Integration Lead

Integral•Tysons, VA

18h•$150,000 - $160,000

About The Position

The Integration Developer serves as the hands-on Development Lead for Identity, Data & Integration on the VA Memorials Integration Services and Innovation (MISI) program. The role directs enterprise interfaces, API and service integration, legacy data migration, and reconciliation. It leads integration designs and interface contracts across VA and other enterprise services, and designs and implements secure APIs, adapters, data transformations, migration pipelines, and reconciliation processes. The Integration Lead coordinates integration and migration work with development pods, architecture and QA leads, engineering leadership, and external interface owners. The role also applies VA-authorized AI assistance to integration development while independently validating generated work, data handling, and security controls. It leads contract testing, migration rehearsals, exception resolution, and cutover readiness, while maintaining traceability, auditability, and data integrity.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or an IT-related field, with 7–10 years of experience.
Senior hands-on experience with enterprise system integration, REST/JSON APIs, data mapping, ETL/ELT pipelines, SQL, and relational database migration.
Experience integrating heterogeneous systems and reconciling complex legacy data with target data models, reference data, and business rules.
Ability to lead integration developers, review API and data designs, and automate validation within Agile and DevSecOps delivery pipelines.
Demonstrated ability to scrutinize AI-generated integration code, mappings, and migration logic for correctness, security, and data quality.
Public Trust.

Nice To Haves

C#/.NET services or adapters, SQL Server, Oracle, Salesforce data, Blazor-based applications, and AWS GovCloud/VAEC.
VA SSOi/PIV, MPI/ICN, VA.gov interfaces, NCA data feeds, GIS, interface control documents, and large-scale data migration.
Contract testing, service virtualization, event-driven integration, and repeatable migration rehearsal/cutover experience.

Responsibilities

Lead integration designs and interface contracts for VA IAM/SSOi, MPI/ICN, VA.gov intake, VLM, memorial systems, reporting feeds, and other VA enterprise services.
Design and implement secure REST APIs, web-service adapters, data transformations, mapping specifications, migration pipelines, and repeatable reconciliation processes.
Direct integration and migration work by optional development pods; coordinate with the Functional Architect, QA Lead, Data Architect, EISS Chief Engineer, and external interface owners.
Apply VA-authorized AI assistance to draft mappings, interface code, SQL/ETL scripts, and tests; independently validate generated output, data handling, and security controls.
Lead interface contract testing, migration rehearsals, exception resolution, and cutover readiness while maintaining traceability, auditability, and data integrity.