Modernization Engineer

Electrosoft Services, LLC is an award-winning company that provides comprehensive technology-based solutions and services to federal customers. While cybersecurity is our specialty, we also focus on ICAM, Zero Trust, digital engineering and transformation, and enterprise AI and intelligent automation. We always seek to delight our customers, so we retain highly qualified employees and offer them meaningful work, growth opportunities, and work-life balance. What sets us apart from all other contractors is the sense of teamwork our employees feel – and the knowledge that outstanding effort is recognized and rewarded.  The camaraderie we share emanates from Lunch & Learn sessions where we explore new ideas together, fun group activities ranging from escape rooms to miniature golf, and much, much more. If we’ve described you and your dream workplace, please apply and share in the many benefits and opportunities we offer.

Modernization Engineer

Responsibilities and Duties:

Supports Engineering modernization efforts by providing independent technical expertise to both the government and the implementation contractor, aka System Integrator.

This role serves as a technical advisor and bridge between stakeholders, ensuring that solution designs, implementation approaches, and modernization strategies align with government objectives, enterprise architecture standards, and industry best practices. Prepare and track project plans for project inception to completion. Participate in effective problem solving.

The ideal candidate is hands-on technical, comfortable discussing deep technical subject matter (ETL, EDI, APIs, cloud-native architecture), and capable of evaluating technical solutions from an architectural, operational, and compliance perspective. Must have strong verbal and written communication skills interfacing with business and technical personnel at all levels.

Key Responsibilities

Provide technical oversight and advisory support for modernization initiative.

Review, evaluate, and provide feedback on architecture designs and technical implementation approaches, including:

ETL and data integration solutions

EDI processing and translation frameworks

API design and integration patterns

Reporting modernization using Qlik

Portal modernization using ServiceNow

Assess solution architectures to ensure alignment with:

Government mission objectives

Functional and non-functional requirements

Security and compliance standards

Scalability, performance, and reliability requirements

Apply industry-recognized methodologies and architectural evaluation frameworks to assess and compare technology candidates for modernization.

Evaluate cloud-native architectures and implementation strategies, including:

Microservices

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Serverless computing

Containerization

Provide technical recommendations regarding cloud adoption strategies (AWS and OCI), integration tools, and modernization sequencing.

Serve as a technical liaison between Customer stakeholders and engineering teams to clarify requirements, risks, trade-offs, and implementation impacts.

Identify architectural risks, gaps, or inefficiencies and provide actionable recommendations for improvement.

Support technical discussions, design reviews, and vendor evaluations.

Ensure modernization efforts follow industry best practices in DevSecOps, cloud architecture, data integration, and enterprise system design.

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field

Must possess IT-II security clearance or have a current National Agency Check with Local Agency Check and Credit Check (NACLC)

DoD Approved 8570 Baseline Certification: Category IAM Level III in a relevant field, Computer Science, Engineering, or Information Systems/Technology, such as CompTIA Security+ certification.

Strong knowledge of AWS services and cloud-native architecture

Understanding of cloud concepts, including:

Microservices

Infrastructure as Code

Serverless computing

Containerization

Experience with ETL, EDI, and API-based integration patterns

Ability to analyze and critique architecture designs and implementation methodologies

Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical topics to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Security Clearance Level: IT-II / NACLC

Preferred Qualifications

Four years of experience in a related field.

CompTIA Security+ certification

Knowledge of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)

Experience with Ab Initio

Experience with Informatica

Familiarity with Qlik and ServiceNow

Electrosoft is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled