Software Development Manager at Peraton
Herndon, VA
$135,000–$216,000from the description
Jul 14, 2026
Herndon, VA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A management role overseeing multiple engineering teams building and delivering complex software systems in a national security context. Day-to-day work spans technical strategy, project planning, cross-functional coordination, and people management — including hiring and performance reviews. The role suits an experienced engineering leader with active TS/SCI clearance, full-stack development background, and comfort working across AWS, Java, Python, and JavaScript ecosystems.
Senior level · 10+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $199,482 (middle half $174,883–$233,831). 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 (9)
The title 'Software Development Manager' carries no explicit seniority level, so the title states no level; the actual requirements (10+ years total, 4+ years in management, multi-team org leadership) support a Senior band.
This role is a genuine hybrid of people management (hiring, performance reviews, compensation, multi-team org) and hands-on technical work (full-stack coding, AWS, CI/CD). 11-3021 (Computer and Information Systems Managers) is the primary classification given the explicit management scope; 15-1252 (Software Developers) is the runner-up given the strong hands-on technical requirements.
The clearance requirement is TS/SCI with polygraph (or active TS/SCI with ability to pass a polygraph) — classified as TopSecretSci.
Degree requirement is set to None because the JD explicitly accepts 4 additional years of experience in lieu of a Bachelor's degree.
The location is not explicitly stated in the posting; given the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) context and Peraton's primary cleared-work footprint, the Washington DC metro area is the most reasonable inference.
Flask and Poetry appear as parenthetical examples under the Python requirement ('Python (Poetry, Flask, etc.)') within the required qualifications section; however, they are illustrative sub-tools rather than standalone gates, so they are marked as preferred.
React, Angular, and jQuery are listed as interchangeable JavaScript framework examples ('e.g., jQuery, Angular, React') — React is emitted as the primary skill with the others as alternatives.
HUMINT domain knowledge and prior DIA experience are listed under Desired Qualifications and are therefore preferred.
Requires a TS/SCI clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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