Junior Software Developer

Peraton is seeking an experienced Junior Software Developer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. The qualified applicant will become part of Peraton's Defense Mission and Health Solutions Sector, Durable Medical Equipment (DME) team.

The ideal candidate will serve as a part of an Agile team developing enhancements to the Medicare DME claims processing system. Our teams follow a SAFe agile/scrum development life cycle, responsible to create technical design deliverables, develop new programs, enhance existing programs, build unit test plans, cases, data and execute those tests. The Junior Software Developer installs changes into internal testing regions and fixes discovered defects, following procedures and coding standards in a highly rigorous development environment. The Junior Software Developer plans and executes work assignments in a way to ensure all assigned due dates are met and can identify and implement process improvements and updates to technical documentation. In addition to traditional mainframe work, this position may involve building and updating web APIs, as well as other cloud solutions.

Responsibilities:

Designs, codes, unit tests, and debugs enhancements to the DME claims processing system.
• Participates as a member of an Agile development team.
• Completes development to implement complex components.
• Works under general direction.
• May participate in design activities
• Demonstrates general use and application of concepts, practices, and techniques.
• Designs, prepares and executes unit tests. Represents team to clients.
• Provides solutions to a variety of problems.
• Contributes to strategic direction for teams.
• Applies technical knowledge to provide maintenance solutions across one or more technology areas
• Applies company and 3rd party technologies to complex software solutions of moderate complexity.
• With only general direction, implements end-user or enterprise solutions of moderate complexity.
• Integrates technical expertise and business understanding to create superior solutions for clients.
• Consults with team members and other organizations, clients and vendors on complex issues.
• Provides time / resource estimates for assigned projects.
• May assist in developing innovative solutions to complex business and technology problems in areas of proven expertise.

Basic Qualifications:

• Requires 2 years of experience with BS/BA
• Requires 2 years of mainframe development experience.
• Experienced with mainframe technologies such as COBOL, JCL, CICS, TSO and VSAM.
• Able to perform well in a highly rigorous development environment
• Demonstrates experience as a software developer in a mainframe environment
• Demonstrates ability to determine and decompose business requirements
• Application lifecycle methodology experience specifically Agile/SCRUM
• Strong communication skills and technical writing
• Ability to develop application project solutions and estimating.
• US Citizenship is required.
• Must be able to obtain/maintain Public Trust clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with DME, Medicare Part A, Medicare Part B, or Medicare Common Working File (CWF) specific processing systems
• Knowledge of health care claims processing
• Experience working with CMS

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.