Software Engineer

Peraton•Schriever AFB, CO

6h•$86,000 - $138,000•Onsite

About The Position

Ready to make an impact! Peraton is seeking motivated Software Engineer in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to support our Front Range Operations and Sustainment Team (FROST) program, and to provide satellite support service to our mission critical Government customer. FROST conducts real time on-orbit support, launch ascent support and End-of-Life operations for all NOPS supported operations. You will work with the FROST Software team working in a state-of-the-art dynamic environment to develop new containerized software and maintain existing software for different needs on the program. Responsible for, but not limited to, the following: Maintain software used to establish connections for status & control of ground equipment. Provide Java software development. Perform all aspects of software engineering support required to implement systems. Also maintain software that handles scheduling of on-orbit contacts, and orbit calculations. Write software that supports launch operations with trajectory calculations for the SpaceX and ULA vendors. Provide support to team members primarily with Java development and utilizing the Spring Boot framework. Develop React-based user interfaces for operator interaction. Assist writing microservices that interact with a variety of vendor interfaces for data processing. Deploy new containerized applications in Kubernetes environments. Assist with new customer requests by extending and enhancing existing capabilities and creating new ones where needed. Provide SME support to On Contract Growth or Sector Growth opportunities as applicable. FROST mission critical support requires maintaining a team presence 24 hours per day, seven (7) days per week, and 365/366 days per year, including federal holidays.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of experience OR a master’s and 3 years’ experience OR a High School diploma / equivalent with 9 years’ experience may be considered in lieu of degree
Work on-site at Schriever SFB, near Colorado Springs, CO
Must have an active TS/SCI with a POLY
Experience and proficiency with Java programming language
Knowledge with Spring Boot framework or other similar experience
Applicants selected will be subject to government security investigations and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Nice To Haves

Knowledgeable with IDE for Java software development or other similar experience
Experience with software development in cloud environments
Experience with Gitlab or other similar experience and Git distributed version control system
Experience with NoSQL databases, such as MongoDB
Experience with Docker/Kubernetes
Experience using/writing Ansible automation scripts
Experience with C++ programming language
Working knowledge of SQL databases

Responsibilities

Maintain software used to establish connections for status & control of ground equipment.
Provide Java software development.
Perform all aspects of software engineering support required to implement systems.
Maintain software that handles scheduling of on-orbit contacts, and orbit calculations.
Write software that supports launch operations with trajectory calculations for the SpaceX and ULA vendors.
Provide support to team members primarily with Java development and utilizing the Spring Boot framework.
Develop React-based user interfaces for operator interaction.
Assist writing microservices that interact with a variety of vendor interfaces for data processing.
Deploy new containerized applications in Kubernetes environments.
Assist with new customer requests by extending and enhancing existing capabilities and creating new ones where needed.
Provide SME support to On Contract Growth or Sector Growth opportunities as applicable.