Join Peraton as a Cloud Software Engineer and help shape the future of Cyber Intelligence!Location: Laurel, MD Team: Cyber Intel – Product Development
Are you passionate about building impactful cloud-native solutions that operate at massive scale? Peraton is looking for a Cloud Software Engineer to join our high-performance Cyber Intel team. In this role, you’ll help design, develop, and deliver cutting-edge capabilities that power mission-critical systems across large compute clusters and AWS Cloud infrastructure.
You’ll be part of a collaborative, agile product team where your ideas matter and your expertise directly influences the success of our mission.
As a Cloud Software Engineer, you will:
Lead and contribute to the full software development lifecycle—from requirements analysis and design through implementation, integration, testing, and deployment.
Develop new product capabilities and optimize existing ones for performance, reliability, and scalability.
Support operations, maintenance, and sustainment of cloud-based systems.
Troubleshoot complex issues and provide innovative solutions with minimal oversight.
Mentor junior engineers and help guide technical direction.
Integrate or extend COTS/GOTS products into sophisticated, distributed architectures.
Assist in task estimation, project planning, and technical design reviews.
If you're excited to work with advanced cloud technologies, solve complex engineering challenges, and contribute to meaningful national-security missions, we’d love to hear from you!
Position Requirements:
Experience must include:
Strong experience with AWS SDKs, APIs, and cloud architecture design
Deep knowledge of AWS services and how to build resilient, scalable cloud solutions
Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as CloudFormation or Terraform
Expertise in CI/CD, automated testing, deployment, and monitoring best practices
Advanced Java development skills, especially for distributed systems, networking, and multi-threading
Hands-on Agile/Scrum development experience and familiarity with source control best practices
Solid understanding of Linux fundamentals and at least one scripting language (Python, Ruby, Perl, etc.)
Experience with microservices architectures and container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes)
Preferred Skills and Certification:
Apache Hadoop
Apache Accumulo
Apache NiFi
Security and compliance best practices for cloud environments
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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.
$146,000 - $234,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.
EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.
At Peraton, we're at the forefront of delivering the next big thing every day. We're the partner of choice to help solve some of the world's most daunting challenges, delivering bold, new solutions to keep people around the world safer and more secure.
How do we do it? By thinking differently. We're not mired in the past. We look at all problems with fresh eyes. We look past the obvious to bring the best talent, tech, and ideas together to completely transform how things get done. So bring your unique ideas, your entrepreneurial spirit, and your drive to succeed and get ready to be part of something bigger. Get ready to do the can't be done.
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