Software Engineer II

Title: Software Engineer II

Client: Peraton supporting CMS APS Program

Location: Remote in US

Department: APS Product Development Team

Reports to: APS Software Engineering Lead

Clearance: Ability to obtain Public Trust (Active clearance preferred)

Contract Length: 1 year plus potential extensions (September 2026 - September 2027)

US Citizenship Required

The Software Engineer II will be responsible for the design, development, testing, and deployment of software applications within the program. This role requires a strong technical background, excellent problem-solving skills, and the ability to work collaboratively in a SAFe Agile environment. The Software Engineer will play a critical role in maintaining the quality and efficiency of software solutions to support the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in detecting and preventing fraud, waste, and abuse within government-sponsored health programs.

Federal healthcare experience is strongly preferred, particularly candidates with experience supporting agencies/programs such as CMS, CDC, FDA, HHS, or other federal health environments

Key Responsibilities:

• Software Development: Design, develop, test, and deploy software applications using Java, Spring Boot, and related technologies.
• Agile Practices: Participate in all phases of the Agile development lifecycle, including planning, estimation, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.
• Code Quality: Ensure adherence to coding standards and best practices, conduct code reviews, and write comprehensive unit tests.
• Collaboration: Work closely with product owners, Scrum Masters, DevSecOps engineers, and other stakeholders to deliver high-quality software solutions.
• Problem Solving: Troubleshoot and resolve software issues, provide root cause analysis, and implement preventive measures.
• Documentation: Create and maintain technical documentation for software applications and processes.
• Continuous Improvement: Continuously enhance software development processes and tools to improve efficiency and quality.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in software development, with a strong focus on Java and Spring Boot.
• Expert proficiency in Java, Spring Boot, RESTful API development, microservices architecture, the ActiveMQ message broker, and containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Define API contracts using OpenAPI/Swagger specifications and ensure consistent API design standards across services.
• Develop and manage service-to-service communication patterns using synchronous (REST) and asynchronous messaging frameworks such as ActiveMQ, Amazon MQ, and SQS.
• Experience with the version control systems (GitHub) and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) tools (Jenkins).
• Experience with test automation tools and frameworks such as Selenium, JUnit, TestNG, and Cucumber.
• Experience with SQL, Python, Bash scripting, Linux, AWS services (Amazon MQ, SQS, S3, EC2, EKS, RDS, CloudWatch), and infrastructure as code tools (Terraform).
• Experience with databases (PostgreSQL, Oracle) and data modeling.
• Experience with system monitoring tools (Apache JMeter, Grafana, Splunk, DataDog, CloudWatch).
• Knowledge of data analytics tools (AWS QuickSight, Elasticsearch).
• Experience with agile methodologies (SAFe, Scrum) and tools (Jira, Confluence).
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to identifying and addressing issues.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, agile environment.
• Proven track record of innovation and continuous improvement.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
• Must have lived in the United States 3 out of the past 5 years.

Preferred Qualifications:

• SAFe Agile Certification
• Experience in healthcare IT and understanding of regulatory requirements such as HIPAA.
• Experience and/or knowledge of CMS processes and standards.
• Experience in developing responsive, dynamic, and interactive user interfaces using Angular and React frameworks.
• Experience in converting UI/UX wireframes and prototypes into functional applications.