Junior Software Engineer
Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence across the globe. They are seeking a Junior Software Engineer to support software engineering for critical capabilities and automation development efforts within the Department of State's consular affairs IT environment.
Responsibilities
- Support software engineering for mission essential capabilities hosted domestically, overseas, and the cloud
- Support automation development efforts for systems, applications, databases, and infrastructure
- Adhere to Department of State procedures and requirements when implementing software security, scalability, and performance
- Participate in CST working groups and priority initiatives related to automation
- Leverage tools (Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow) to track all engineering features, stories, and tasks
- Ensure all configuration changes follow approved change management processes and security configuration guidelines
- Support Government customer with ad hoc tasks and data calls
Skills
- U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain a SECRET government security clearance and TOP SECRET, if needed
- Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related technical field
- Familiarity and some experience with software development, databases, and data structures through coursework or internships
- Experience with one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, Java, JavaScript, C++, SQL)
- Basic understanding of networking, client-server architecture, application/database design, and cloud principles
- Problem solving, communication, collaboration and time management skills are a must
- Ability to work in a high tempo environment
- Experience with automation tools including Ansible and Ansible Automation Platform
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools in cloud environments (Azure, OCI, AWS)
- Experience with YAML
- Experience with CI/CD Tools (e.g. Github, Jenkins, others)
- Experience with networking, servers, databases, virtual/physical infrastructure, cloud, and containerized environments
- Industry relevant certifications
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Life
- Health savings account
- Short/long term disability
- EAP
- Parental leave
- 401(k)
- Paid time off (PTO) for vacation
- Company paid holidays
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