Full Stack Software Engineer

Peraton • Santa Clara, CA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Join Peraton’s innovative team and help modernize the Theater Mission Planning Center (TMPC) while ensuring the reliability of today’s operational system. TMPC is the mission planning and execution component of the Tomahawk Weapon System (TWS).
You’ll work with experienced mentors to maintain and enhance the current system while contributing to its transformation into a next-generation capability, growing your skills across the full technology stack.
What You’ll Do
Location: This role may have the ability to work in a hybrid capacity but primarily on-site in Santa Clara, CA or Reston, VA.
As a Full Stack Software Engineer, you will collaborate with a supportive team to maintain current capabilities while contributing to the development of modern solutions. In this role, you will:
Modernization Effort: Contribute to the evolution of the system by assisting in the development of microservice-based components that will enhance and eventually replace the legacy application.
UI-UX Development: Help build intuitive and responsive user interfaces using Angular, gaining hands-on experience bringing complex data to life for end users.
Back-End Development: Contribute to the development and enhancement of secure, scalable services using .NET Core and C#, with PostgreSQL as the database.
Infrastructure & Automation Exposure: Gain exposure to CI/CD pipelines and assist with writing and maintaining Ansible playbooks for automated deployments.
DevSecOps Practices: Learn and apply DevSecOps principles, supporting efforts to integrate security throughout the development lifecycle in accordance with Navy cybersecurity standards.
Agile Collaboration: Work within our Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) environment, collaborating closely with senior engineers, system engineers, and cybersecurity professionals to deliver incremental value.
System Sustainment & Support: Assist in maintaining, troubleshooting, and enhancing the existing TMPC application. Support bug fixes, performance improvements, and incremental feature updates to ensure system reliability and mission readiness.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Computer Science or related field or Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field with 2+ years of experience or Associates degree with 4+ years of experience or a Hgh School diploma with 6+ years of relevant experience.
• Working knowledge of at least one object-oriented programming language (e.g., C#, Java, Python).
• Familiarity with debugging, testing, and maintaining applications.
• Interest in Full-Stack Development: Curiosity and enthusiasm for learning both front-end and back-end technologies.
• Exposure to Windows and/or Linux development environments.
• Active DoD Secret Clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Exposure to .NET Core, C#, Angular, or PostgreSQL.
• Experience with modern web development concepts, including JavaScript frameworks (React, Angular, or Vue), CSS, and JavaScript.
• Understanding of microservices architecture.
• Familiarity with RESTful API design.
• Exposure to relational or NoSQL databases.
• Familiarity with DevOps concepts, CI/CD, or automation tools such as Ansible.
• Experience with containerization (Docker, Podman, Kubernetes).
• Experience with Git-based version control systems.
• Experience with automated testing frameworks such as Selenium.
• Exposure to Agile methodologies; SAFe experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Modernization Effort: Contribute to the evolution of the system by assisting in the development of microservice-based components that will enhance and eventually replace the legacy application.
• UI-UX Development: Help build intuitive and responsive user interfaces using Angular, gaining hands-on experience bringing complex data to life for end users.
• Back-End Development: Contribute to the development and enhancement of secure, scalable services using .NET Core and C#, with PostgreSQL as the database.
• Infrastructure & Automation Exposure: Gain exposure to CI/CD pipelines and assist with writing and maintaining Ansible playbooks for automated deployments.
• DevSecOps Practices: Learn and apply DevSecOps principles, supporting efforts to integrate security throughout the development lifecycle in accordance with Navy cybersecurity standards.
• Agile Collaboration: Work within our Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) environment, collaborating closely with senior engineers, system engineers, and cybersecurity professionals to deliver incremental value.
• System Sustainment & Support: Assist in maintaining, troubleshooting, and enhancing the existing TMPC application. Support bug fixes, performance improvements, and incremental feature updates to ensure system reliability and mission readiness.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees