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Cyber Software Engineer, Senior Advisor

2025-155117

CAtegory:

Cyber Security

Clearance:

Top Secret/SCI with Poly

Location:

Jessup
,
Maryland

Telecommute:

No remote/telework allowed
About Peraton

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.

Program Overview
Applies advanced computer science methods to create scalable solutions that address customer challenges, offering full life-cycle services from research to sustainment. Provides cyber defense through automated analytics for unique boundary protection using behavior and heuristic techniques.
About The Role

Peraton is seeking a mid-level software engineer to be responsible for analyzing user requirements to derive software design and performance standards for one or more software development teams. The candidate will ensure quality and that work is completed in accordance with constraints of the software development process being used. Responsibilities include the design, modification, and debugging of new and existing software while integrating into new or modified systems or operating environments.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required with fourteen (14) yearsexperience as a SWE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type and complexity is required. Four (4) years of additional SWE experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.
  • Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.
  • Experience developing applications and utilities using high-level languages, specifically C++, Java, and/or Python.
  • Experience performing software development tasks, including enhancements, bug fixes, and system maintenance standard development tools.   
  • Experience implementing and maintaining Kubernetes-based microservices architectures for both cloud and physical environments. 
  • Experience with Kubernetes monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack).

Preferred Qualifications

Candidates with these skills will be given preferential consideration. 

  • Expertise in Kubernetes cluster management, including the use of Helm charts, Operators, and Kubernetes-native monitoring tools.

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program, which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and participation in an attractive bonus plan.

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SCA / Union / Intern Rate or Range

Details

Target Salary Range: $146,000 - $234,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

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

Employee Benefits

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.