Software Systems Integration Engineer - IDEMIA National Security Solutions

IDEMIA National Security Solutions (NSS) is the premier provider of integrated identity solutions for United States Government. Our deep understanding of biometric, biographic, credential, and digital forms of identity allows us to guide our clients to achieve their business goals. NSS’ leading software systems; data and analytics offerings; and professional services facilitate and automate many of the business processes for government agencies serving law enforcement, military, and intelligence missions. This position is eligible for remote work.

Summary

IDEMIA National Security Solutions is seeking a Software Systems Integration Engineer with a well-rounded engineering background in Linux systems, platform operations, infrastructure automation, DevOps, and systems integration. This role supports the deployment, automation, modernization, monitoring, and sustainment of mission-critical biometric and identity management systems. The successful candidate will support customer environments requiring infrastructure automation, automated software deployments, and CI/CD pipeline operations across development, test, and production environments.

Location:

Alexandria, VA or Morgantown, WV preferred.

Remote will be considered.

Primary Responsibilities

• Perform operations and maintenance (O&M) activities including troubleshooting, defect resolution, software updates, system monitoring, performance tracking, and operational support.
• Integrate software with biometric systems, identity management systems, enterprise applications, databases, hardware, and third-party products.
• Architect software and systems integration solutions across applications, databases, cloud services, hardware, and external systems.
• Support application deployment and lifecycle management using RPM-based deployment methodologies while contributing to the organization's transition toward containerized and cloud-native deployment architectures.
• Design, develop, and maintain automation solutions using Ansible, Infrastructure as Code, and scripting to support application installation, configuration management, patching, upgrades, deployment, and operational workflows.
• Administer and support Linux-based production, development, and test environments.
• Implement and maintain infrastructure monitoring, alerting, and operational dashboards.
• Develop, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines, build automation, and release processes across development, test, and production environments to improve deployment reliability, consistency, and operational efficiency.
• Collaborate with software engineering, systems engineering, and operations teams to improve deployment reliability and operational efficiency.
• Support platform reliability, capacity planning, system health monitoring, and incident response activities.
• Maintain software baselines, source code repositories, release artifacts, and configuration records in accordance with established configuration management processes.
• Support modernization initiatives including legacy platform transformation, containerization, Kubernetes adoption, and cloud-native deployment architectures through proof-of-concept, migration, and integration activities.
• Document software architectures, system designs, interfaces, deployments, and implementation approaches.
• Develop operational documentation, deployment standards, and automation runbooks supporting both current-state and future-state platform architectures.
• Experience working in small teams.
• Ability to work multiple projects and problems in parallel.
• Ability and willingness to travel for some assignments.
• Occasional O&M support outside business hours.