2 days ago
Base Salary
$86k - $138k/yr
Responsibilities
- Co-lead the Architecture Definition Review of a 35-year-old legacy ground system written in Fortran, Ada, C, and C++.
- Develop and maintain technical architecture documentation and a living knowledge base for long-term system sustainment.
- Mentor software engineers through modernization and platform rehosting efforts, including AI-assisted workflows.
- Define software development processes, toolchain standards, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Drive agile practices including sprint planning, peer estimation, backlog management, and Definition of Done enforcement.
- Direct AI-assisted code comprehension workflows using NASA-approved tools.
- Develop backend effort estimates based on architecture analysis.
- Coordinate technical progress and formal review gates with NASA task monitors and program leadership.
- Lead architecture or software development teams of five or more engineers.
- Support configuration management, change request processes, and technical documentation for an undocumented or minimally documented legacy system.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field and 8 years of experience, or a master’s degree and 6 years of experience.
- Must be a U.S. citizen and provide proof of citizenship.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret security clearance and retain access to the government worksite.
- Demonstrated experience reading, analyzing, and reverse-engineering legacy code in C, C++, Fortran, or Ada.
- Experience leading formal architecture reviews of systems not originally built by the candidate, including undocumented or minimally documented systems.
- Hands-on experience with Linux/Unix-based development environments and relational databases such as PostgreSQL or Oracle.
- Proficiency with version control systems such as GitLab or GitHub and CI/CD tools such as GitLab CI or Jenkins.
- Experience with agile or iterative development, sprint planning, backlog management, and Definition of Done practices.
- Experience using JIRA or an equivalent agile project tracking tool.
- Experience leading software development or architecture teams of at least five engineers.
- Experience with formal configuration management, change request processes, and review gates in a government or DoD/NASA environment.
- Preferred experience includes NASA ground systems, space relay systems, mission-critical ground software, AI-assisted code comprehension tools, Python-based API or RAG code-analysis workflows, Oracle or MSSQL, legacy platform migration, MBSE tools, and Confluence.
- Familiarity with AskSage or equivalent approved government AI platforms, MagicDraw/Cameo, and technical knowledge management is preferred.
Benefits
- Work supports NASA’s White Sands Complex near Las Cruces, New Mexico.
- The role operates in a structured government program environment and requires access to a government worksite.
- Employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.
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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.