Software Systems Integration SME

Qualifications

• REQUIREMENTS:
• Bachelors and nine (9) years or more experience; Masters and seven (7) years or more experience; PhD or JD and four (4) years or more experience.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Must have an Active Secret clearance to start
• Must be able to obtain a TS/SCI after start
• Extensive experience in software engineering, software systems integration, application development, systems engineering, or related technical disciplines supporting complex software environments. Strong understanding of software architecture, requirements-driven design, software integration, system interfaces, and the complete software development lifecycle.
• Experience designing, developing, integrating, testing, deploying, and sustaining resilient software applications, web applications, or distributed software systems.
• Experience developing software solutions using modern development practices, modular architectures, APIs, services, or microservices-based approaches.
• Experience supporting DevSecOps and Agile software development environments, including backlog management, iterative development, integration, testing, and rapid capability delivery.
• Experience performing system design, software development, integration, and implementation of prototypes or proof-of-concept capabilities.
• Experience analyzing system workflows, data flows, application interfaces, software dependencies,
• user requirements, and technical integration challenges. Demonstrated ability to provide senior technical leadership, mentor engineers, coordinate across multidisciplinary teams, and provide recommendations to technical and program leadership.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to translate complex software and integration topics into clear recommendations for engineering, program, senior leadership, and technical audiences.
• DESIRED SKILLS:
• Experience developing, integrating, testing, or deploying command-and-control or other mission-critical software capabilities.
• Experience supporting government, defense, or other mission-focused software environments.
• Experience establishing or supporting production and development environments for operationally deployed software capabilities.
• Experience with Service-Oriented Architecture, microservices, containerized applications, APIs, distributed systems, and modern web application architectures.
• Experience with modern DevSecOps technologies and practices, including CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, containerization, orchestration, configuration management, and secure software delivery.
• Experience applying test-driven development, behavior-driven development, automated testing, software quality practices, or similar approaches within complex development environments.
• Experience integrating software across network operating environments, data services, infrastructure platforms, external applications, or other distributed system components.
• Experience supporting rapid innovation, prototyping, experimentation, demonstrations, testing, and transition of software capabilities into production environments.
• Experience developing and maintaining technical backlogs, translating technical requirements into executable engineering work, and coordinating priorities across multiple development or integration teams.
• Demonstrated ability to operate as a persistent and creative problem solver, rapidly learn emerging technologies and development practices, and guide technical teams through complex integration challenges.
• Extensive experience in software engineering, software systems integration, application development, systems engineering, or related technical disciplines supporting complex software environments.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, requirements-driven design, software integration, system interfaces, and the complete software development lifecycle.
• user requirements, and technical integration challenges.
• Demonstrated ability to provide senior technical leadership, mentor engineers, coordinate across multidisciplinary teams, and provide recommendations to technical and program leadership.