Full Stack Microservices Developer

Peraton is seeking a Full Stack Microservices Developer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. 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 to better support the services provided to CST’s customers. This position will be in Herndon, VA.

As part of the modernization program, the Full Stack Microservices Developer will be responsible for supporting the full software development lifecycle (SDLC), including requirements definition and prototyping, software design, implementation, testing, and maintenance. This role emphasizes building modular, scalable services aligned with federal digital transformation priorities and mission-driven solution delivery.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Define software requirements, both functional and non-functional, as high-level epics, features and user stories to support Agile methodology commonly used in federal DevSecOps environments.
• Develop prototypes to support product and/or technology evaluations that inform service decomposition and modernization roadmaps.
• Design software using industry standard design patterns and best practices to improve maintainability, flexibility, performance, security, and availability with a focus on distributed service architectures.
• Implement enterprise web-based applications (Java technology stack) within an Agile delivery environment.
• Develop single page applications using a client-side rendering framework.
• Develop service-based solutions (REST-based web services) using containerized microservices architecture.
• Develop automated unit and integration tests that can be incorporated into CI/CD pipeline.
• Support CI/CD initiatives and utilize static code analyzers to ensure high-quality source code across distributed service components.
• Support software testing activities and provide timely software defect resolutions.
• Provide production and operational support, as needed, to ensure deployed software meets functional and non-functional requirements.

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Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree and at least 8 years experience, Masters degree with 6 years of experience.
• Experience in full life cycle software development and maintenance projects with involvement in requirements management, technical design and development, and deployment.
• Experience supporting software development activities for software projects specializing in the development of enterprise web applications.
• Experience with full-stack development (Front end and backend) using HTML / CSS / JavaScript, React technologies and Java, Spring boot for backend to implement enterprise web-based applications within an Agile environment with a focus on microservices patterns.
• Experience with DevOps tools and CI/CD automation using Jenkins, Git, GitHub.
• Experience with static code analyzers (CAST, HP Fortify, SonarQube, etc.).
• Experience developing 508 compliant solutions.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills suitable for cross-functional collaboration with government stakeholders. 
• Must be able to obtain or have an Active Secret (or higher) clearance. Interim clearances are acceptable. 
• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Must reside in or close to Herndon, VA. 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in enterprise software system modernization efforts.
• Experience in cloud-based environments including the development of software that supports architectures that involve public/hybrid clouds.
• Experience developing single page applications using a client-side rendering framework (Angular, React, etc.) and responsive CSS framework (Bootstrap, Material Design, etc.)
• Experience developing service-based solutions using the Java technology stack, building REST-based services (Spring MVC, Spring Boot, etc.), and deploying container-based microservices architecture (Docker, Spring Boot, Kubernetes, etc.)
• Experience developing structured transactional database solutions using an RDBMS database (Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc.)
• Experience developing high volume, highly available, and secure software systems.
• Experience developing and deploying software systems in an incremental manner using Agile methodology.