2 days ago
Base Salary
$135k - $216k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead the design, development, integration, deployment, and sustainment of software applications, services, libraries, and analytic pipelines for cyber operational data.
- Develop batch and streaming data ingestion, parsing, normalization, enrichment, correlation, indexing, and query functions across distributed data platforms.
- Translate mission questions, telemetry limitations, and analytic requirements into tested software with cyber operators, threat analysts, data engineers, and government leads.
- Mentor developers and establish coding, review, documentation, testing, and deployment practices.
- Design and integrate APIs, microservices, data interfaces, and event-driven services using documented contracts and appropriate protocols.
- Use Git-based workflows, including GitLab, for branching, merge requests, peer review, issue tracking, release management, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Apply object-oriented, functional, procedural, concurrent, asynchronous, and distributed programming practices.
Requirements
- A minimum of 8 years of professional software development experience designing, delivering, and maintaining production software.
- Education and experience combinations include 12 years with a BS/BA, 10 years with an MS/MA, 16 years with a high school diploma, or 14 years with an associate degree.
- Proficiency writing production code in at least two programming languages, including Python or another language suited to data processing, and demonstrated SQL proficiency.
- Experience with Git-based distributed version control and collaborative development workflows, including GitLab or an equivalent platform.
- Experience with software architecture, data structures, algorithms, debugging, automated testing, code review, secure software development, large datasets, distributed processing, databases, data pipelines, APIs, or streaming systems.
- Working knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/S, network and host telemetry, security events, cyber threats, and defensive and offensive cyberspace operations.
- Ability to lead technical implementation, resolve complex defects, communicate design decisions, and deliver documented, testable code.
- Ability to meet applicable DoD 8140 work-role qualification requirements, primarily Software Developer (621) under the DoD Cyber Workforce Framework.
- U.S. citizenship is required.
- Active TS clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain SCI clearance.
- Desired qualifications include experience with Scala, R, Julia, C++, Go, Rust, Java, TypeScript, C#, Apache Spark, Kafka, Flink, Hadoop, distributed SQL engines, graph databases, columnar data formats, high-volume event processing, cloud and container platforms, Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, infrastructure as code, GitLab CI/CD, DevSecOps workflows, statistical computing, machine learning, model integration, feature engineering, graph algorithms, data quality controls, schema evolution, telemetry provenance, time-series analysis, performance tuning, JCRS-D, Caspian, and Joint, Service, DoD, or Cyber Mission Force organizations.
Benefits
- Eligible employees may receive medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short- and long-term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off, and company-paid holidays.
- The position is located in Fort Meade, Maryland.
- The role may include overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.
- The application period is estimated at 30 days from the posting date, subject to business needs and candidate availability.
Tech Stack
Apache FlinkApache HadoopApache KafkaApache SparkC#C++DockerGitGitLab CI/CDGoJavaJuliaKubernetesLinuxPythonRRustScalaSQLTypeScript
Categories
BackendData Engineering
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.