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Software Engineer (C++)

Peraton
Peraton Salary
Jessup, MD Full Time
POSTED ON 12/31/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 1/29/2026
About Peraton

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. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can't be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Program Overview

Applies advanced computer science methods to create scalable solutions that address customer challenges, offering full life-cycle services from research to sustainment. Provides cyber defense through automated analytics for unique boundary protection using behavior and heuristic techniques.

About The Role

Peraton is seeking a software engineer to support our Annapolis Junction team in applying advanced computer science methodologies to develop, deliver, and support flexible and scalable solutions to address technical challenges. The software engineer will be responsible for analyzing user requirements to derive software design and performance standards for one or more software development teams, ensuring quality and that work is completed in accordance with constraints of the software development process being used. Responsibilities include the design, modification, and debugging of new and existing software while integrating into new or modified systems or operating environments.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required with minimum of fourteen (14) years' experience as a SWE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type and complexity. Four (4) years of additional SWE experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.
  • Active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph is required.
  • Experience developing applications and utilities using high-level languages such as C and Python.
  • Demonstrated experience with Linux and shell scripting (i.e. bash, Perl, Ruby).
  • Experience participating in or leading code reviews.
  • Familiarity with SQL databases and developing queries.
  • Understanding of network communication (e.g., OSI model), communication protocols (TCP, UDP, etc.), network security infrastructure (IPsec, MACsec, TLS, etc.), and network sockets programming.
  • Experience working in a deadline driven environment with deliverables, acceptance criteria, and cross organizational dependencies.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience with Developing software for programmable devices (e.g., Network Processing Units (NPUs), Hardware Accelerators, SmartNICs.
  • Experience implementing or testing technical standards, e.g., IEEE Ethernet specifications or IETF IP protocol specifications.
  • Familiarity with high-speed, high-volume network and data flow processing.

SCA / Union / Intern Rate or Range

Details

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.

Salary : $190,000 - $304,000

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