Sr. Integration Engineer

Founded in 2003, IT Concepts’ core values – customer-centricity, teamwork, drive to deliver, innovation, and integrity – ensure we work together to be the best, realize objectives, and positively impact our communities. We intentionally created and sustain our ITC culture that embraces change, experimentation, continuous learning, and improvement. We bring our design thinking problem-solving approach that challenges assumptions, prioritizes curiosity, and invites complexity to deliver innovative, efficient, and practical solutions. As we continue to grow in the support of our government customers, we are looking for driven and innovative individuals to join our team.

IT Concepts, Inc. (ITC) seeks an experienced Senior Integration Engineer to support our VA-ESOM-End Point Support and Operations Monitoring contract. The Sr. Integration Engineer must have experience managing Information Technology-related projects. Must be well versed in the SDLC life cycle of integrations supporting the business capabilities that provide core operational functionality. Analyze business requirements and ensure implemented integrations (services and workflows) are effectively integrated into the current technology ecosystem. Ensure that the technology solutions delivered are aligned with enterprise strategies and adhere to VA’s target architecture by applying sound architectural principles & best practices and following governance processes and guidelines.   

Responsibilities: 

• Planning, designing, and implementing complex functional and technical services and system-level designs. 

• Supporting and maintaining the Integration platform and integrated components in test and production environments. 

• Capable of working as part of a team. 

• Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams in the establishment of integration processes and standards, leveraging the occasion of the implementation to build repeatable models 

• Engage with architects for design collaboration and review. 

• Architecture Design: Creating high-level integration architectures, defining data mapping strategies, and selecting appropriate integration technologies based on project needs.  

• Requirements Analysis: Collaborating with agency and contract stakeholders to understand business needs, translate them into technical requirements, and identify integration points between different systems.  

• Integration Development: Implementing integrations using APIs, message queues, data mapping tools, and other integration technologies to connect disparate systems and facilitate data exchange.   

• Testing and Quality Assurance: Designing and executing comprehensive integration tests to ensure data accuracy, reliability, and performance of implemented integrations.  

• Technical Leadership: Mentoring junior integration engineers, providing technical guidance, and resolving complex integration issues  

• Performance Optimization: Monitoring integration performance, identifying bottlenecks, and implementing optimizations to maintain system responsiveness  

• Change Management: Managing changes to existing integrations, coordinating updates with relevant teams, and ensuring smooth transition during deployment  

• Documentation and Knowledge Sharing: Creating detailed documentation for integration design, implementation, and maintenance, as well as sharing knowledge with the team 

Location: This position can be performed in a remote working environment and will be supporting Eastern Time working hours. 

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, math, or equivalent (8 years of additional relevant experience may be substituted for education) 

• 10 years of experience with application, data, and/or systems integration 

• Strong understanding of integration patterns and best practices 

• Proficiency in programming languages relevant to integration development (e.g., Java, Python, Kotlin, R, C#) 

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills 

• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams 

• Strong communication and documentation skills  

• Ability to follow policies and procedures 

• Aptitude to address sensitive situations and positively resolve them. 

Preferred Requirements: 

• Experience supporting a federal client. 

• Technical / Tool Experience: 

• Power Apps / Power Platform 

• Jira  

• SharePoint Development (Out-of-box and Custom) including PowerShell automation 

• Power BI reporting with