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# Sr. Software Engineer, TS/SCI w/Poly

- **Company:** Peraton Inc
- **Location:** Laurel, MD, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $176,000.0 - $282,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Data Analysis, Systems Engineering, Automation of Tests, Big Data, Software as a Service, Code Reuse, Integrated Development Environments, Software Engineering, Software Systems, Cloud Platform System, Real Time Systems, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Bug Reporting, Information Technology, Terraform, Serverless Computing
- **Published:** August 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://diversityjobs.com/main/sendform/8/8/28176/1/17809924?backUrl=%2Fcareer%2F17809924%2FSr-Software-Engineer-Ts-Sci-W-Poly-Maryland-Laurel

## About the Role

* Twenty (20) years of experience as a Software Engineer in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.
 * Bachelor's degree in computer science or related discipline from an accredited college or university. Four (4) years of additional Software Engineering experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.
 * Active TS/SCI security clearance with a current polygraph is required.

Desired Qualifications

 * Experience with AWS cloud environments, including serverless architecture and cloud application deployment
 * Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), specifically Terraform
 * Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing

## Description

The Team is seeking a Software Engineer to support a complex, mission-critical environment focused on developing and maintaining advanced software systems. This is a funded backfill opportunity supporting an established team, where you will contribute to high-impact efforts involving large-scale data processing, real-time systems, and advanced analytics.

In this role, you will support the full software development lifecycle, working independently or as part of a collaborative engineering team to design, develop, test, and enhance software solutions that directly support mission operations.

What You'll Do
Develop, maintain, and enhance complex software systems, including processing-intensive analytics, real-time systems, and large data set applications

 * Review and test software components to ensure adherence to design requirements and document test results
 * Resolve software problem reports and support system troubleshooting
 * Apply appropriate software development and design methodologies based on the development environment
 * Provide input to system design, including hardware/software trade-offs, software reuse, and COTS/GOTS integration
 * Perform requirements analysis and synthesis from system level to individual software components
 * Recommend new technologies and processes to improve performance and scalability of software solutions
 * Serve as technical lead across multiple software development teams
 * Coordinate software development processes with customer and systems engineering teams
 * Ensure quality control of all developed and modified software
 * Delegate programming and testing tasks and monitor team performance


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