Lead Sr. Software Engineer - Remote

ISHPI supports the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) by developing, modernizing, and enhancing its enterprise applications. We provide sustainment services by maintaining, securing, and supporting the applications.

• You will provide technical leadership for a team modernizing and implementing application changes in a large-scale enterprise Identity, Authentication, and Access Management (IAM/IDaaS) platform • You will analyze requirements and designs and implement software components • You will perform technical demos, design reviews, and solution walkthroughs as required • You will lead the team in implementing changes to migrate legacy applications and tools to use current enterprise technologies • You will ensure that the application architecture complies with the enterprise reference architecture • You will follow agile practices, test-driven development, and Government-approved project standards and frameworks including generation of automated unit and integration test cases • You will leverage Government‑approved Generative AI (GenAI) tools to support activities such as code analysis, documentation drafting, and automated test generation • You will perform peer reviews of design and code • You will create and maintain required project, technical, and user documentation • You will support release and testing activities as needed • You will support configuration management, quality assurance, and optimization of team practices • You will ensure that quality and security is built into the applications throughout the SDLC • You will contribute to monitoring data on performance of the team’s software activities

Requirements (education/experience/certifications): • 10+ years of relevant software development experience • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field • Prior DMDC experience • Experience in design, development, and sustainment of enterprise web applications with a Java-based technology stack • Knowledge of Java stack architecture best practices (SOA, REST, MVC, JSON, exception handling, logging, transaction handling, etc.) • Knowledge of security architectures and industry best practices for designing secure Java-based web applications

Preferences: • Experience with software projects for U.S. Federal government/DoD/DoW • Experience with cloud environments and containerization • Experience with Log4j 2, Docker, Kubernetes, and/or Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) • Experience with Okta (Workflows, APIs)

Clearance:  Requires U.S. Citizenship and ability to pass a Government background investigation for position of trust.

Required Certification: CompTia Security+ CE, CSSLP, or CISSP certification required.

“Ishpi Information Technologies, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.

Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position is $125,000 - $145,000. Please note that any salary information disclosed is a general guideline only. Ishpi considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.

Expression of Interest: By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified, you may be contacted for this and future openings.

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