Senior User Experience (UX) Software Engineer - TS/SCI w/Poly

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Annapolis Junction, MD, USA
In-Office
146K-234K Annually
Senior level
Aerospace • Information Technology • Security • Cybersecurity • Defense
Do the can't be done.
The Role
Develop and maintain highly usable user interfaces for data tracking and metrics solutions. Collaborate with customers, analysts, systems engineers, developers, and product designers to define requirements, conduct research, create design specifications, and perform usability testing. Support full software lifecycle activities, including analysis, design, implementation, integration, testing, deployment, Agile ceremonies, and Jira management. Apply UI, UX, accessibility, and software engineering best practices within a national security program.
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Responsibilities

The team is seeking a highly motivated User Experience software engineer to support development and software solutions to support data tracking and metrics solutions. The ideal candidate will:

  • Conduct multidisciplinary research and collaborate with systems engineers and developers across projects to support the planning, design, development, and utilization of a final product recommendation.
  • Work directly with the customer and team to evolve requirements and support the creation and presentation of design documents and product demonstrations.
  • Product evaluation, integration, testing and design process for data tracking and metrics solutions.
  • Participate in Agile development activities, to include Sprint planning, scheduling, and Jira ticket management.
  • Ensure software standards and best practices are utilized.

The selected candidate will join an experienced team working on efforts to modernize an existing data tracking and metrics system. The User Experience (UX) developer should be able to focus on developing highly usable end user interfaces, applying UI best practices and UX principles.


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Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

  • TS/SCI with Polygraph level clearance is required
  • BA/BS and 20 years of experience; an additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree. 
  • The candidate will need a strong background in Linux, CSS, JavaScript and HTML to be able to develop, debug maintain, and deploy the UI application. The candidate needs to know how to work independently within small team and able to engage with a larger team.
  • (5) years of experience and have familiarity with task analysis, user interface design, and usability testing
  • Experience in each of the usability and software engineering cycle phases (analysis, design, implementation, and deployment)
  • Work closely with users (analysts) to research for and document user profiles, analysis tasks, workflows, and user scenarios
  • Work with users to collect and document user performance requirements
  • Create user interface design specifications, as required
  • Work closely with product designers and process engineers to develop applications
  • Conduct usability testing
  • Design and develop user surveys to obtain user feedback

Required Skills:

  • UI/UX experience
  • 508 Compliance
  • Experience with React
  • CSS, Javascript, HTML
  • MVC Full Stack experience

Additional Desired Qualifications:

  • Experience with the following:
    • GoLang, Python, Java, Hadoop, Accumulo
    • core AWS services
    • Good background in Linux/Unix administration
    • Apache NiFi
    • REST
    • JMS
    • Building or maintaining cloud-native applications
    • Docker and Kubernetes. Having used EMR, EC2 and various Databases is a plus

Benefits:

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees supporting this critical National Security program, which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents, and eligibility to participate in an attractive bonus plan.

Peraton Overview

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.

Target Salary Range$146,000 - $234,000. 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. EEOEEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.

Skills Required

  • TS/SCI with Polygraph level security clearance
  • Bachelor’s degree and 20 years of experience, or an additional 4 years of experience in lieu of a degree
  • Strong experience with Linux, CSS, JavaScript, and HTML for developing, debugging, maintaining, and deploying user interface applications
  • Ability to work independently within a small team and collaborate with larger teams
  • At least 5 years of familiarity with task analysis, user interface design, and usability testing
  • Experience across usability and software engineering lifecycle phases, including analysis, design, implementation, and deployment
  • Experience researching and documenting user profiles, analysis tasks, workflows, and user scenarios
  • Experience collecting and documenting user performance requirements
  • Experience creating user interface design specifications
  • Experience collaborating with product designers and process engineers to develop applications
  • Experience conducting usability testing
  • Experience designing and developing user surveys for feedback
  • UI/UX experience
  • 508 Compliance experience
  • React experience
  • CSS, JavaScript, and HTML experience
  • MVC full-stack experience
  • Go, Python, Java, Hadoop, or Accumulo experience
  • Experience with core AWS services
  • Linux or Unix administration experience
  • Apache NiFi experience
  • REST experience
  • JMS experience
  • Experience building or maintaining cloud-native applications
  • Docker and Kubernetes experience
  • Experience with Amazon EMR, Amazon EC2, and databases

Peraton Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Peraton and has not been reviewed or approved by Peraton.

  • Healthcare Strength Healthcare offerings are described as broad, including medical, dental, vision, mental health support, and specialty programs like virtual physical therapy and surgical/cancer care navigation. Medical coverage is also characterized as a standout part of the overall package in terms of perceived quality.
  • Retirement Support Retirement support includes a 401(k) with employer matching and is repeatedly positioned as a strong component of total rewards. The 401(k) benefit is frequently singled out as one of the most valued parts of the package.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Time-off benefits are positioned as robust, including PTO, holidays, paid sick days, and floating holidays, with some roles offering notably generous accrual. Leave breadth is reinforced by related programs such as short/long-term disability and bereavement leave.

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The Company
HQ: Reston, VA
18,000 Employees
Year Founded: 2017

What We Do

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.

Why Work With Us

We are fearlessly solving the world’s most complex challenges to keep people safe and secure. You can be a part of protecting and promoting that freedom around the world.

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