Cloud Software Engineer, Advisor

Peraton is seeking a skilled Cloud Software Engineer to join our Cyber Intel team here in Laurel, MD. 

As a Cloud Software Engineer, you are expected to perform requirements analysis, software 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, Software Engineers may be responsible for evaluating project needs, determining tasks and durations, and generating and reviewing designs for technical accuracy, completeness.

Basic Qualifications:

• Active TS/SCI security clearance with a current polygraph is required
• Shall have at least eight (8) years of experience in software development/engineering, includingrequirementsanalysis, software development, installation, integration, evaluation, enhancement,maintenance, testing, andproblem diagnosis/resolution.
• A Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or in a related technical field is required. An additional four (4) years of experience can be considered over the degree. NOTE: A degree in Mathematics, Information Systems, Engineering, or similar degree willbe considered as atechnical field.
• One of the following certifications required:
• AWS Certified Developer-Associate
• AWS DevOps Engineer Professsional
• Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
• Elastic Certified Engineer

Core Competencies:

• Willingness to be a committer/contributor to open source applications
• Java programming for distributed systems, with experience in networking and multi-threading
• Apache Hadoop
• Apache Accumulo
• Apache NiFi
• Agile development experience
• Well-grounded in Linux fundamentals and knowledge in at least one scripting language (e.g.,
• Python, Ruby, Perl, etc.)
• Experience with source code management practices and tools
• Enabling tools: Git, Maven, Jira
• Continuous Integration / Continuous Testing: Bamboo, Jenkins, GitLab Cl/Pipelines
• Continuous Monitoring: ELK Stack (ElasticSearch, Logstash and Kibana), Nagios
• Familiarity with microservices software development technique and container-orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes)

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 participation 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.