Senior Software Engineer, Admin Services Lead

Parsons; Virginia; On-site; USD 177,000 - 332,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Paid time off

ESOP

401(k)

Life insurance

Flexible schedules

Holidays

Job summary

Parsons is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Admin Services Lead to own the design, delivery, performance, and evolution of the administrative services domain for a large-scale, globally distributed mission platform.

You will lead architecture roadmaps for admin capabilities across deployment types and environments, and oversee admin experiences for administrators, operations personnel, and regional managers.

Qualifications

• TS/SCI clearance required
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or 4 additional years of experience
• 15+ years of software engineering experience with 4+ years leading a major service or domain
• Experience with Java-based backend microservices and admin interfaces
• Strong experience designing/admin experiences for distributed systems
• Experience with user/role management, secure access-control, lifecycle orchestration
• Strong troubleshooting across admin, authentication, user access, device integration, compatibility, and platform management workflows

Responsibilities

• Own the administrative services portfolio including control-plane services and admin interfaces
• Define/maintain architecture and delivery roadmaps for admin capabilities across environments
• Lead development of admin experiences for system administrators, operators, and regional users
• Oversee integration and lifecycle management of peripherals and middleware
• Serve as technical lead for vendor engagement, certification, and deployment of new peripherals

Skills

Java backend

Admin interfaces

Distributed systems

Security/access-control

Troubleshooting admin workflows

RESTful APIs

Leadership experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a technical field

Tools

Elasticsearch

Logstash

Kibana

Loki

Grafana

Tempo

Mimir

Nomad

Consul

Vault

Terraform

Job description

In a world of possibilities, pursue one with endless opportunities. Imagine Next!At Parsons, you can imagine a career where you thrive, work with exceptional people, and be yourself. Guided by our leadership vision of valuing people, embracing agility, and fostering growth, we cultivate an innovative culture that empowers you to achieve your full potential. Unleash your talent and redefine what’s possible.

Job Description:

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Senior Software Engineer, Admin Services Lead to join our team!

In this role you will own the design, delivery, performance, and operational evolution of the administrative services domain for a large-scale, globally distributed mission platform.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Owning the administrative services portfolio, including control-plane services, admin interfaces, user/role management, authentication/authorization, lifecycle management, and peripheral/middleware services
• Defining and maintaining architecture and delivery roadmaps for administrative capabilities across multiple deployment types and environments
• Leading development and sustainment of administrative experiences for system administrators, operations personnel, field/support teams, regional managers, and role-specific users
• Overseeing integration and lifecycle management of peripherals and middleware—including drivers, SDKs, vendor APIs, and compatibility planning
• Serving as the technical lead for vendor engagement, certification processes, and introduction of new peripherals or middleware while ensuring reliable installation, upgrade, rollback, and support operations

What Required Skills You’ll Bring:

• TS/SCI minimum clearance required.
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field (or 4 additional years of experience in lieu of degree)
• 15+ years of software engineering experience with at least 4 years leading a major service or functional domain
• Experience with Java-based backend microservices and modern web-based administrative interfaces
• Strong experience designing and delivering administrative/control‑plane services for complex distributed systems
• Experience with user and role management, secure access-control services, lifecycle orchestration, or peripheral/device management platforms
• Strong ability to troubleshoot issues across administration, authentication, user access, device integration, compatibility, and platform management workflows

What Desired Skills You’ll Bring:

• Active Polygraph a plus
• Experience with the Elastic Stack, including Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana, and/or the LGTM Stack, including Loki, Grafana, Tempo, and Mimir
• Familiarity with HashiCorp technologies, including Nomad, Consul, Vault, and Terraform, in clustered and distributed environments
• Experience working in Linux-based distributed environments and with modern operational tooling for control-plane services
• Experience designing, integrating, and troubleshooting RESTful APIs in highly available distributed environments
• Experience conducting compatibility testing for versioned drivers and SDKs
• Familiarity with release engineering practices for device integration components
• Experience applying secure design principles to administrative workflows

Security Clearance Requirement:

An active Top Secret SCI security clearance is required for this position. This position is part of our Federal Solutions team. The Federal Solutions segment delivers resources to our US government customers that ensure the success of missions around the globe. Our intelligent employees drive the state of the art as they provide services and solutions in the areas of defense, security, intelligence, infrastructure, and environmental. We promote a culture of excellence and close-knit teams that take pride in delivering, protecting, and sustaining our nation's most critical assets, from Earth to cyberspace. Throughout the company, our people are anticipating what’s next to deliver the solutions our customers need now.

Salary Range: $176,900.00 - $332,400.00

We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!

Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.

We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—