Lead Application Developer at Peraton, Suitland, MD

Lead Application Developer at Peraton in Suitland, MD. Contract. Est. up to $200k. Apply with swipeandhired.

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.

Responsibilities

Peraton is looking for a Lead Application Developer to join our team of qualified and diverse individuals. This person will lead the design, development, modernization, and integration of enterprise applications supporting mission-critical federal operations.

This role requires a technically hands-on leader who can drive delivery across modern cloud-native environments while working closely with architects, engineers, product teams, and external partners. You will contribute directly to application development, modernization strategy, DevSecOps adoption, and system integration efforts.

You are expected to move beyond feature delivery—ensuring applications are scalable, secure, resilient, and aligned to evolving mission and compliance requirements .

Location: Suitland, MD (Hybrid)

Day to Day Roles and Responsibilities:

• Lead development and modernization of enterprise applications within a cloud-native ecosystem

• Refactor legacy and COTS applications into modular, microservices-based architectures using open-source technologies

• Design, develop, and integrate APIs, event-driven services, and messaging-based systems

• Develop secure, scalable, and highly available applications supporting high-volume and near real-time processing

• Contribute to AI/ML-enabled application workflows, including model integration and deployment support

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines supporting automated testing, deployment, and security validation

• Implement DevSecOps best practices, including secure SDLC, automated scanning, and compliance validation

• Support system-of-systems integration across multiple applications, contractors, and technical teams

• Ensure applications align with federal security and compliance requirements, including NIST, FedRAMP, FISMA, Zero Trust, MFA, and ATO support processes

• Design and support data ingestion, ETL pipelines, transformation, analytics, and dissemination capabilities

• Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues across application, infrastructure, integration, and data layers

• Lead code reviews, mentor developers, and enforce engineering standards and best practices

• Collaborate within Agile/Scrum and SAFe delivery environments to ensure consistent execution and delivery quality

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree and 12 years of experience or an Associates degree and 14 year