Senior Software Developer

Peraton is seeking a Senior Software Developer with strong technical and team collaboration skills to help drive new product delivery as part of successful deployment of the Space Weather Analysis Forecasting Service (SWAFS)/ GovCloud solution. Candidate will act as primary point of contact for team consumption of technical requirements from Product-owner, Chief Systems Engineer, Software Developers, Engineers, and Architects.  Join our dynamic team to Do the Can’t Be Done! 

 

What you'll do:

 

The Senior Java Developer, in conjunction with assigned SCRUM Master, will build out the technical tasks, populate the SaFE/Agile backlog, and drive technical development parameters, code development and integration using established tools, techniques, processes, and define product delivery, expectations, or validate requirements.  Works with Software/System Architects, Data/Space Scientists, Cyber-Security and other technical leads on establishing/adhering to industry coding standards and implements best practices.

• Participate in all phases of development from definition and design through implementation, unit test and code deployment.
• Develop and execute meticulous unit tests to ensure quality of releasable software.
• Participate in peer code reviews.
• Assist in defining structured practices especially in source code management, build and release management. 
• Participate in usability reviews and lead improvements in SW design.
• Collaborate with product management and engineering to define and implement innovative solutions for the SW. 
• Establish and promote design guidelines, best practices and standards. 

• Develop application code primarily in Java, with additional contributions in JavaScript, Python, C#, and C++.

• Collaborate closely with developers, testers, platform engineers, and software architects to build, maintain, and enhance codebases for both active development and deployed applications.

Required Qualifications:

• Associates degree with minimum of 10 years' relevant experience; OR Bachelor’s degree with minimum of 8 years’ relevant experience; OR Master’s degree with 6 years’ relevant experience. Four (4) years of relevant experience can stand in place for equivalency in lieu of degree.
• This position requires the candidate possess a minimum of Secret clearance with the ability to upgrade to Top Secret. The candidate must maintain the clearance.
• Must be fully proficient with coding in JAVA 
• Proficient experience with SpringBoot
• Familiarity with Docker and CI/CD deployment process
• Intermediate knowledge of AWS development environment, AWS Workspace and/or Coder
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process. 
• Must be able to translate high-level engineering requirements (SW features) into interaction flows and artifacts, and transform them into tasks for the individual or team (stories). 
• Must be able to decompose technical requirements into consumable stories / work packets or "T-shirt sizes". 
• Intermediate knowledge of Git and Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines. GitLab a plus. 
• Ability to provide customer-facing presentations of codebase, functionality, and/or improvements (under the hood). 

Desired qualifications:

• Prior Space Weather coding experience is desired
• Familiarity in other languages, C, C#, C++, Python, Ruby, JavaScript, and CSS are beneficial 
• Familiarity and experience with Apache Camel
• Ideal developer is meticulous, thorough, able to accept/offer objective critique for one's own code and during peer reviews.
• Must be a self-starter! This position works collaboratively at times, or with minimum direction.
• Ability to be flexible, meet tight deadlines, pivot when priorities change, and project calm during stressful situations.
• Intermediate-level knowledge of AWS/C2S Cloud solutioning. 
• Able to lead cross-team collaboration.
• Investigative skills to track and determine problems and perform root-cause analysis of code issues.
• Ability to capture knowledge and document processes, clearly, and concisely.

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. 

 

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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.

$104,000 - $166,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.