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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Cloud Software Engineer Level 2 - AI/ML TS/SCI w/Poly - **Company:** Peraton Inc - **Location:** Laurel, MD, United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** $135,000.0 - $216,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Testing (Software), C (Programming Language), Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Agile Methodology, Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Software Applications, Big Data, BigTable, C++ (Programming Language), Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing Security, Computer Programming, Continuous Integration, Serialization, Data Structures, Linux, DevOps, Distributed Systems, Elasticsearch, Perl (Programming Language), Event-Driven Programming, Apache Hadoop, Hadoop Distributed File System, MapReduce, Apache HBase, Apache Hive, JSON, Python (Programming Language), Linux System Administration, Machine Learning, NoSQL, Object-Oriented Software Development, Open Source Technology, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Cloud Services, Ruby, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, Multithreading, Scripting, Bson, Large Language Models, Grafana, Test Scripts, Generative AI, Cyber Threat Analysis, Cloudformation, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Information Technology, Data Analytics, Machine Learning Operations, Virtual Agents, Restful APIs, Terraform, Software Version Control, Microservices - **Published:** September 22, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9182268/cloud-software-engineer-level-2-aiml-tssci-wpoly ## About the Role Cloud Expertise:Deep experience in AWS Cloud Architecture, SDKs, APIs, and cloud services integration -AI/ML Integration:Familiarity with Large Language Models (LLMs) and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) frameworks -IaC & DevOps:Hands-on with CloudFormation or Terraform, and modern CI/CD pipelines -Programming Proficiency:Strong in Java for distributed systems with a solid grasp of networking, multi-threading, and concurrency -Containers & Orchestration:Knowledge of Kubernetes and microservices architecture -Security-Minded:Working knowledge of cloud security principles and compliance best practices -Scripting & Systems:Competent in Linux environments with scripting skills in Python, Ruby, Perl, or similar #PeratonRoyalMove #AJCM #MDFSP, * A Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or in a related technical field is highly desired which will be considered equivalent to two (2) years of experience. * Five (5) or more years of directly related experience in software development/engineering; including requirements analysis, software development, installation, integration, evaluation, enhancement, maintenance, testing, and problem diagnosis/resolution. * Must have, or be willing to obtain prior to start, one of the following Cloud Developer Certifications: + AWS Certified Developer-Associate + AWS Certified Machine Learning-Associate + AWS Certified Machine Learning-Specialty + AWS DevOps Engineer Professional + Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) * A minimum of four (4) years of experience developing software with high level languages such as Java, C, C++ * Demonstrated ability to work with OpenSource (NoSQL) products that support highly distributed, massively parallel computation needs such as Hbase, Acumulo, Big Table, etc. * Demonstrated work experience with the Map Reduce programming model and technologies such as Hadoop, Hive, Pig, etc. * Demonstrated work experience with the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS). * Demonstrated work experience with Serialization such as JSON and/or BSON. * Demonstrated work experience developing Restful services. * At least three (3) years of experience developing software for UNIX/Linux (Redhat versions 3-5) operating systems. * Demonstrated work experience in the requirements analysis and design of at least one Object Oriented system. * Demonstrated work experience developing solutions integrating and extending FOSS/COTS products. * At least three (3) years of experience in software integration and software testing, to include developing and implementing test plans and test scripts. * Demonstrated technical writing skills and shall have generated technical documents in support of a software development project. * An Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required In addition, the candidate will have demonstrated experience, work or college level courses, in at least two (2) of the desired characteristics: * Experience deploying applications in a cloud environment. * Understanding of Big-Data Cloud Scalability (Amazon, Google, Facebook). * Experience designing and developing automated analytic software, techniques, and algorithms. * Experience with taxonomy construction for analytic disciplines, knowledge areas and skills. * Experience developing and deploying: data driven analytics; event driven analytics; sets of analytics orchestrated through rules engines. * Experience with linguistics (grammar, morphology, concepts). * Experience developing and deploying analytics that discover and exploit social networks. * Experience documenting ontologies, data models, schemas, formats, data element dictionaries, software application program interfaces and other technical specifications. * Experience developing and deploying analytics within a heterogeneous schema environment., * Experience with Large Language Models (LLM), Agentic AI, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG). * Expertise in AWS Cloud Architecture design and development. * Proficiency in using AWS SDKs and APIs. * Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like CloudFormation or Terraform. * Skilled in Continuous Integration, Deployment, Testing and Monitoring practices. * Knowledge and skill in implementing and using observability tools (e.g. Elasticsearch, OpenSearch). * Java programming for distributed systems, with experience in networking and multi-threading. * Agile development experience with source code management practices and tools. * Well-grounded in Linux fundamentals and knowledge in at least one scripting language (e.g. Python, Ruby, Perl, etc.). * Familiarity with microservices software development techniques and container-orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes). * Knowledge of security and compliance best practices. ## Description Are you passionate about building cutting-edge cloud solutions that support national security? Do you thrive in fast-paced, mission-driven environments? Peraton is seeking a talented and skilledCloud Software Engineerto join our Cyber Intelligence team inLaurel, MD. As part of a collaborative, high-impact integrated product development team, you'll work on next-generation cyber and AI/ML capabilities hosted on large-scale compute clusters and AWS Cloud infrastructure. This is your chance to help shape innovative services that make a real difference. Interested in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning? If so, this is the position for you. 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