within 30 days of employment or at customers request- contract requires TS/SCI with poly. The candidate must maintain the clearance.
• Must be proficient in Java (Model, Entity, Data Transfer Object (DTO), Data Access (DAO))
• Experience with the Spring framework
• Experience with JUnit test creation, Remote Debugging (JDWP) and Spring Framework - MapStruct Annotations
• Experience with a relational database, such as PostgreSQL, REDIS (understand queries and commands)
• Experience working with Linux distributions and how to use commands and navigation
• Experience with Messaging like ActiveMQ and Camel Route
• Working knowledge of web application basics like HTTP, HTML, REST, WebSocket, CSS, and JavaScript
• Experience with JIRA, Confluence, and Gerrit/ GIT.
• Familiar with Microservices, Containerization, and Kubernetes

Desired Qualifications:

• Proficient in at least one scripting language such as Python
• Familiar with web server configuration on NGINX, Apache, or similar
• Familiar with Bootstrap and Less
• Experience with NiFi, developing flows and process groups
• Active CompTIA Security+ CE certification or working toward certification

Benefits:

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program, which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and eligible to participate in an attractive bonus plan. 

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.