Cloud Software Engineer Level 3 AI/ML TS/SCI w Poly
About The Position
Peraton is seeking a Cloud Software Engineer in Laurel, MD. This is a position on an integrated product development team. The candidate will have a primary focus of supporting all aspects of agile software design and development for a full-featured service hosted on large-scale compute clusters and AWS Cloud Infrastructure. Duties include design, development, testing and integration of capabilities, optimization & performance tuning, and operation & sustainment functions. As a Cloud Software Engineer, you are expected to perform requirements analysis, software design, development, installation, integration, evaluation, enhancement, maintenance, testing, and problem diagnosis/resolution at a high level of proficiency and independence. You are expected to communicate directions and provide guidance to more junior programmer/analysts, as required. Cloud Software Engineers must be adept at developing solutions which balance cost, capability, availability and resilience. Additionally, Cloud Software Engineers may be responsible for evaluating project needs, determining tasks and durations, and generating and reviewing designs for technical accuracy, completeness.
Requirements
- At least eight (8) years of experience in software development/engineering, including requirements analysis, software development, installation, integration, evaluation, enhancement, maintenance, testing, and problem diagnosis/resolution.
- A Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or in a related technical field is required. An additional four (4) years of experience can be considered over the degree. NOTE: A degree in Mathematics, Information Systems, Engineering, or similar degree will be considered as a technical field.
- Active TS/SCI security clearance with a current polygraph is required
- One Cloud Developer Certification is required: AWS Certified Developer-Associate, AWS DevOps Engineer Professional, Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD), Elastic Certified Engineer
- Experience with Large Language Models (LLM) and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
- Expertise in AWS Cloud Architecture design
- Proficiency in using AWS SDKs and APIs
- Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like CloudFormation or Terraform
- Expertise in Continuous Integration, Deployment, Testing and Monitoring practices
- Java programming for distributed systems, with experience in networking and multi-threading
- Agile development experience with source code management practices and tools
- Well-grounded in Linux fundamentals and knowledge in at least one scripting language (e.g. Python, Ruby, Perl, etc.)
- Familiarity with microservices software development techniques and container-orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes)
- Knowledge of security and compliance best practices
Responsibilities
- Design, development, testing and integration of capabilities
- Optimization & performance tuning
- Operation & sustainment functions
- Requirements analysis
- Software design
- Development
- Installation
- Integration
- Evaluation
- Enhancement
- Maintenance
- Testing
- Problem diagnosis/resolution
- Communicate directions and provide guidance to more junior programmer/analysts
- Developing solutions which balance cost, capability, availability and resilience
- Evaluating project needs
- Determining tasks and durations
- Generating and reviewing designs for technical accuracy, completeness
Benefits
- Heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents
- 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap
- Eligibility to participate in an attractive bonus plan
- Enhanced professional development opportunities, including training, certification programs, and skill-building experiences tailored to individual strengths, career goals, and role-specific requirements.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
