Software Engineer

P3S Corporation is seeking a Senior Software Engineer IV to support the Department of the Air Force Financial Management enterprise. The role provides senior systems and software engineering across mission-critical financial systems, including system analysis, modification, integration, testing, cybersecurity, configuration management, deployment validation, troubleshooting, and lifecycle sustainment.

Responsibilities:

• Provide senior engineering support for the analysis, modification, sustainment, integration, testing, and technical validation of Department of the Air Force Financial Management systems
• Analyze existing systems, proposed modifications, technical deficiencies, operational requirements, and system dependencies to determine appropriate engineering solutions
• Evaluate proposed changes for their effect on application functionality, infrastructure, database services, cybersecurity controls, system performance, configuration baselines, and operational availability
• Develop and recommend corrective engineering solutions for identified technical problems
• Support implementation of approved system modifications required to maintain system usability and mission capability as technical environments evolve
• Ensure engineering decisions account for both immediate technical requirements and downstream impacts to interconnected systems and technical domains
• Support the complete engineering lifecycle from requirements and technical analysis through implementation, testing, deployment, validation, sustainment, and corrective action
• Provide senior technical recommendations to Government and contractor stakeholders concerning system enhancements, modernization, sustainment, risks, dependencies, and technical alternatives
• Support maintenance of controlled development and test environments
• Assist in defining and maintaining appropriate configuration controls for development and test assets
• Analyze software updates, patches, enhancements, configuration changes, and system modifications before production deployment
• Conduct or support technical testing of proposed changes
• Develop appropriate test approaches, validation criteria, engineering procedures, and technical documentation
• Verify that patches, updates, enhancements, and system modifications function as intended
• Evaluate interoperability and technical dependencies between modified components and other elements of the environment
• Identify defects, unexpected behavior, incompatibilities, performance impacts, or security concerns before production release
• Support test-data management and protection requirements
• Support secure backup and off-site storage requirements associated with development data
• Document test results, deficiencies, remediation actions, residual risks, and production-readiness findings
• Provide an engineering recommendation regarding whether a modification is technically ready for production deployment
• Evaluate proposed system changes before implementation
• Review technical requirements, dependencies, interfaces, implementation plans, rollback considerations, and potential operational impacts
• Participate in technical and configuration reviews associated with proposed modifications
• Coordinate with system administrators, database personnel, cybersecurity specialists, program leadership, and other engineers before significant technical changes are introduced
• Assist with development of implementation plans and engineering procedures
• Support controlled deployment of approved modifications
• Verify that configuration controls remain intact following implementation
• Conduct post-deployment technical validation
• Analyze system behavior and performance following changes
• Identify and resolve implementation-related technical issues
• Recommend rollback or corrective actions when deployed changes do not achieve required results
• Document final implementation status and technical outcomes
• Evaluate dependencies between software, databases, middleware, infrastructure, network services, cybersecurity controls, and operational processes
• Identify cross-domain risks created by system modifications
• Coordinate engineering activity when a change affects more than one technical area
• Support integration of newly deployed capabilities into the existing environment
• Resolve interoperability and integration issues
• Ensure technical changes are coordinated rather than implemented independently by individual technical domains
• Communicate system dependencies, implementation impacts, technical risks, and engineering recommendations to both technical and nontechnical stakeholders
• Incorporate cybersecurity requirements into engineering decisions
• Coordinate with cybersecurity personnel when modifications affect security controls, configurations, interfaces, or system boundaries
• Support implementation and technical validation of applicable security controls
• Evaluate technical changes for potential cybersecurity impacts
• Support vulnerability remediation activities requiring software, system, infrastructure, or configuration modifications
• Assist technical teams in implementing corrective actions identified through vulnerability assessments or security reviews
• Support testing necessary to demonstrate that remediation actions have been successfully implemented
• Maintain awareness of applicable Federal, DoD, and Air Force cybersecurity requirements affecting assigned systems
• Support technical implementation activities associated with RMF and Assessment and Authorization requirements when assigned
• Work with cybersecurity specialists to ensure engineering solutions do not unintentionally introduce new vulnerabilities or invalidate approved security configurations
• Maintain awareness of approved system configuration baselines
• Evaluate proposed changes against established technical baselines
• Ensure changes are appropriately documented before implementation
• Participate in configuration reviews, engineering reviews, readiness reviews, and change-control activities
• Assist with technical analysis supporting approval or rejection of proposed changes
• Ensure software, configuration, infrastructure, and related technical changes remain synchronized
• Support version control and technical-documentation governance
• Verify baseline integrity after implementation
• Identify configuration drift or unauthorized deviations
• Coordinate corrective actions when baseline discrepancies are identified
• Support traceability between approved requirements, modifications, testing, implementation, and final configuration
• Analyze patches and updates before deployment
• Identify affected applications, services, infrastructure components, interfaces, and dependencies
• Assist in determining implementation priority and technical risk
• Support testing and validation before production implementation
• Evaluate whether patches or remediation actions introduce compatibility, availability, performance, or security problems
• Support implementation of IAVA, TCNO, and other applicable security directives within prescribed timelines when relevant to assigned systems
• Troubleshoot issues resulting from patches, updates, or remediation activities
• Validate system performance following implementation
• Document engineering results and unresolved risks
• Perform structured analysis of complex system problems
• Conduct root-cause analysis when technical failures or degradation occur
• Analyze logs, system behavior, configuration information, interfaces, dependencies, and operational conditions
• Distinguish symptoms from underlying causes
• Develop sustainable corrective actions instead of temporary workarounds whenever feasible
• Support Level III technical escalation activities
• Assist in debugging complex infrastructure, interoperability, system-modification, and application-related issues
• Assess potential mission impact associated with failures and proposed corrective actions
• Coordinate resolution when multiple engineering disciplines are involved
• Verify that corrective actions restore required functionality and performance
• Document root cause, actions taken, final resolution, and lessons learned
• Develop and maintain clear, accurate, controlled, and usable engineering documentation
• Identify technical risks, dependencies, implementation concerns, resource impacts, and readiness issues requiring resolution before significant system changes proceed
• Consider system availability when evaluating proposed modifications
• Identify implementation actions that could affect mission-essential capability
• Support routine and emergency corrective engineering
• Participate in restoration and recovery activities when system changes or failures affect operations
• Assist with engineering necessary to support backup, recovery, resilience, and continuity requirements
• Support COOP-related engineering activities when assigned
• Verify that implemented changes do not unnecessarily degrade operational capability
• Support engineering solutions designed to prevent recurrence of significant technical failures
• Obtain and maintain the security and suitability determinations required for assigned duties
• Meet requirements established in the applicable DD254
• Obtain and maintain required Government system and installation access
• Satisfy background-investigation requirements applicable to assigned system privileges
• Obtain and properly safeguard any required Common Access Card or Restricted Area Badge
• Complete required Air Force Information Assurance Awareness Training before accessing applicable Government computing resources
• Comply with Air Force Instructions, Air Force System Security Instructions, Air Force security memoranda, and local installation security procedures
• Immediately report known or suspected security incidents as required
• Protect Government information, systems, equipment, credentials, and resources

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Electrical Engineering, Information Systems, or closely related technical discipline
• 14 years of relevant professional IT/software/systems engineering experience
• IASAE Level 1 and/or the applicable DoD 8140 632-Intermediate qualifications required by the contract/government
• US Citizen/Active Secret/Whatever level is confirmed by the DD254
• Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, Cybersecurity, Computer Engineering, or related discipline
• Prefer at least 10 years directly involving software engineering, systems engineering, architecture, integration, development/test, or enterprise application engineering
• Prefer at least 3-5 years functioning as a senior engineer, technical lead, systems architect, solution architect, or engineering lead
• Prefer 5+ years support DoD, Air Force, Federal, or comparable highly regulated mission-critical environments
• Prior Department of the Air Force experience
• Prior DoD enterprise systems engineering experience
• Experience supporting mission-critical or highly available systems
• Experience with Air Force Financial Management or comparable Government financial systems
• Experience supporting AFFSO, SAF/FM, AFIMSC, or related organizations
• Experience working in environments governed by RMF and formal authorization requirements
• Experience implementing or validating IAVA, TCNO, vulnerability-remediation, or comparable cybersecurity directives
• Experience with development/test and production environments governed by formal configuration controls
• Experience providing Level III engineering or technical escalation support
• Experience coordinating software, infrastructure, database, middleware, and cybersecurity engineering teams
• Experience supporting system modernization, lifecycle sustainment, or major technical upgrades
• Experience mentoring junior engineers or serving as a senior technical lead
• Experience briefing technical recommendations to Government program managers or leadership
• Direct experience supporting Air Force or DoD cybersecurity environments is highly desirable