Key skills
Data EngineeringAnalyticsSnowflakeDatabricksAngularAngularJSAWSDockerJenkinsECSScrumCI/CDLeadershipMentoringCollaboration
About this role
Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe. They are seeking an experienced Software Development Manager to lead software and hardware development efforts for a data-driven healthcare platform, focusing on user interface development to combat Fraud, Waste, and Abuse.
Responsibilities:
- Serve as the primary development leadership authority, managing a team of direct employees and subcontractors while coordinating closely with the Operations Manager, DevOps Lead and Release Manager to ensure seamless, high-quality delivery across all development workstreams
- Directly manage 5–10 full-time employees and provide day-to-day oversight and direction for 5–10 subcontractor personnel across integrated development workstreams
- Handle staffing decisions, onboarding, mentoring, and performance evaluations for direct reports
- Coordinate closely with the Release Manager, Operations Manager and DevOps Lead to align development priorities, resolve cross-team dependencies, and ensure cohesive delivery
- Maintain active, working knowledge of each team member's current assignments, progress, and blockers
- Partner with other team managers and technical leads to drive cross-functional collaboration across DevSecOps, data engineering, analytics, and platform modernization efforts
- Lead development activities across a complex, cloud-hosted system integrating software and hardware components, including AWS infrastructure, COTS products, data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks), and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins)
- Own and enforce technical quality standards, code review processes, and Definition of Done (DoD) compliance across all development teams
- Actively participate in and support SAFe ceremonies including PI Planning, Sprint Planning, Backlog Grooming, Scrum of Scrums, and retrospectives
- Identify, track, and mitigate development risks; escalate blockers and cross-team dependencies to the Release Train Engineer (RTE) and Program Manager as appropriate
- Support platform modernization initiatives including Snowflake/Databricks migration, AngularJS-to-Angular UI upgrades, containerization (Docker/AWS ECS), and CI/CD pipeline enhancements
- Ensure development deliverables meet required performance standards and defined SLAs
- Drive architecture discussions, design choices, and coding standards to ensure the team is building the right product the right way