Software Engineer (Senior)

Peraton•,

64d•$104,000 - $166,000•Remote

About The Position

Peraton is seeking a Software Engineer (Senior) to support the MODES III program, which focuses on Military Community and Family Policy (MC&FP). The selected candidate will be responsible for architecting, leading, and delivering complex, secure, cloud-native applications and microservices within AWS GovCloud (IL2/IL4/IL5). Key aspects of the role include ensuring scalability, resilience, and alignment with RMF/ATO requirements. This is a remote position that requires an active Secret clearance.

Requirements

Active Secret clearance required.
10 years relevant experience with BS/BA degree or 8 years with MS/MA or 6 years with Phd or 14 yers w/o a degree or 12 years with AS/AA
Demonstration of capability within the Cyberspace IT workforce.
Successful applicants must satisfy Foundational Qualification standards via an approved industry certification (e.g., A+ or Network+) or documented equivalent military/educational training as defined in the DoD 8140 Qualification Matrix.

Nice To Haves

Eligible for Top Secret/SCI clearance.
AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect, AWS Security Specialty) or equivalent cloud certifications.
Experience with cloud-native data pipelines, analytics platforms, or data lake architectures.
Familiarity with NIST RMF, ATO processes, and DoD security compliance frameworks.
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, container orchestration, and microservices architectures.
CompTIA Security+

Responsibilities

Architecting, leading, and delivering complex, secure, cloud native applications and microservices (AWS GovCloud IL2/IL4/IL5), ensuring scalability, resilience, and RMF/ATO alignment.
Designing enterprise API contracts, secure data ingestion pipelines to the data lake, containerized deployments (K8s/EKS), autoscaling and observability, and HA patterns for production services.
Driving DevSecOps practices: CI/CD with security gates (SAST/DAST), automated deployment/rollback, IaC (Terraform/CloudFormation), and production runbooks.
Leading database architecture and backup/DR design, defining RTO/RPO, conducting DR exercises, and directing production incident response and post incident reviews.
Providing technical leadership to cross functional teams (UX, analytics, security), defining telemetry and web health KPIs for dashboards, and authoring RMF/ATO artifacts and eMASS inputs.
Familiarity with: AWS (EKS, Lambda, RDS), Docker/Kubernetes, Terraform, SAST/DAST tools, and Oracle RAC.