Software Engineer, Senior Advisor

Software Engineer Level-3

The Analytic and Analyst Investigation Frameworks team is seeking a highly skilled Software Engineer Level-3 to lead cloud software research, development, and engineering efforts. This role is critical to our mission of designing, building, and sustaining robust, large-scale distributed systems. The engineer will own the full software development lifecycle (SDLC), from requirements analysis and system design to integration, testing, and long-term enhancement of mission-critical cloud applications.

Full-Stack Engineering

• Deliver end-to-end software services, including requirements gathering, design, development, installation, evaluation, and issue resolution.
• Build scalable, high-performance applications leveraging enterprise Java microservices, Spring Boot ecosystem components (Spring Data, Spring Security, Spring Cloud), and modern front-end frameworks.

Graph-Data Integration & Analytics

• Integrate and manage graph-based data models using Neo4j, and implement advanced graph analytics, algorithms, and pattern discovery workflows.
• Develop solutions for graph-relational integration and perform advanced analytics on large-scale datasets.

Distributed Computing & Data Systems

• Design and implement distributed computing solutions and massively parallel computation models for large-scale data processing.
• Work with NoSQL databases (HBase, Accumulo, BigTable) to store, query, and optimize data.
• Ensure cloud scalability and performance for mission-critical applications.

Integration, Testing & Enhancement

• Develop and execute rigorous test plans, unit and integration tests to ensure system reliability and maintainability.
• Integrate and extend FOSS/COTS products to meet unique project requirements.
• Proactively diagnose technical issues and implement sustainable system enhancements.

Technical Documentation & Knowledge Sharing

• Produce high-quality technical documentation, ontologies, and data models to ensure transparency, maintainability, and reproducibility.
• Mentor and collaborate with team members on best practices for full-stack development, cloud architecture, and advanced analytics.

Desired Skills & Expertise

• Graph Data Modeling & Performance: Familiarity with designing and optimizing complex Neo4j schemas; experience with Cypher query tuning, index management, or APOC procedures for large-scale transformations.
• Enterprise Java Microservices: Exposure to the Spring Boot ecosystem (Spring Data, Security, Cloud) and building scalable backend services.
• Graph-Relational Integration: Experience integrating graph databases with RDBMS or search engines (e.g., Elasticsearch) to support polyglot persistence architectures.
• Graph Analytics & Algorithms: Knowledge of Neo4j Graph Data Science (GDS) for pathfinding, centrality, community detection, or real-time analytics.
• Advanced Analytics: Comfort implementing data- or event-driven analytics using rules engines.
• Cloud Scalability: Understanding of large-scale cloud patterns and best practices for high-concurrency applications.
• AI & Pattern Discovery: Experience with genetic algorithms, inference engines, or identifying patterns in very large datasets (10+ PB).
• Specialized Processing: Exposure to foreign language processing, multimedia exploitation (speech, text, image, video), or social network analysis.
• Data Modeling: Experience documenting ontologies, schemas, and API specifications in heterogeneous environments.

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on our critical National Security programs, 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 eligible to participate in an attractive bonus plan.

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 world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies.

Target Salary Range: $190,000 - $304,000. 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.

EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.