Integration Engineer (Middleware Specialist)

DecisionPoint Corporation is seeking an Integration Engineer (Middleware Specialist) to support secure, scalable system-to-system integrations in a federal and DoD-aligned mission environment. The role designs and manages middleware services, event-driven workflows, data transformations, integration pipelines, and documentation while collaborating with engineering and cybersecurity teams.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain middleware services, integration workflows, and transformation logic
• Support event-driven architectures, including queues, pub/sub messaging, and asynchronous data pipelines
• Implement system-to-system orchestration using integration tools, middleware, and workflow engines
• Build secure and reliable transformations between disparate data formats, schemas, and payload structures
• Integrate applications using APIs, message brokers, and cloud-native integration services
• Troubleshoot middleware issues, message delivery failures, and integration performance problems
• Develop mapping specifications, metadata models, and integration documentation
• Ensure alignment with DoD cybersecurity policies, secure coding expectations, and Zero Trust data principles
• Support integration testing, message validation, and workflow debugging
• Maintain integration diagrams, sequence flows, and system interaction documentation
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams

Requirements:

• Must hold an active Top Secret clearance, supported by a Tier 5 background investigation
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a closely related technical field
• Minimum 6 years of experience in integration engineering, middleware development, or backend systems engineering
• Experience building and supporting event-driven or message-based integration solutions
• Experience with data transformations, mapping logic, and integration pipelines
• Experience troubleshooting middleware or system-to-system communication issues
• Experience supporting enterprise, federal, or DoD environments
• Strong understanding of message queues, pub/sub systems, and event-driven patterns
• Experience with middleware technologies (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, AWS SNS/SQS, MQ-based systems)
• Familiarity with REST APIs, integration layers, and service-to-service communication
• Knowledge of data transformation tools, schema mapping, and workflow engines
• Understanding of secure coding and DoD cybersecurity expectations
• CompTIA Security+
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities for complex integration workflows
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across engineering teams
• High attention to detail and commitment to secure, maintainable middleware implementation
• Ability to design scalable, fault-tolerant integration workflows
• Strong documentation discipline for mapping specifications and integration diagrams
• Experience with AWS GovCloud or cloud-native integration ecosystems
• Familiarity with microservices, service mesh architectures, or streaming platforms
• Experience with XML/JSON transformation tooling or ETL pipelines
• ITIL v4 Foundation
• AWS Developer or Architect certification
• Integration or middleware-focused certifications