Software Systems Engineer

Job Title

Software Systems Engineer – Auburn, AL or Aberdeen, MD

Auburn, AL;
Aberdeen, MD

Full-time, Exempt

IS4S is seeking a Software Systems Engineer to assist in development and integration of software solutions supporting Army and Joint war fighting functions. The role involves system engineering activities such as software architecture design, creating use cases and user stories, requirements definition, capturing implementations, creating test plans, validating performance, and change management.

• 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.
• Communicate and interact with customers, stakeholders, and other companies.

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in engineering, computer science, or a related technical field (full-time and part-time).
• 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, interface control documents (ICDs), and application programming interfaces (APIs).
• Experience developing test plans, conducting functional tests, measuring and validating results against requirements, and 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, occasionally working non-standard hours to match exercise schedules.
• Must be able to lift and carry computing and networking equipment in support of transit and installation.
• Possess strong written and verbal communication skills.
• U.S. Citizenship is required.

• Development experience with programming languages and build tools (e.g., C++, cmake).
• Understanding of containerization, management, and software deployment (especially using Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm).
• Understanding of enterprise application development.
• Understanding of hardware and software virtualization.
• Understanding of tactical networks, including enterprise, satellite, terrestrial, mobile, and ad hoc networks (MANETs).
• Familiarity with Army compute systems and compute environments.
• Familiarity with standard Dev Sec Ops  practices and platforms (e.g., git, CI/CD pipelines, vulnerability scanning, etc.).
• Experience with Mission Command or C2 systems, especially those dealing with Fires and Electromagnetic Warfare.

• Competitive salary with comprehensive health and wellness benefits.
• Dynamic and collaborative work environment.
• Employee ownership.
• Medical, dental, and vision care plans.
• Paid time‑off and parental leave programs.
• Group term life insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan.
• Tuition assistance, training, and education development offerings.