Software Integrator

CTC Group•Fort Meade, MD

4d•$195,000 - $225,000

About The Position

CTC Group is seeking a Software Integrator to lead the integration, deployment, and maintenance of complex software systems across cloud and existing enterprise environments. The role requires advanced software engineering expertise, technical leadership, and experience coordinating application modernization and integration efforts to ensure system reliability, performance, and availability. The Software Integrator serves as a technical lead across multiple development teams, coordinating with systems engineers and other technical stakeholders. The role includes analyzing requirements and architectures, defining integration strategies and performance requirements, integrating software components and cloud infrastructure, leading application migration and modernization, and supporting high-availability deployments. The position also oversees troubleshooting, root cause analysis, testing, software quality, and the preparation of after-action reports.

Requirements

Active TS/SCI with polygraph security clearance.
Recent experience with cloud technologies, preferably AWS.
Experience leading complex software development and systems integration efforts.
Experience migrating and integrating applications within cloud environments.
Experience with microservices and containerized applications.
Experience configuring or integrating cloud infrastructure using Terraform and CloudFormation.
Experience with ActiveMQ and/or Kafka messaging technologies.
Experience designing and implementing deployment strategies for high-availability systems.
Experience troubleshooting complex software systems and performing root cause analysis.
Experience providing technical leadership, overseeing integration testing, and ensuring software quality.
A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related discipline from an accredited college or university is required; four years of additional SWE experience on projects with similar software processes may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.
Twenty years’ experience as a SWE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required.

Responsibilities

Serve as a technical lead for software integration efforts across multiple development teams, coordinating with systems engineers and other technical stakeholders.
Analyze user requirements, system architectures, and technical constraints to define software integration strategies and performance requirements.
Design, modify, and integrate software components, microservices, and containerized applications within cloud environments, preferably AWS.
Lead application migration and modernization efforts, identifying integration dependencies, system limitations, and technical risks.
Oversee the configuration and maintenance of supporting cloud infrastructure using Terraform and CloudFormation.
Direct the integration of messaging technologies such as ActiveMQ and Kafka to support communication between software components.
Evaluate and implement deployment strategies for high-availability systems, ensuring adherence to operational specifications.
Troubleshoot complex software and integration issues, lead root cause analysis, and coordinate corrective actions.
Ensure quality control of developed and modified software, oversee testing activities, and recommend improvements to development processes.
Prepare after-action reports documenting integration findings, new requirements, and improvements to Tier 1 standard operating procedures (SOPs).