Software Developer
Peraton · Atlantic City, NJ
$80,000–$128,000from the description
Jul 14, 2026
Atlantic City, NJ
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A software developer role focused on building and maintaining cloud-based applications for the FAA's National Airspace System under a federal IT contract. Day-to-day work spans coding in languages like Java or Python, designing RESTful APIs and microservices, integrating into CI/CD pipelines, and supporting testing and compliance activities. Best suited to mid-to-senior developers with cloud platform experience who are eligible for a federal Public Trust clearance.
Mid level · 5+ years · Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 15 people in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 8–20
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $129,456 (middle half $91,775–$159,042). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (12)
The role is on-site at the FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center near Egg Harbor Township, NJ, which falls in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ CBSA.
A Public Trust clearance is required (must be able to obtain/maintain), but this is not a national security clearance (Confidential/Secret/TS), so the clearance requirement is set to None per schema guidance.
U.S. Citizenship is a hard gate stated in the required qualifications.
The degree requirement is flexible: a Bachelor's + 5 yrs, Master's + 3 yrs, Associate's + 7 yrs, or HS diploma + 9 yrs are all accepted — no single minimum degree applies, so the degree requirement is None.
Total years minimum is set to 5, reflecting the lowest experience threshold (Bachelor's + 5 years path), which is the most common baseline.
Java, Python, and C# are listed as interchangeable 'modern programming languages'; Java is used as the primary name with Python and C# as alternatives.
AWS, Azure, and GCP are listed as interchangeable cloud platform options; AWS is used as the primary name with Azure and GCP as alternatives.
Terraform, CloudFormation, and ARM templates are listed as interchangeable Infrastructure-as-Code tools under Preferred Qualifications.
Docker and Kubernetes appear only under Preferred Qualifications ('familiarity with containerization technologies such as…').
NIST, RMF, and FedRAMP are listed under Preferred Qualifications as federal compliance framework knowledge; RMF is omitted as a separate skill since it is part of the same compliance framework grouping as NIST/FedRAMP.
Cloud certifications and FAA/NAS domain experience are listed as preferred but name no specific technology tool, so they are not emitted as skills.
The seniority band is Mid: the title is plain 'Software Developer' with no level modifier, and the 5-year minimum experience with no explicit lead/architect scope aligns with mid-level.
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