Lead Software Developer

Lead Software Developer

Job Location s: US

Requisition :

Position Category:
Information Technology

Clearance:
Public Trust

Peraton is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to support the design, development, testing, and deployment of software applications within the program. This role requires a strong technical background, excellent problem‑solving skills, and the ability to work collaboratively in a SAFe Agile environment. The Software Engineer will play a critical role in maintaining the quality and efficiency of software solutions to support government‑sponsored health programs within the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

What you’ll do:

• Design, develop, document, test and debug application software and systems that contain logical and mathematical solutions using Java, Spring Boot and other related technologies.
• Confers with systems analysts, engineers, programmers, and others to design systems and to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements and interfaces.
• Work with both client‑side and server‑side personnel and components to ensure the process of software development, integration and functionality is seamless.
• Design and implement RESTful APIs to support front‑end functionalities and ensure smooth data flow between the server and client.
• Implement responsive user interfaces using HTML, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Aurora and Angular to deliver a seamless user experience across multiple devices.
• Implement and optimize CI/CD pipelines for automated testing, deployment, and monitoring of applications.
• Design, implement, and manage databases, ensuring efficient and optimized queries for data retrieval and storage.
• Design and document solutions and specifications in Confluence, create and complete user stories via Jira, and collaborate with team members and stakeholders via Slack.
• Codes, tests, and implements computer programs in developmental and maintenance modes.
• Collaborate with product owners, Scrum Masters, Dev Sec Ops  engineers, and other stakeholders to deliver high‑quality software solutions.
• Prioritizes and allocates projects, products, and resources with the assistance of architects and managers.
• Implement security best practices and protocols to safeguard web applications against potential threats.
• Monitors technology trends such as emerging standards for new technology opportunities.

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of 8 years with BS/BA Degree;
  Minimum of 6 years with MS/MA;
  Minimum of 3 years with PhD
• Expert proficiency in Java, Spring Boot, RESTful API development, microservices architecture, and containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Strong experience with front‑end technologies (Angular, React).
• Very strong experience with the version control systems (Git Hub) and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) tools (Jenkins).
• Very strong experience with SQL, Python, Bash scripting, Linux, AWS services (Amazon MQ, SQS, S3, EC2, EKS, RDS, Cloud Watch), and infrastructure as code tools (Terraform).
• Expert level experience with test automation tools and frameworks such as Selenium, JUnit, TestNG, and Cucumber.
• Expert level experience with databases (Postgre
  
  SQL, Oracle) and data modeling.
• Expert level experience with system monitoring tools (Apache JMeter, Grafana, Splunk, New Relic, Cloud Watch).
• Strong knowledge of data analytics tools (AWS Quick Sight, Elasticsearch).
• Very strong experience with agile methodologies (SAFe, Scrum) and tools (Jira, Confluence).
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work collaboratively in a fast paced, Agile team environment.
• Strong problem‑solving skills and a proactive approach to identifying and addressing issues.
• Proven track record of innovation and continuous improvement.
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
• U.S. Citizenship or Green Card holder is required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of AWS or AWS Gov Cloud & native AWS administrative tools and dashboards.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect
• Knowledge of Sonar Qube, Burp Suite, Apache JMeter
• Knowledge of New Relic, Splunk and Grafana
• SAFe Agile Certification
• Exper…