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Junior Software Engineer (AWS Cloud Services)

Peraton


Job Location:

Lanham, MD - USA

Yearly Salary: USD 66000 - 106000
Posted: 8 November 2026 (2 hours ago)
Application Deadline: 5 February 2027
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Peraton Overview

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.

Responsibilities

Peraton is seeking Junior Software Engineer to support a development of enterprise applications. This individual will support the technical design and development efforts including migration of legacy/on-prem applications to AWS cloud and related technologies.

Work Location: Onsite; Lanham Maryland

Shift Schedule: 8am - 5pm Eastern Standard Time (EST)

What You Will Do:

  • Support application architecture design development unit testing implementation and production support activities under the direction of technical leadership of the development team.
  • Design and develop solutions using Java 17 Spring Boot Spring Batch Informatica and JBoss.
  • Develop and integrate cloud-based solutions using AWS services including EC2 S3 SDS DynamoDB SQS Lambda and AWS CLI.
  • Design deploy and support containerized services using OpenShift and Kubernetes.
  • Support implementing the proposed technical design coding standards architecture and development best practices.
  • Review technical designs and code to ensure quality scalability security and performance.
  • Support/lead troubleshooting efforts to resolve issues of complex applications its integration with partnering applications.
  • Collaborate with business technical architecture and project teams throughout the development lifecycle.
Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelors degree and 2 years of professional experience or a high school diploma and 6 years of professional experience.

  • U.S. Citizenship required; must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance; all work must be performed within the United States.

  • 2 years of application development experience in developing applications in an agile environment using Java 17 or higher Spring Boot and Spring Batch.
  • Hands-on experience with AWS services such as EC2 S3 SDS DynamoDB SQS Lambda and AWS CLI.
  • Experience with application design development unit testing implementation troubleshooting and production support.
  • Strong technical leadership problem-solving and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience supporting both front-end and back-end application development.
  • Strong Java/JBoss experience.
  • Experience working full-stack development efforts within complex enterprise environments.
  • Experience working within Agile development environments and collaborating with cross-functional technical teams.
Target Salary Range
$66000 - $106000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors including but not limited to the scope and responsibilities of the position the individuals experience education knowledge skills and competencies as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position employees may be eligible for overtime shift differential and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.
Benefits Statement

Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical dental vision life health savings account short/long term disability EAP parental leave 401(k) paid time off (PTO) for vacation and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at Statements


Required Experience:

Junior IC


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Peraton provides innovative solutions for the most sensitive and critical programs in government today, developed and executed by scientists, engineers, and other experts.

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