1 day ago
Laurel, MD, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$135k - $216k/yr
Responsibilities
- Analyze requirements and design, develop, install, integrate, evaluate, enhance, sustain, test, validate, and troubleshoot cloud software.
- Develop Java-based distributed systems, RESTful services, object-oriented systems, and solutions integrating FOSS/COTS products.
- Build and deploy applications using AWS cloud services, AWS SDKs and APIs, Infrastructure as Code, containers, and orchestration platforms.
- Develop and support distributed data-processing and analytics solutions using MapReduce, Hadoop, HDFS, and related technologies.
- Create and implement software integration and testing plans and scripts.
- Support AI/ML capabilities involving LLMs, RAG, agents, agentic workflows, and automated analytics.
- Produce technical documentation and specifications for software development projects.
Requirements
- At least five years of directly related software development or engineering experience, including requirements analysis, development, integration, testing, maintenance, and problem resolution.
- At least four years of experience developing software with high-level languages such as Java, C, or C++.
- At least three years of experience developing software for UNIX/Linux operating systems.
- At least three years of experience with software integration and testing, including test plans and test scripts.
- Experience with NoSQL products such as HBase, Accumulo, or Bigtable; MapReduce technologies such as Hadoop, Hive, or Pig; HDFS; JSON or BSON serialization; and RESTful services.
- Experience designing at least one object-oriented system, integrating and extending FOSS/COTS products, and producing technical documentation.
- Experience or coursework in at least two desired areas, including cloud deployment, big-data scalability, automated analytics, taxonomies, event-driven or data-driven analytics, linguistics, social-network analytics, ontologies, schemas, or heterogeneous schema environments.
- An active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.
- Must have or obtain before starting one qualifying certification: AWS Certified Developer-Associate, AWS Certified Machine Learning-Associate, AWS Certified Machine Learning-Specialty, AWS DevOps Engineer Professional, or Certified Kubernetes Application Developer.
- A bachelor's degree in computer science or a related technical field is highly desired and may be considered equivalent to two years of experience.
- Preferred qualifications include LLM, agentic AI, and RAG experience; AWS architecture and SDK/API expertise; CloudFormation or Terraform; CI/CD, testing, monitoring, and observability; Java distributed systems; Linux scripting; Kubernetes; and security and compliance practices.
Benefits
- Heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for employees and dependents.
- 25 days of PTO accrued annually, subject to a generous PTO cap.
- Eligibility for a discretionary bonus plan.
- Enhanced professional development opportunities, including training, certification programs, and role-specific skill-building experiences.
- The role is based in Laurel, Maryland and requires an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
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About Peraton
Peraton builds and integrates mission systems, cyber, space, and intelligence solutions for U.S. defense, intelligence, and civil agencies. It delivers enterprise IT, satellite and terrestrial communications, and spectrum management under government contracts. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in Reston, Virginia and is privately held by Veritas Capital.