Responsibilities
Peraton is seeking a Senior Java Developer to support our Space Force customer located in Colorado Springs, CO. We are seeking an individual with strong technical and team collaboration skills to help drive new product delivery as part of successful deployment of the Space Weather Analysis Forecasting Service (SWAFS)/ GovCloud solution. Candidate will act as primary point of contact for team consumption of technical requirements from Product-owner, Chief Systems Engineer, Software Developers, Engineers, and Architects. Join our dynamic team to Do the Can’t Be Done!
Responsibilities:
The Senior Java Developer, in conjunction with assigned SCRUM Master, will build out the technical tasks, populate the SaFE/Agile backlog, and drive technical development parameters, code development and integration using established tools, techniques, processes, and define product delivery, expectations, or validate requirements. Works with Software/System Architects, Data/Space Scientists, Cyber-Security and other technical leads on establishing / adhering to industry coding standards and implements best practices.
- Participate in all phases of development from definition and design through implementation, unit test and code deployment.
- Develop and execute meticulous unit tests to ensure quality of releasable software.
- Participate in peer code reviews.
- Assist in defining structured practices especially in source code management, build and release management.
- Participate in usability reviews and lead improvements in SW design.
- Collaborate with product management and engineering to define and implement innovative solutions for the SW.
- Establish and promote design guidelines, best practices and standards.
Technical:
- Writing application code with programming languages – JAVA (required) other languages, JavaScript, Python, C#, C++ (beneficial)
- Working with Developers, Test, Platform, and SW Architects to produce, maintain, and update code in applications under development or deployed.
- Understand fully REST data / services feeding into a SaaS applications – promote/facilitate best practices among Team.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree with 10 – 12 years’ relevant experience OR Master’s degree with 8 – 10 years’ relevant experience OR PhD with 5 – 7 years’ relevant experience. Education equivalency can be substituted in lieu of degree.
- Must be fully proficient with coding in JAVA
- Familiarity in other languages, C, C#, C++, Python, Ruby, JavaScript, CSS, are beneficial (desired)
- Ideal developer is meticulous, thorough, able to accept/offer objective critique for one’s own code and during peer reviews.
- Familiarity with Docker and CI/CD deployment process
- Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process.
- Ability to be flexible, meet tight deadlines, pivot when priorities change, and project calm during stressful situations.
- Must be able to translate high-level engineering requirements (SW features) into interaction flows and artifacts, and transform them into tasks for the individual or team (stories).
- Must be able to decompose technical requirements into consumable stories / work packets or “T-shirt sizes”.
- Intermediate knowledge of Git and Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines. GitLab a plus.
- Ability to provide customer-facing presentations of codebase, funcitionality, and/or improvements (under the hood).
- Ability to capture knowledge and document processes, clearly, and concisely.
- Ideal candidate creates opportunities to collaborate, assist, and empowers the team.
- Requires a thorough understanding of situational leadership, followership, and how to help others achieve the same.
Candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a DOD sponsored CAC.
Desired qualifications:
- Must be a self-starter! This position works collaboratively at times, or with minimum direction.
- Intermediate-level knowledge of AWS/C2S Cloud solutioning.
- Must have exceptional interpersonal and communication skills.
- Able to lead cross-team collaboration.
- Investigative skills to track and determine problems and perform root-cause analysis of code issues.
Peraton Overview
Peraton 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 and highly differentiated national security solutions and technologies that keep people safe and secure. Peraton serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies across the intelligence, space, cyber, defense, civilian, health, and state and local markets. Every day, our employees do the can’t be done, solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers.
Target Salary Range
$112,000 – $179,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.
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An Equal Opportunity Employer including Disability/Veteran.