Software Engineer SME

About the role

Job Summary: We are seeking support for an information technology program that supports a mission operations system responsible for securely processing, disseminating and storing data. Requires strong Java development (Java17 or later), Confluence, JAVA EE development experience or Jakarta; PKI SSL/TLS. No cloud experience required. Please Note: This job requires an existing Top Secret Clearance and Polygraph.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop tools that integrate with commercial applications
• Design and develop collaborative tools, data manipulation techniques, data visualization techniques, and directory services
• Provide operations and maintenance of operational systems
• Modify existing software to correct errors, allow it to adapt to new hardware or software, or to improve its performance
• Analyze user needs and software requirements to determine feasibility of design within time and cost restraints
• Consult with customers about software system design and maintenance
• Develop and direct software system testing and validation procedures, programming, and documentation
• Confer with systems analysts, engineers, programmers and others to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements and interfaces
• Compile and write documentation of program development and subsequent revisions, inserting comments in the coded instruction so others can understand the program
• Write, update, and maintain computer programs or software packages for receiving, transmitting, processing and storing mission data
• Consult with managerial, engineering, and technical personnel to clarify program requirements
• Identify complex problems and review related information to develop and evaluate options and implement new ones
• Test, debug, and refine the computer software to produce the required product

Requirements

Citizenship: Must Be a US Citizen

Existing Clearance Required: Active Top Secret SCI with Poly

• Expert-level knowledge of Core Java (NOT Spring Boot), Eclipse IDE v2026, Java 17 or later, JVM, JRE, and JDK concepts, JavaScript, AJAX, jQuery, JSP, Apache Tomcat 11 or later, Tomcat connector, MariaDB (MySQL) v10 or latest, HTML5, CSS, JSON/XML HTTP, HTTPS, REST API, SSH, PKI, OpenSSL, Putty, Linux and LDAP
• Extensive experience with LDAP authentication and authorization, and custom LDAP