AWS Lead Software Engineer

The Global Health and Financial Solutions team is seeking an experienced AWS Software Engineer to lead the design and development of cloud-native applications that support United States Medicare beneficiaries. As a key member of our agile team, you will be responsible for building and maintaining front-end and back-end components, APIs, and scalable cloud solutions. This role requires a collaborative, customer-focused engineer who thrives in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment and is committed to delivering high-quality solutions and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders across all levels of the organization.
• Design and develop web applications, APIs, and user interfaces using AWS services, Java, JavaScript, React (or similar technologies), and Amazon databases such as RDS and DynamoDB.
• Lead architectural strategy, including migration and hosting of applications on AWS.
• Conduct requirements analysis, software design, development, testing, and debugging of custom solutions.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines to enable automated deployments to AWS.
• Document technical specifications in Confluence, manage work using Jira, and collaborate via Slack.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to leverage platform capabilities, templates, and improve application performance.
• Conduct code reviews and provide mentorship to junior developers.
• Actively contribute to agile development processes, including sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.
• Manage diverse tasks, including both small projects and development assignments.
• Other responsibilities as assigned

Required Qualifications:

• 8 years with Bachelors, 6 years with Masters or 3 years with PhD in Computer Science, IT, or related field
• Experience developing software applications on AWS
• Experience with Spring Boot
• Experience with AWS Database, such as Amazon RDS, Aurora, and DynamoDB
• Very Strong Java skills and experience required
• Experience with program languages and technologies including Groovy, Python, Bash, Go, Markdown, XML, JSON, SQL, ReactJS, CSS, XHTML
• 3 years of experience in designing, implementing and consuming CI/CD Pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, Maven, Groovy, Ansible, SonarQube or similar toolsets
• Demonstrated experience building and implementing APIs on AWS
• Experience using GitHub, Jira, Confluence, TestRail
• Experience building, troubleshooting, and supporting enterprise applications while maintaining 24/7 availability
• Active AWS Certified Developer - Associate or AWS Solution Architect – Associate Certification
• US Citizenhip Required
• Ability to obtain a Public Trust

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.