Senior Software Development Engineer (JAVA Software)

Peraton•Herndon, VA

91d•$112,000 - $179,000•Onsite

About The Position

Peraton is looking for a Senior Java Software Engineer in Herndon, VA to join their satellite ground terminal application development team, supporting Intelligence Community and DoD customers. The role involves developing, testing, fielding, and maintaining Java-based ground terminal applications that enable critical satellite communications, emerging services, and distributed computing technologies. Key responsibilities include developing new system interfaces, integrating new hardware, migrating infrastructure services, testing system enhancements, and supporting customer needs. The work is crucial for reliable data exchange with multiple satellite platforms across various ground terminal locations.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree with 8 or more years of relevant experience.
Demonstrated experience in Java (minimum of Java 17) including usage of Stream APIs, Future APIs, Lambdas, Records, and other modern Java development features.
Must be a US Citizen
The candidate must be capable of obtaining a U.S. Government Top Secret/SCI clearance and pass a polygraph.

Nice To Haves

Experience building applications in Spring Framework/Spring Boot and Swing.
Experience with Java Persistence Architecture (JPA) and hibernate.
Experience with SQL relational databases especially MariaDB.
Experience with JavaScript, Angular, and/or Go.
Experience with cloud application development, especially AWS.
Experience developing and testing software that directly interacts with hardware components such as modems, antennas, timing equipment, etc.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, test, and maintain Java software components implementing our distributed ground terminal application. Critical technologies include remote systems network communications, event-driven and state-driven response management, hardware interface management, error logging, and exception handling.
Perform all aspects of software engineering required to implement highly integrated and internetworked hardware and software systems.
Perform software requirements analysis, develop new component architectures, software design, programming, and integration of new services at the unit, module, component, and system levels.
Work with the customer and application users to identify emerging needs and user interactions to define new system and application-level needs.
Work with Ground Terminal (GT) Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to design, develop, and maintain GT management software systems.
Adhere to customer guidance, security requirements, open standards, modern software development best practices, and Industry standards to the extent that operational requirements will allow.
Provide technical reports, white papers and other documentation as required to document all software engineering service activities.