Cloud Software Engineer Level 2 – AIML TSSCI wPoly

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 youll 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.

The Cloud Software Engineer Level2Engineer providescloud software research development andengineering services to include requirements analysis software development installation integration evaluation enhancement sustainment testing validation and issue diagnosis/resolution.

KeyTechnologies and Skills:

• 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

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Python Java CCHbaseAccumulo Big Table Map Reduce programming model and technologies such as Hadoop Hive Pig Distributed File System (HDFS)JSONand/or Ontologies and Big-Data Cloud Scalability (Amazon Google Facebook)cluster monitoring tools ( Ganglia)Artificial Intelligence (AI) Large Language Model (LLM) Machine Learning (ML) AI/ML algorithms statistical analysis RAG agents and agentic workflow

Basic Qualifications:

• ABachelors Degree in Computer Scienceor in a related technical field ishighly desired which will be considered equivalent to two (2) years of experience.

• Five (5)or more years ofdirectly relatedexperience 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 five (5) years of experience in software development/engineering including requirements analysis software development installation integration evaluation enhancement maintenance testing and problem diagnosis/resolution.

• A minimum of four(4) years of experience developing software with highlevel languages such as Java C C

• Demonstratedability to work withOpenSource(NoSQL) products that support highly distributed massively parallel computation needs such asHbaseAcumuloBig Table etc.

• Demonstratedwork experience with the Map Reduce programmingmodel and technologies such as Hadoop Hive Pig etc.

• Demonstratedwork experience with the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS)

• Demonstratedwork experience with Serialization such as JSON and/or BSON

• Demonstratedwork experience developing Restful services

• At least three (3) years of experience developing software forUNIX/Linux (Redhatversions 3-5) operating systems.

• Demonstratedwork experience in the requirements analysis and design of at least one Object Oriented system.
• Demonstratedwork experience developing solutions integrating andextending 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.
• Demonstratedtechnical writing skills and shall have generated technical documents in support of a software development project.

In addition the candidate will havedemonstratedexperienceworkor 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 knowledgeareasand skills.
• Experience developing anddeploying: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 programinterfacesand other technical specifications.
• Experience developing and deploying analytics within a heterogeneous schema environment.

An Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required

DesiredQualifications:

• Experience with Large Language Models (LLM) Agentic AI and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
• Expertisein AWS Cloud Architecture design and development
• Proficiencyin using AWS SDKs and APIs
• Expertisein 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 ( 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 ( Ruby Perl etc.)
• Familiarity with microservices software development techniques and container-orchestration (e.g. Kubernetes)
• Knowledge of security and compliance best practices

Benefits: Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees supporting this critical National Security program which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and eligibility to participate in an attractive bonus plan.

Investing in Your Growth: Selected candidates may be eligible for enhanced professional development opportunities including training certification programs and skill-building experiences tailored to individual strengths career goals and role-specific requirements.

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 worlds 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 cant be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit to learn how were keeping people around the world safe and secure.