AMERICAN SYSTEMS

Senior Mission Integration Software Engineer

AMERICAN SYSTEMS$120K — $145K *
Aerospace & Defense
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Active Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility.
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, information technology, engineering, or a related technical field.
  • At least 11 years of relevant professional experience in software engineering, application and systems integration, API development, DevSecOps, cloud-native engineering, or mission systems development.
  • Demonstrated experience building, configuring, or integrating APIs, services, and containerized workloads.
  • Proficiency with software development lifecycle and CI/CD practices, including security scanning and release processes.
  • Ability to produce and maintain technical documentation, including architecture diagrams and API specifications.
  • Working knowledge of cloud environments and identity integration concepts.

Responsibilities

  • Engineer secure integration solutions for software components and APIs.
  • Accelerate mission application onboarding through collaboration with cross-functional teams.
  • Create repeatable integration patterns to support DevSecOps alignment.
  • Translate application requirements into detailed integration plans.
  • Develop and maintain technical artifacts like deployment manifests and release notes.
  • Build and support modern integration solutions with APIs and containerized workloads.
  • Evaluate integration performance and readiness via comprehensive testing.

Benefits

  • Collaborative team environment with technical leadership opportunities.
  • Engagement in high-stakes projects that impact national security.
  • Opportunities for professional growth and development.
  • Work with cutting-edge technologies in cloud and API integrations.
Full Job Description
Overview

In this role, you’ll tackle complex integration challenges across mission applications, APIs, services, data flows, and deployment solutions in secure cloud, platform, and enterprise environments. Working alongside software, data, cybersecurity, network, infrastructure, and Government stakeholders, you’ll turn mission requirements into reliable, operationally ready capabilities through modern DevSecOps practices.

 

Join a team where your technical leadership will directly connect advanced systems and data to trusted operational insight, strengthen maritime situational awareness, and support decisions that matter.

Responsibilities

As a Senior Mission Integration Software Engineer at AMERICAN SYSTEMS, you will have the opportunity to:

  • Engineer secure integration solutions by designing, developing, configuring, testing, and supporting software components, APIs, services, deployment packages, automation, and mission application interfaces.

  • Accelerate mission application onboarding by partnering with software development IPTs, platform and compute teams, cloud architects, data teams, cybersecurity, network, enterprise services, operations, and Government stakeholders.

  • Create repeatable integration patterns that support DevSecOps alignment, application profiling, interface control, test evidence, monitoring integration, production handoff, and operational readiness.

  • Translate application requirements into integration plans by documenting architecture, dependencies, runtime and compute needs, storage, networking, identity requirements, API specifications, and deployment approaches.

  • Develop and maintain technical artifacts, including interface control documents, API specifications, schemas, message definitions, service dependency profiles, deployment manifests, test results, release notes, and operational runbook inputs.

  • Build and support modern integration solutions using APIs, message brokers, streaming services, secure file transfer, containerized workloads, service endpoints, configuration management, and secrets management.

  • Coordinate with cross-functional technical teams to ensure integrations meet approved architecture, access, encryption, logging, monitoring, authorization, and compliance requirements.

  • Apply DevSecOps practices throughout the software lifecycle, including backlog refinement, sprint planning, code reviews, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, security scanning, release management, and change control.

  • Support identity and access integration by incorporating attribute-based access control, policy enforcement points, service accounts, certificates, keys, secrets, and entitlement requirements.

  • Evaluate integration performance and readiness through testing focused on functionality, data movement, error handling, resilience, failover, logging, auditability, monitoring, and operational support.

  • Resolve complex technical issues involving software defects, dependencies, deployment failures, interface errors, service availability, data flows, and production support incidents.

  • Strengthen mission reliability and delivery speed by developing reusable software patterns, improving technical documentation, capturing lessons learned, and contributing to continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications
  • Active Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility.

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, information technology, engineering, or a related technical field.

  • At least 11 years of relevant professional experience in software engineering, application and systems integration, API development, DevSecOps, cloud-native engineering, or mission systems development.

  • Demonstrated experience building, configuring, or integrating APIs, services, adapters, applications, message-based and streaming interfaces, secure file transfer workflows, or containerized workloads.

  • Proficiency with software development lifecycle and delivery practices, including CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, configuration and version control, change management, security scanning, and release processes.

  • Ability to produce and maintain technical documentation, such as application architecture diagrams, API specifications, schemas, message definitions, deployment manifests, dependency profiles, test results, release notes, and operational runbook content.

  • Working knowledge of cloud and hybrid hosting environments, identity integration, attribute-based access control concepts, encryption, PKI, certificates, secrets management, logging, monitoring, and audit requirements.

  • Strong cross-functional communication and coordination skills, with the ability to work effectively across software, data, cloud, platform, network, cybersecurity, compliance, operations, mission, and Government teams.

  • Background supporting secure or mission-critical systems, including requirements traceability, authorization documentation, operational readiness activities, and production support.

About AMERICAN SYSTEMS

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is a government IT solutions provider. The Company provides solutions in national security, healthcare, and public sector markets. Its services include acquisition and lifecycle support, enterprise IT, healthcare IT, intelligence analysis, and training and simulation. The Company's customers include the Department of Defense, Department of State, Department of Justice, and Department of Homeland Security. AMERICAN SYSTEMS was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia.
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