Remote IAM Software Engineer: ICAM & API Focus

GovCIO; Cheyenne (WY); Remote; USD 100,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

EAP

Corporate discounts

Training & certification support

Referral bonus program

Flexible work environment

Job summary

GovCIO is recruiting an IAM Journeyman Software Engineer to lead design, development, and delivery of software for the ICAM program at the Department of Veterans Affairs. You will guide API design, data integration, and CI/CD practices across SSO, IGA, PAM, and MPI, while mentoring engineers and coordinating with IAM teams.

The role emphasizes secure coding, architecture-level decisions, and collaboration within SAFe/Agile teams for timely delivery while maintaining Section 508 considerations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, and 8+ years of professional software development experience.
• Hands-on experience developing in Python and Java, with complex backend services.
• Experience architecting and building RESTful and/or SOAP APIs.
• Strong experience with JSON/XML data formats for parsing and transformation.
• Strong SQL skills and experience with relational databases.
• Experience with version control and collaborative development practices.
• Experience leading technical design and mentoring engineers.
• Experience working in Agile Scrum/SAFe delivery teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication for technical stakeholders.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Suitability/Public Trust clearance.

Responsibilities

• Leads design, development, testing, and maintenance of software components supporting ICAM products.
• Architects and builds RESTful and SOAP APIs connecting ICAM services with VA applications and external systems.
• Designs and optimizes SQL queries and data access patterns at scale.
• Develops backend services in Java and Python, enforcing secure coding practices.
• Leads CI/CD deployments and configuration-as-code for new integrations.
• Mentors junior engineers and leads code/design reviews.
• Contributes to identity resolution and person-matching features with IAM teams.
• Documents design, APIs, and interfaces and maintains runbooks.

Skills

Python

Java

REST APIs

SQL

CI/CD

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS or related field

Tools

Git

Azure

Job description

GovCIO is recruiting an IAM Journeyman Software Engineer to lead design, development, and delivery of software for the ICAM program at the Department of Veterans Affairs. You will guide API design, data integration, and CI/CD practices across SSO, IGA, PAM, and MPI, while mentoring engineers and coordinating with IAM teams.

The role emphasizes secure coding, architecture-level decisions, and collaboration within SAFe/Agile teams for timely delivery while maintaining Section 508 considerations.