Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. DecisionPoint Corporation is seeking an API / Integration Engineer to support secure, large-scale federal and DoD-aligned mission environments. The role focuses on designing, implementing, and maintaining enterprise APIs, middleware, authentication workflows, and system integrations while collaborating with architecture, cloud engineering, development, and cybersecurity teams.
Responsibilities
- Develop, maintain, and enhance RESTful APIs and backend integration components
- Design middleware workflows, interface connectors, and system integration layers
- Implement secure authentication flows including OAuth2, SAML, and token-based frameworks
- Support data ingestion, transformation, and exchange across enterprise systems
- Troubleshoot integration issues, logging errors, and cross-application communication failures
- Help implement API versioning strategies, schema changes, and lifecycle management
- Ensure API and integration secure coding practices align with DoD cybersecurity requirements
- Collaborate with architects on data mapping, schema modeling, and contract definitions
- Participate in code reviews, documentation reviews, and integration design sessions
- Support automated testing of APIs and integration endpoints
- Maintain API documentation, interface specifications, and technical integration assets
- Participate in Agile ceremonies and help refine integration-related user stories
Skills
- Must hold an **active Top Secret clearance**, supported by a **Tier 5** background investigation
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or a closely related field
- Minimum **6 years** of experience in API development, system integration engineering, or backend development
- Experience designing and supporting REST APIs and backend integration services
- Experience working with identity and authentication systems
- Experience troubleshooting cross-system integrations and backend data flows
- Experience working in secure enterprise or federal environments
- Proficiency in developing and consuming REST APIs
- Understanding of authentication and authorization protocols (OAuth2, JWT, SAML)
- Familiarity with middleware, integration platforms, and service-to-service communication
- Knowledge of secure coding practices and DoD cybersecurity expectations
- Experience with version control (Git), API documentation tools, and CI/CD workflows
- * Strong problem-solving ability for complex integration and data flow issues
- * Excellent communication and technical documentation skills
- * Ability to interpret business needs and translate them into technical integration solutions
- * High attention to detail and commitment to secure, maintainable integration design
- * Strong interpersonal skills for cross-team coordination and collaboration
- * CompTIA Security+
- Experience with GraphQL or event-driven integration patterns
- Experience with AWS GovCloud API services or cloud integration pipelines
- Familiarity with microservices, container-based deployment, and service mesh architectures
- * ITIL v4 Foundation
- * AWS Developer or Architect certification
- * Integration engineering or API-specific certifications
Benefits
- Fully remote work arrangement
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