Responsibilities

Peraton is seeking a Full Stack Developer with strong Python experience in addition to PostgreSQL, Java Spring Boot, Angular, microservices architecture, and AWS, to join our BEAGLE Team (Border Enforcement Applications for Government Leading-Edge Information Technology), supporting U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Join this passionate team of industry-leading individuals supporting the best practices in Agile Software Development for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

 

As a member of the BEAGLE Team, you will support the men and women charged with safeguarding the American people and enhancing the Nation’s safety, security, and prosperity. CBP agents and officers are on the front lines every day, protecting our national security by combining customs, immigration, border security, and agricultural protection into one coordinated and supportive activity. Make a direct impact on national security while working with cutting-edge technologies.

 

Location: Remote work is available for candidates who are not local to Ashburn, VA. Local candidates are expected to be onsite 2 to 3 days per week.

 

Day to Day Roles and Responsibilities:

• Serve as an Agile Scrum team member providing software development and maintenance for the delivery of releasable software in short sprint cycles. Responsible for activities associated with delivery of software solutions associated with customer-defined systems and software projects by working in close collaboration with softwaredevelopers/engineers,stakeholders, and end users within Agile processes.
• Designing, developing, and implementing custom software and database application capabilities for a variety of legacy and modernized systems with limited oversight
• Acting as a member of a product team supporting teammates and collaborating with a do what it takes attitude to ensure product and team success
• Providing improvements to the product(s) being supported
• Actively participate in release and sprint planning, artifact creation, sprint testing, regression testing, demonstrations and retrospectives and solution releases
• Supporting release planning with conceptual design and development / refinement of software engineering guidelines
• Analyzing complex project-related problems and creating innovative solutions involving, scheduling, technology, methodology, tools and solution components
• Ensuring product quality and timeliness of work, providing advice and guidance, resolving problems to meet objectives, and providing periodic performance reports
• Providing mentoring to junior members of the team

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree and 8 years of experience or an Associates degree and 10 years of experience or High School diploma/equivalentand 12 years of experience.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to pass CBP Public Trust background investigation, criteria include, but not limited to:
  • 3-year check for felony convictions
  • Yearly check for illegal drug use
  • Yearly check for misconduct such as theft or fraud
• 7 years of technical experience, with software design, development and implementation in a containerized Linux environment
• Demonstrable professional experience with our tech stack: Python, PostgreSQL, Java Spring Boot, Angular, microservices architecture, and AWS.
• In-depth knowledge of both the Angular Framework (TypeScript, Angular Material, state management), as well as experience creating RESTful services using Java and spring-boot.
• Expert experience in the following programming languages/libraries: Python, Java, Spring Boot, Angular, Typescript, JavaScript, CSS, and HTML.
• Knowledge of creating Angular components, services, good understanding of state management and UI performance
• Experience developing and maintaining Python applications, APIs, automation scripts, or backend services in an enterprise environment, including familiarity with common Python frameworks and libraries.
• Demonstrated professional experience with developing SPA (Single Page Application) using a modern UI framework (Angular and Angular Material), backed by RESTful services
• Passion for user experience and user-centric development
• Strong communication skills that include leading design-related conversations, ability to build and nurture good relationships and foster an environment for collaboration
• Object oriented design and development (OODD) expertise, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA).
• Experience with source code control systems and concurrent development workflows (Git preferred)
• Experience with SQL, MySQL, or PostgreSQL Server databases a plus.
• Understanding of all elements of the software development life cycle, including planning, development, requirements management, CM, quality assurance, and release management.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Current Public Trust clearance or higher government security clearance
• Technical Certifications, such as AWS Certified Developer, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, OCP Java, etc.
• Understanding of system architecture concepts and experience with system design (defining service building blocks, data flow, building systems with scalability, reliability, and maintainability in mind).
• Additionally, familiarity with any of the following highly desirable: ETL tools, messaging tech such as Kafka, application security, automated testing, UML, state-management angular libraries such as NGRX or NGXS
• DevOps experience/CI/CD pipeline.

Target Salary Range$112,000 - $179,000. 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.