Software Architect

Peraton

$104K — $166K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of relevant experience.
  • Proven experience in enterprise web application development.
  • Skilled in architecting high volume, highly available, and secure systems in Agile settings.
  • Expertise in developing REST-based solutions (Spring MVC, Spring Boot, etc.).
  • Experience with RDBMS solutions (Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc.).
  • Proficiency in static code analysis tools (CAST, HP Fortify, SonarQube, etc.).
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills.
  • Must hold or be eligible for an Active Secret clearance; US Citizenship required.

Responsibilities

  • Research and recommend tools and technologies for the CSM Program.
  • Collaborate with engineering team to elicit customer requirements and model engineering solutions.
  • Define functional and non-functional software requirements in Agile format (epics, features, user stories).
  • Architect complex software systems utilizing hybrid cloud and microservices.
  • Establish architectural guidelines for software architecture and design.
  • Design using best practices to enhance maintainability, flexibility, performance, security, and availability.
  • Provide development expertise across a variety of technologies, facilitating enterprise web applications and REST services.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on the Department of State's modernization effort.
  • Potential for growth within a specialized team in a supportive environment.
  • Engagement with cutting-edge technologies and modern software practices.
  • A chance to contribute to the government's digital infrastructure.
  • Work within a collaborative, diverse team of experts.
Full Job Description
Responsibilities

Peraton is seeking a Software Architect to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position is located in Herndon, VA. The qualified applicant will become part of Peraton's Department of State (DOS) Consular Systems Modernization (CSM) Program, for the Bureau of Diplomatic Technology (DT). This initiative is intended to modernize and consolidate the operational environment under a common technology framework in order to better support the services provided to CA’s customers. 

 

As part of the modernization program, the Software Architect will be responsible for providing architecture and development guidance across the software development lifecycle (SDLC), including requirements definition and prototyping, software design, implementation, testing, and maintenance.

 

Roles and Responsibilities:

 

  • Research, evaluate, and recommend tools and technologies for the CSM Program.
  • Work with the system engineering team to elicit customer requirements and develop system engineering models using a model-based engineering strategy (UML and SysML).
  • Define software requirements, both functional and non-functional, as high level epics, features and user stories to support Agile methodology.
  • Architect complex software systems using hybrid cloud architecture and microservices.
  • Define and communicate architectural guidelines for software systems architecture and design.
  • Design software using industry standard design patterns and best practices to improve maintainability, flexibility, performance, security, and availability.
  • Provide development support and expertise across a wide range of technologies, including enterprise web-based applications using Java technologies, single-page applications, REST-based web services, structured and unstructured data architecture, and automated unit and integration tests.

 

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Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

 

  • Bachelor's degree and at least 8 years’ relevant experience.
  • Experience in software development activities for software projects specializing in development of enterprise web applications.
  • Experience architecting and developing high volume, highly available and secure software systems within an Agile environment.
  • Experience developing service-based solutions using REST-based services (Spring MVC, Spring Boot, etc.)
  • Experience developing structured transactional database solutions using an RDBMS database (Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc.)
  • Experience with static code analyzers (CAST, HP Fortify, SonarQube, etc.).
  • Excellent communication skills, both verbally and in writing.
  • Must be able to obtain or have an Active Secret (or higher) clearance. Interim clearance acceptable.  
  • Must be a US Citizen.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience in enterprise software system modernization efforts.
  • Experience in cloud-based environments including the development of software that supports architectures that involve hybrid clouds.
  • Experience developing 508 compliant solutions.
  • Experience developing single page applications using a client-side rendering framework (Angular, React, etc.) and responsive CSS framework (Bootstrap, Material Design, etc.)
Target Salary Range$104,000 - $166,000. 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 individual’s 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.

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