Software Development Lead

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.
Responsibilities

Peraton seeks a Java Software Developer that will play a key role in designing and developing AWS native applications for United States Medicare beneficiaries. Working as part of an agile team, this position will create front-end and back-end application components and APIs to support development and enhancement of cloud-based solutions. The successful candidate will be a strong collaborator to deliver a best-in-class customer experience. We are looking for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, is customer-focused, team oriented, with attributes and interpersonal skills that encourages creativity and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities include:

• Effectively collaborate as part of an agile team in the delivery of software components to includes participation in sprint ceremonies such as backlog refinement, sprint planning, daily stand up, retrospectives, etc.
• Demonstrates strong architecture and design skills building high-performing APIs using AWS services and Java.
• Design, communicate, and implement highly scalable, interactive application with high usability and ensure teams understand the roadmap to achieve the improved application.
• Analyze and asses the business needs of the customer and collaborate with product teams to iterate improvements on data products and services as well as troubleshoot functional and performance issues.
• Rapidly iterate on product ideas, build prototypes, proof of concepts, and lead discussions to explain plans, benefits, and risks to stakeholders to allow them to make informed decisions.
• Requirements analysis, software design, development, coding, testing, and debugging of custom solutions.
• Work with DevOps Engineers to enable automated deployments to AWS into existing CI/CD pipelines or through the creation and use of new CI/CD pipelines.
• Document solutions and specifications in Confluence, create and complete user stories via Jira, and collaborate with team members and stakeholders via Slack.
• Lead collaboration with other teams to leverage available platforms, infrastructure as code templates, and to continuously optimize application performance.
• Create back-end components using Java, Maven or Gradle, Junit, Spring Boot, Docker, Git, Jenkins, etc.
• Perform peer reviews of application code and mentor junior developers.
Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors or advanced degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field
• 8+ years Software Development experience or 6 years with Masters degree
• very strong java skills required.
• Hands-on experience developing and maintaining high performing AWS APIs & Web applications.
• Experience with program languages and technologies including Spring Boot, Maven or Gradle, Junit, Mocking Framework, Docker, Jenkins, and Python.
• Experience with AWS Database such as Amazon RDS, Aurora, and DynamoDB
• Experience using GitHub, Jira, Confluence, and TestRail
• Experience building, troubleshooting, and supporting enterprise applications while maintaining 24/7 availability.
Desired Qualifications:

• Previous Federal program or Medicare experience preferred.
• AWS Certified Developer - Associate or AWS Solution Architect - Associate preferred
Benefits:

At Peraton, our benefits are designed to help keep you at your best beyond the work you do with us daily. We're fully committed to the growth of our employees. From fully comprehensive medical plans to tuition reimbursement, tuition assistance, and fertility treatment, we are there to support you all the way.

Target Salary Range

$86,000 - $138,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

SCA / Union / Intern Rate or Range

EEO
An Equal Opportunity Employer including Disability/Veteran.

Our Values

Benefits
At Peraton, our benefits are designed to help keep you at your best beyond the work you do with us daily. We're fully committed to the growth of our employees. From fully comprehensive medical plans to tuition reimbursement, tuition assistance, and fertility treatment, we are there to support you all the way.

•Paid Time-Off and Holidays
•Retirement
•Life & Disability Insurance
•Career Development
•Tuition Assistance and Student Loan Financing
•Paid Parental Leave
•Additional Benefits
•Medical, Dental, & Vision Care