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.

CLOUD SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Peraton is seeking a Cloud Software Engineer to ake on a pivotal role with our elite Cyber Intelligence team in Laurel, MD. This isn’t your average dev job-here, your work directly supports national security and cutting-edge innovation. You’ll be part of an integrated product team, tackling high-impact challenges and engineering large-scale systems that matter.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

• Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.
• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field is required, or alternatively, an additional 4 years of relevant experience.
• A Master’s degree can substitute for 2 years of experience, reducing the total experience requirement to 6 years.
• A minimum of 8 years of experience in software development/engineering, including activities such as requirements analysis, software development, installation, integration, evaluation, enhancement, maintenance, testing, and troubleshooting.
• At least 6 years of experience developing software using high-level programming languages such as Java, C, or C++.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience developing software for UNIX/Linux (Redhat versions 3-5) operating systems.
• At least 3 years of experience in software integration and testing, including the creation and execution of test plans and test scripts.
• One of the following certifiations are required:
• AWS Certified Developer-Associate
• AWS DevOps Engineer Professsional
• Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
• Elastic Certified Engineer

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

As a key member of our agile team, you’ll help design, develop, and scale a powerful, full-featured cloud service running on large compute clusters and AWS infrastructure. Your day-to-day will include:

• Architecting and building mission-critical cloud software solutions
• Integrating Large Language Models (LLM) and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
• Tuning and optimizing for performance at scale
• Automating deployment and monitoring with cutting-edge DevOps practices
• Supporting the entire software lifecycle-from whiteboard to deployment (and beyond)
• Collaborating across disciplines to solve complex, real-world problems