Software Systems Engineer II

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, enhance, integrate, test, and maintain software for an assigned ICAM workstream. 

• Develop application components using Java, Spring, Hibernate, Angular, and MySQL. 

• Commit code daily to the approved enterprise repository. 

• Participate in source-control branching, peer review, merging, and release-management practices. 

• Develop and maintain unit tests and automated test coverage. 

• Work with test engineers to resolve defects and validate release readiness. 

• Support CI/CD pipeline execution and zero-downtime deployments. 

• Develop code that meets security, quality, performance, and Section 508 expectations. 

• Support integrations between ICAM applications and internal or external systems. 

• Troubleshoot application, integration, configuration, data, and performance issues. 

• Provide Tier 2 and Tier 3 incident support for assigned applications. 

• Participate in root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and after-action activities. 

• Write or maintain user stories, technical documentation, system-design materials, and operational procedures. 

• Participate in Agile ceremonies, backlog refinement, sprint planning, demonstrations, and retrospectives. 

Required Qualifications:

• Hands-on software development experience using Java. 

• Experience with Spring or Spring Boot. 

• Experience with Hibernate or comparable Java persistence frameworks. 

• Experience with Angular or comparable modern JavaScript frameworks. 

• Experience working with relational databases such as MySQL. 

• Experience with Git-based source control and regular code commits. 

• Experience developing and maintaining unit or automated tests. 

• Experience working in an Agile development environment.

• Experience participating in CI/CD software delivery. 

• Ability to troubleshoot application and integration issues in non-production and production environments. 

• Ability to provide Tier 2 or Tier 3 technical support. 

• Ability to obtain and maintain favorable DHS EOD, suitability, and required system access. 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior DHS, or federal civilian software engineering experience. 

• Experience developing ICAM, IAM, SSO, OAuth/OIDC, PKI, PAM, account-management, or access-control applications. 

• Experience with GitHub Enterprise, Jenkins, SonarQube, Selenium, Nexus, Jira, and Confluence. 

• Experience with AWS, Azure, Docker, EKS, or hybrid-cloud environments. 

• Experience with zero-downtime deployments, stateless microservices, and production DevOps support. 

• Experience developing Section 508-compliant applications. 

• Experience with secure coding and remediation of static or dynamic security findings.