Microservices Software Engineer

Peraton is seeking a Microservices Software Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located in Herndon, VA. The qualified applicant will become part of Peraton's Department of State (DOS) Consular Systems Modernization (CSM) Program, for the Bureau of Consular Affairs (CA). This initiative is intended to modernize and consolidate the operational environment under a common technology framework in order to better support the services provided to CA's customers.

As part of the modernization program, the Microservices Software Engineer will be responsible for supporting the full software development lifecycle (SDLC), including requirements definition and prototyping, software design, implementation, testing, and maintenance.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Define functional and non-functional software requirements for user stories in alignment with Agile methodology.
• Develop prototypes to support product and/or technology evaluations.
• Design software using industry standard design patterns and best practices to improve maintainability, flexibility, performance, security, and availability.
• Implement enterprise web-based applications (Java/Spring/Spring technology stack) within a Agile environment.
• Develop service-based solutions (SOA and REST-based web services) using the Java/Spring/Spring Boot technology stack.
• Develop automated unit and integration tests that can be incorporated into CI/CD pipeline.
• Support CI/CD initiatives and utilize static code analyzers to ensure high quality source code.
• Support software testing activities, including IV&V, and provide timely software defect resolutions.
• Provide production and operational support, as needed, to ensure deployed software meets functional and non-functional requirements.
• Familiarity with docker/OpenShift environment a plus.

DOSCSM

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree and at least eight (8) years' experience.
• Experience in software development and maintenance projects with involvement in requirements management, technical design/development, and deployment steps within SDLC.
• Experience supporting software development activities for software projects specializing in the development of enterprise web applications.
• Experience with full-stack development using the Java technology stack to implement enterprise web-based applications.
• Experience developing 508 compliant solutions.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbally and in writing.
• Must be able to obtain or have an Active Secret (or higher) clearance. Interim clearances acceptable.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience developing single page applications using a client-side rendering framework (AngularJS, Angular, React, etc.) and responsive CSS framework (Bootstrap, Material Design, etc.)
• Experience developing SOA web services using Oracle Middleware solutions.
• Experience developing service-based solutions using the Java technology stack, building REST-based services (Spring MVC, Spring Boot, etc.), and deploying container-based microservices architecture (Docker, Spring Boot, Kubernetes, etc.)
• Experience in enterprise software system modernization efforts.
• Experience in cloud-based environments including the development of software that supports architectures that involves public/hybrid clouds.
• Experience developing and deploying software systems in an incremental manner using Agile methodology.
• Experience with static code analyzers (CAST, HP Fortify, SonarQube, etc.)
• Experience developing structured transactional database solutions using an RDBMS database (Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc.)
• Experience developing high volume, highly available, and secure software systems.

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.