Software Systems Engineer — Employee-Owned Defense Tech

Integrated Solutions for Systems, Inc. (IS4S); Auburn (AL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Health benefits

Employee ownership

OT, leave and retirement plans

Tuition and education support

Job summary

Integrated Solutions for Systems (IS4S) is seeking a Software Systems Engineer in Auburn, AL or Aberdeen, MD to drive software architecture, use cases, and system integration across Army and Joint warfighting functions. You will work on the full lifecycle from requirements through deployment with an agile team and contribute to documentation and tests.

The role requires strong communication skills, ability to travel for customer engagements, and a commitment to secure, scalable solutions in

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in engineering, computer science, or related technical field.
• In pursuit of a Bachelor’s degree or higher in engineering, computer science, or related technical field.
• Ability to architect software solutions, defining functions and interfaces between internal and external components, and work with other engineers and developers to implement the design
• Experience developing and capturing use cases and user stories to drive design and development in a modified Agile workflow
• Experience informing and documenting software development processes
• Experience developing software documentation and system engineering artifacts, including architecture descriptions, algorithm descriptions, system/subsystem descriptions, ICDs, APIs
• Experience developing test plans, conducting functional tests, measuring and validating results against requirements, verifying operation
• Ability to manage changes and updates to software and corresponding artifacts
• Familiarity with programming languages and software design
• Knowledge of computing platforms and environments, particularly cloud-based environments
• Knowledge of computer network protocols, routing, and IP-based communications
• Experience with systems integration
• Ability to work independently, take initiative, and manage tasks with minimal direction
• Must be able to travel to support customer engagements, integration and testing in live environments
• Must be able to lift and carry computing and networking equipment in support of transit and installation
• Possess strong written and verbal communication skills
• US Citizenship is required

Responsibilities

• Assist managing the full software development lifecycle, including requirements, design, development, testing, deployment, and ongoing maintenance
• Solve complex integration problems, leveraging existing solutions and developing new code as necessary
• Develop and maintain comprehensive integration documentation, including design specifications, field mappings, test plans, user guides, and architecture diagrams
• Conduct integration testing and validation to ensure data accuracy and integrity
• Verify solutions adhere to data security and access requirements
• Communicating and interacting with customers, stakeholders, and other companies

Skills

Software architecture

Use cases & user stories

Software documentation

System integration

Agile workflow

Cloud environments

Networking protocols

Written & verbal communication

Independent work

Willing to travel

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or computer science

Tools

C++

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD tools

Git

Job description

Integrated Solutions for Systems (IS4S) is seeking a Software Systems Engineer in Auburn, AL or Aberdeen, MD to drive software architecture, use cases, and system integration across Army and Joint warfighting functions. You will work on the full lifecycle from requirements through deployment with an agile team and contribute to documentation and tests.

The role requires strong communication skills, ability to travel for customer engagements, and a commitment to secure, scalable solutions in