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Cyber Data Capabilities Developer

Peraton · Fort Meade, MD, US

remoteunknown$112,000–$179,000Posted Oct 26, 2026PythonSQLScalaRJuliaGoRustKubernetes

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## Cyber Data Capabilities Developer **Company:** Peraton **Location:** Fort Meade, MD ### Responsibilities - Develop, test, and maintain software capabilities for **big data processing** and **cyberspace data analysis** - Turn **cyberspace operations telemetry** into analytic outputs - Design and deploy **software applications**, **analytic services**, **reusable libraries**, and **analytic pipelines** for operational data - Refactor and optimize code in languages such as **Python, SQL, Scala, R, Julia, C/C++, Go, Rust, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, C#, Bash, PowerShell** - Build batch and streaming ingestion workflows: **parsing, normalization, enrichment, correlation, indexing, and query** - Design and integrate **APIs, microservices, data interfaces, and event-driven services** (including producing API specs, data schemas, and interface documentation) - Use **Git-based distributed version control** (e.g., **GitLab**): maintain repositories, manage merge requests, code-review records, and release artifacts - Conduct **code reviews** - Produce documentation for **automated tests**, test results, code scans, defect remediation, and performance benchmarks - Profile and improve performance (compute, memory, storage, query, network) for high-volume datasets; support **reliability, fault tolerance, observability, and recoverability** ### Required Qualifications - Minimum experience based on education: - **8+ years** with **BS/BA** - **6+ years** with **MS/MA** - **3+ years** with **PhD** - Will also consider equivalent experience with **HS diploma (12+ years)** or **Associates (14+ years)** - Professional software development experience designing, delivering, and maintaining **production software** - Production coding proficiency in **at least two languages**, including **Python** (or another data-processing-suited language) and demonstrated **SQL** proficiency - Experience with **Git-based distributed version control** and collaborative workflows (ability to work in **GitLab** or equivalent) - Experience with software architecture, data structures/algorithms, debugging, automated testing, code review, and secure software development - Experience developing/integrating software for **large datasets**, **distributed processing**, **databases**, **data pipelines**, **APIs**, or **streaming systems** - Working knowledge of **TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/S**, network/host telemetry, security events, cyber threats, and operational context for defensive/offensive cyberspace missions - Ability to meet applicable **DoD 8140** work-role qualification requirements - **U.S. Citizenship required** - **Active TS** with ability to obtain/maintain **SCI** - Primary alignment: **DoD Cyber Workforce Framework Software Developer (621)** ### Desired Qualifications - Direct support to defensive/offensive cyberspace operations (e.g., detection engineering, threat hunting, incident response, adversary emulation) - Hands-on development with **Scala, R, Julia, C++, Go, Rust, Java, TypeScript, C#,** or other compiled/interpreted/systems/analytical languages - Knowledge of **Apache Spark, Kafka, Flink, Hadoop**, distributed SQL engines, graph databases, columnar formats, and high-volume event processing - Experience with cloud/container platforms: **Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, infrastructure as code, GitLab CI/CD, DevSecOps** - Familiarity with statistical computing, machine learning, feature engineering, graph algorithms, or SI-assisted development with validatio

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