Integration Engineer, Middleware Specialist

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Design, develop, and sustain middleware services, integration workflows, and transformation logic.

• Support event-driven architectures, encompassing queues, pub/sub messaging, and asynchronous data pipelines.

• Execute system-to-system orchestration utilizing integration tools, middleware, and workflow engines.

• Create secure and dependable transformations among various data formats, schemas, and payload structures.

• Integrate applications through APIs, message brokers, and cloud-native integration services.

• Diagnose middleware issues, message delivery failures, and integration performance challenges.

• Generate mapping specifications, metadata models, and integration documentation.

• Ensure compliance with DoD cybersecurity policies, secure coding standards, and Zero Trust data principles.

• Assist with integration testing, message validation, and workflow troubleshooting.

• Maintain integration diagrams, sequence flows, and system interaction documentation.

• Engage in Agile ceremonies and collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams.

⛳️ Requirements

• Must possess an active Top Secret clearance, verified by a Tier 5 background investigation.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical field.

• At least 6 years of experience in integration engineering, middleware development, or backend systems engineering.

• Proven experience in building and supporting event-driven or message-based integration solutions.

• Expertise in data transformations, mapping logic, and integration pipelines.

• Proficient in troubleshooting middleware or system-to-system communication challenges.

• Experience in supporting enterprise, federal, or DoD environments.

• Strong knowledge of message queues, pub/sub systems, and event-driven patterns.

• Familiarity with middleware technologies such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, AWS SNS/SQS, and MQ-based systems.

• Understanding of REST APIs, integration layers, and service-to-service communication.

• Knowledge of data transformation tools, schema mapping, and workflow engines.

• Comprehension of secure coding practices and DoD cybersecurity standards.

• CompTIA Security+ certification is required.

• Ability to design scalable, fault-tolerant integration workflows.

• Strong documentation skills for mapping specifications and integration diagrams.

🏝️ Benefits

• Fully remote work arrangement.

• Equal employment opportunity and affirmative action protections.

• Opportunity to be considered for other available positions requiring similar skills, education, and experience.