Integration Engineer (Middleware Specialist)

DecisionPoint | Cortek • ,

14d • Remote

About The Position

DecisionPoint seeks an Integration Engineer (Middleware Specialist) to design, build, and manage middleware components, transformation logic, and event-driven workflows that enable secure, scalable, and reliable system-to-system integrations across a large federal and DoD-aligned mission environment. This role supports enterprise interoperability and data exchange by architecting integration pipelines, message flows, and middleware logic aligned with both mission and security requirements. The Integration Engineer works closely with API developers, backend engineers, cloud teams, and cybersecurity personnel to build integration layers that meet enterprise performance, resiliency, and Zero Trust–aligned security standards.

Requirements

• Must hold an active Top Secret clearance, supported by a Tier 5 background investigation.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a closely related technical field.
• Minimum 6 years of experience in integration engineering, middleware development, or backend systems engineering.
• Experience building and supporting event-driven or message-based integration solutions.
• Experience with data transformations, mapping logic, and integration pipelines.
• Experience troubleshooting middleware or system-to-system communication issues.
• Experience supporting enterprise, federal, or DoD environments.
• Strong understanding of message queues, pub/sub systems, and event-driven patterns.
• Experience with middleware technologies (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, AWS SNS/SQS, MQ-based systems).
• Familiarity with REST APIs, integration layers, and service-to-service communication.
• Knowledge of data transformation tools, schema mapping, and workflow engines.
• Understanding of secure coding and DoD cybersecurity expectations.
• CompTIA Security+ certification.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities for complex integration workflows.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across engineering teams.
• High attention to detail and commitment to secure, maintainable middleware implementation.
• Ability to design scalable, fault-tolerant integration workflows.
• Strong documentation discipline for mapping specifications and integration diagrams.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with AWS GovCloud or cloud-native integration ecosystems.
• Familiarity with microservices, service mesh architectures, or streaming platforms.
• Experience with XML/JSON transformation tooling or ETL pipelines.
• ITIL v4 Foundation certification.
• AWS Developer or Architect certification.
• Integration or middleware-focused certifications.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain middleware services, integration workflows, and transformation logic.
• Support event-driven architectures, including queues, pub/sub messaging, and asynchronous data pipelines.
• Implement system-to-system orchestration using integration tools, middleware, and workflow engines.
• Build secure and reliable transformations between disparate data formats, schemas, and payload structures.
• Integrate applications using APIs, message brokers, and cloud-native integration services.
• Troubleshoot middleware issues, message delivery failures, and integration performance problems.
• Develop mapping specifications, metadata models, and integration documentation.
• Ensure alignment with DoD cybersecurity policies, secure coding expectations, and Zero Trust data principles.
• Support integration testing, message validation, and workflow debugging.
• Maintain integration diagrams, sequence flows, and system interaction documentation.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams.

Benefits

• Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer
• Policy to provide equal employment opportunity in accordance with all applicable Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action laws, directives and regulations to all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other protected status under Federal, State or Local laws.
• Will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior