Senior Software Developer - E-CLAS Modernization Client: Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Program: Common API Services (CAS)
Openings: 1
Location: Remote - United States / Washington, DC as required Government Site: IRS, 1111 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20224
Work Arrangement: Primarily Remote/occasional on-site support
Minimum Experience: 5+ years
Candidate Pay Range: $72.29-$75.12/hour Position Status: Contingent upon contract award
Position Summary SMX Services & Consulting, Inc. is seeking a
Senior Software Developer - E-CLAS Modernization to support modernization of IRS legacy application interfaces and mainframe-connected services.
The successful candidate will analyze existing Java-based interfaces and legacy integration patterns and help transform them into modern Spring Boot microservices and APIs while preserving existing business functionality and downstream compatibility.
Required Qualifications - Minimum 5 years of relevant software-development experience.
- Java/J2EE.
- Spring Boot.
- Microservices.
- REST APIs.
- SOAP web services.
- OpenAPI/Swagger.
- JSON.
- XML.
- XSD/schema mapping.
- Legacy-system modernization.
- Mainframe-connected application integration.
- Red Hat OpenShift.
- Kubernetes.
- Git/GitHub.
- JUnit.
- Postman and/or SoapUI.
- Secure coding.
- Application troubleshooting.
- Vulnerability remediation.
Key Responsibilities - Analyze existing E-CLAS interfaces and application behavior.
- Document service and consumer dependencies.
- Develop Spring Boot microservices.
- Develop and modernize REST and SOAP interfaces.
- Convert legacy functionality into reusable API-based services.
- Develop OpenAPI specifications.
- Perform JSON/XML/schema mapping.
- Analyze backward compatibility.
- Identify downstream consumer impacts.
- Support mainframe-connected modernization.
- Correct software defects.
- Conduct developer validation.
- Support application security remediation.
- Prepare release-ready artifacts.
- Produce modernization documentation.
- Support implementation and deployment activities.
- Preserve existing functionality throughout modernization.
Location Requirement The position is primarily remote within the United States. The selected candidate must be capable of supporting the IRS Government site at
1111 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20224 when required.
Citizenship and Security MUST BE U.S. CITIZEN. Candidate must be able to satisfy applicable IRS suitability, background investigation, PIV/SmartID, security training, system-access, and protected-information handling requirements.
