Junior Full Stack Software Engineer (DevSecOps)

Summary

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence. They are seeking a Junior Full Stack Software Engineer to join a cross-functional Scrum team, contributing to full-stack features and participating in Agile DevSecOps workflows.

Responsibilities

• Build & deliver software in sprints: design, develop, test, document, and integrate features across front-end and back-end services
• Apply Agile engineering practices: participate in backlog grooming, sprint planning, daily standups, demos, and retros
• Support DevSecOps workflows: use Git-based workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and containerization to move changes from development to production
• Automate testing: create unit/integration tests and simple scripts to improve quality and repeatability
• Contribute to modernization: assist senior engineers in analyzing legacy ExtJS/Spring components and migrating to modern stacks and microservices
• Collaborate & learn: work closely with product owners, UX, QA, and other engineers; document technical work in Confluence and track tasks in Jira

Skills

• A Bachelor's degree in an area applicable to the position with 2+ years of relevant experience OR a Master's degree in an area applicable to the position; an additional 4 years of experience maybe considered in lieu of a degree requirement
• Active TS/SCI with polygraph (required)
• Programming: Coursework or hands-on experience in two or more of the following: Java (Spring/Spring Boot), Python (FastAPI or Flask; package management with Poetry is a plus), JavaScript/TypeScript (React ecosystem or Angular)
• Core skills: REST/JSON fundamentals; basic Git usage; familiarity with Agile/Scrum; exposure to Docker
• Cloud/Data: Experience or coursework with AWS services (e.g., EC2, S3, plus one of PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, DocumentDB)
• Testing: Experience with unit testing (e.g., JUnit, Pytest, or similar)
• Front-end state management (Redux, NgRx); modern build tooling (Webpack, Vite, Angular CLI)
• Python async/await and ASGI servers (Uvicorn/Hypercorn)
• Elasticsearch basics (indexing, query DSL) and Python client usage
• MongoDB schemas, aggregation pipelines, performance tuning; drivers (PyMongo or Motor)
• Message broker familiarity (ActiveMQ, JMS/STOMP)
• CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions); infrastructure-as-code (Terraform/CloudFormation)
• Kubernetes fundamentals; container orchestration patterns
• Legacy analysis/migration: ExtJS and Spring to modern microservices/API gateway patterns
• E2E testing (Cypress/Selenium); integration testing strategies
• Collaboration tooling (Jira, Confluence); code reviews and branching strategies
• Monitoring/observability awareness (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK)

Qualifications

Must Haves

• A Bachelor's degree in an area applicable to the position with 2+ years of relevant experience OR a Master's degree in an area applicable to the position; an additional 4 years of experience maybe considered in lieu of a degree requirement
• Active TS/SCI with polygraph (required)
• Programming: Coursework or hands-on experience in two or more of the following: Java (Spring/Spring Boot), Python (FastAPI or Flask; package management with Poetry is a plus), JavaScript/TypeScript (React ecosystem or Angular)
• Core skills: REST/JSON fundamentals; basic Git usage; familiarity with Agile/Scrum; exposure to Docker
• Cloud/Data: Experience or coursework with AWS services (e.g., EC2, S3, plus one of PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, DocumentDB)
• Testing: Experience with unit testing (e.g., JUnit, Pytest, or similar)

Nice to Haves

• Front-end state management (Redux, NgRx); modern build tooling (Webpack, Vite, Angular CLI)
• Python async/await and ASGI servers (Uvicorn/Hypercorn)
• Elasticsearch basics (indexing, query DSL) and Python client usage
• MongoDB schemas, aggregation pipelines, performance tuning; drivers (PyMongo or Motor)
• Message broker familiarity (ActiveMQ, JMS/STOMP)
• CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions); infrastructure-as-code (Terraform/CloudFormation)
• Kubernetes fundamentals; container orchestration patterns
• Legacy analysis/migration: ExtJS and Spring to modern microservices/API gateway patterns
• E2E testing (Cypress/Selenium); integration testing strategies
• Collaboration tooling (Jira, Confluence); code reviews and branching strategies
• Monitoring/observability awareness (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK)

Benefits

• Heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents
• 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap
• Eligible to participate in an attractive bonus plan
• 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