{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"5afd13fc02dc5298f12c874f","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/5afd13fc02dc5298f12c874f","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/5afd13fc02dc5298f12c874f","title":"Site Reliability - Java Springboot Applications","description":"About Peraton\n\nPeraton 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 solve the most daunting challenges that our customers face. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.\n\nProgram Overview\nThe program is a next generation Space Domain Awareness (SDA) Indications and Warning (I&W) system. It establishes a repository of resident space objects (RSOs), finds RSOs of interest, and provides data to ground operators.\nAbout The Role\n\nPeraton is seeking a Site reliability Engineer in Herndon, VA or Aurora, CO to support Intelligence Community and DoD customers as part of a talented, high-performing team. As part of this team you will work with emerging service and distributed computing technologies for satellite situational awareness (SSA) data processing and distribution.\n\nThe EMMETT program, a next gen Space Domain Awareness (SDA) Indications and Warning (I&W) system, establishes a repository of resident space objects (RSOs), finds RSOs of interest, and provides data to ground operators. The EMMETT team uses: programmatics, sensor modeling, and system engineering expertise to deliver this world-class SDA I&W system.\n\nWhat you'll do:\n\nMonitor, troubleshoot, and resolve issues across Java Spring Boot applications, distributed services, and supporting infrastructure in classified environments.\nInvestigate production incidents, perform root cause analysis, implement corrective actions, and drive continuous service improvements to enhance system stability and operational resilience.\nDevelop, enhance, and maintain application code, automation scripts, and tooling that improve system performance, operational efficiency, and maintainability.\nSupport the implementation and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines, ensuring secure, repeatable, and automated software delivery processes within classified environments.\nManage source code repositories, branching strategies, and software baselines using Git-based version control platforms such as GitLab and Bitbucket.\nPerform system upgrades, patching, configuration management, and release activities while minimizing operational impact to mission systems.\nPartner with development teams to optimize application observability through logging, monitoring, alerting, and performance tuning initiatives.\nSupport deployment, administration, and troubleshooting of modern data processing and containerized technologies including Kubernetes, Kafka, NiFi, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, and ArgoCD.\nParticipate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily standups, and retrospectives to support rapid delivery of mission capabilities.\nCreate and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, troubleshooting guides, and system support artifacts.\nParticipate in technical review boards, discrepancy review boards, and release readiness activities to ensure mission and operational requirements are met.\nProvide after-hours operational support on a rotational on-call basis and respond to critical system issues as required.\nQualifications\n\nRequired Qualifications:\n\nA Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of relevant experience, OR Masters degree with 3+ years experience. Additional four (4) years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.\nThis position requires the candidate possess a minimum of TS clearance with SCI eligibility and the ability to pass a polygraph within 30 days of employment or at customers request- contract requires TS/SCI with poly. The candidate must maintain the clearance.\nPrior Experience in SRE, DevOps, Systems Engineering or Software Engineering Roles\nExperience with supporting, troubleshooting, and performing maintenance activities for Java Springboot applications\nExperience with writing source code for new applications or generating and enhancing code samples for existing applications, and using back-end and front-end languages to develop complete solutions\nExperience with CI/CD pipelines built for classified environments, and Agile methodology\nExperience with version control systems, including Bitbucket and GitLab\nAbility to provide call-in support after hours on a rotational basis\nAbility to troubleshoot, diagnose, and resolve software issues quickly and efficiently, and assist customers with technical issues via phone or email\nDOD 8570 or 8140 IAT Level II Certification, such as Security+ CE, SSCP, CySA+, CCNA-Security, CND, GICSP, or GSEC Certification, or IAT level III Certification\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n\nActive/current TS/SCI with poly\nExperience with NiFi, Kafka, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Kubernetes, or ArgoCD\nExperience with producing and maintaining technical documentation\nExperience supporting technical review, planning, and discrepancy boards\nExperience with performing Release Management activities\n\nBenefits:\n\nPeraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program, which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and eligible to participate in an attractive bonus plan\n\nDetails\n\nTarget Salary Range: $112,000 - $179,000. 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.\n\nBenefits Statement: Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at https://www.careers.peraton.com/benefits.\n\nApplication Statements: The application period for the job is estimated to be 30 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates. By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in the role and the Company. During the review of your application, you may be required to participate in an on-camera interview, as well as participate in a process to verify your identity. Use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools of any kind during Peraton interviews is strictly prohibited unless the candidate has obtained prior written authorization. All interview responses must be the candidate’s own.\n\nEEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.","company":"Peraton","rawCompany":"peraton","city":"Reston","state":"VA","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-08-25T13:13:34.937Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"},{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"15-1251.00","title":"Computer Programmers","slug":"computer-programmers"}],"industries":[{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"},{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Site Reliability - Java Springboot Applications","description":"About Peraton\n\nPeraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. 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It establishes a repository of resident space objects (RSOs), finds RSOs of interest, and provides data to ground operators.\nAbout The Role\n\nPeraton is seeking a Site reliability Engineer in Herndon, VA or Aurora, CO to support Intelligence Community and DoD customers as part of a talented, high-performing team. As part of this team you will work with emerging service and distributed computing technologies for satellite situational awareness (SSA) data processing and distribution.\n\nThe EMMETT program, a next gen Space Domain Awareness (SDA) Indications and Warning (I&W) system, establishes a repository of resident space objects (RSOs), finds RSOs of interest, and provides data to ground operators. The EMMETT team uses: programmatics, sensor modeling, and system engineering expertise to deliver this world-class SDA I&W system.\n\nWhat you'll do:\n\nMonitor, troubleshoot, and resolve issues across Java Spring Boot applications, distributed services, and supporting infrastructure in classified environments.\nInvestigate production incidents, perform root cause analysis, implement corrective actions, and drive continuous service improvements to enhance system stability and operational resilience.\nDevelop, enhance, and maintain application code, automation scripts, and tooling that improve system performance, operational efficiency, and maintainability.\nSupport the implementation and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines, ensuring secure, repeatable, and automated software delivery processes within classified environments.\nManage source code repositories, branching strategies, and software baselines using Git-based version control platforms such as GitLab and Bitbucket.\nPerform system upgrades, patching, configuration management, and release activities while minimizing operational impact to mission systems.\nPartner with development teams to optimize application observability through logging, monitoring, alerting, and performance tuning initiatives.\nSupport deployment, administration, and troubleshooting of modern data processing and containerized technologies including Kubernetes, Kafka, NiFi, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, and ArgoCD.\nParticipate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily standups, and retrospectives to support rapid delivery of mission capabilities.\nCreate and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, troubleshooting guides, and system support artifacts.\nParticipate in technical review boards, discrepancy review boards, and release readiness activities to ensure mission and operational requirements are met.\nProvide after-hours operational support on a rotational on-call basis and respond to critical system issues as required.\nQualifications\n\nRequired Qualifications:\n\nA Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of relevant experience, OR Masters degree with 3+ years experience. 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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.\n\nBenefits Statement: Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at https://www.careers.peraton.com/benefits.\n\nApplication Statements: The application period for the job is estimated to be 30 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates. By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in the role and the Company. During the review of your application, you may be required to participate in an on-camera interview, as well as participate in a process to verify your identity. Use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools of any kind during Peraton interviews is strictly prohibited unless the candidate has obtained prior written authorization. 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