Junior Software Engineer

at  Peraton

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.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Active Public Trust clearance
• Bachelor’s degree
• Experience with UML software design tools (Enterprise Architect)
• Programming experience with MS SQLServer DB and/or Postgres DB
• Programming experience with scripting languages (Perl, JavaScript, PowerShell, etc.)
• Experience with Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodologies.
• Experience with Git and other software version control or management tools

Preferred Qualifications:

• Able to work both independently and collaboratively in groups.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Looking for an individual who is a self-starter, motivated to take on technical challenges and who is excited to learn.
• Knowledge of, or willingness to learn Fortran.
• Experience with Atlassian tool suite (Jira, FishEye/Crucible, BitBucket, etc.)

RESPONSIBILITIES

The Office of Space Weather Observations (SWO) under NESDIS is responsible for advancing space weather observational capabilities to meet NOAA programmatic needs. NOAA’s Space Weather Next (SWX) program maintains and extends space weather observations from various vantage points, selected to most efficiently provide comprehensive knowledge of the Sun and the near-Earth space environment needed to protect our technological infrastructure.
The Space Weather Ground Services (SWGS) is responsible for comprehensive ground services for all SWX projects, ensuring successful implementation and operation of observing assets and ensuring the continuity of space weather measurements made by SWFO-L1 and the GOES-R series satellites.
The SWGS Mission Operations Services (MOS) program must provide a full mission satellite command and control solution to support the L1 Series with two new independently launched observatories.
Peraton is seeking to hire a Software Engineer to join this new SWGS-MOS program.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze root cause of software anomalies.
• Code, test, and integrate software modifications to meet customer requirements.
• Develop software in accordance with architectural, design, security, and coding standards.
• Develop and execute unit tests and software integration tests.
• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to troubleshoot problems, analyze issues, generate documentation, integrate, test, and/or perform software updates.
• Evaluate emerging technologies for capability, supportability, and extensibility in support of system sustainment and modernization efforts.
• Interact with users and customers regarding requirements, problem solving, and general support.
• Perform all duties in accordance with software development and configuration management processes and procedures