Senior Software Engineer, Analytic Services Lead (Java)

Location: Reston, Virginia, US; on-site

Salary: $148,300–$266,900 per year

Company

Parsons delivers software, defense, security, intelligence, infrastructure, and environmental solutions for US government missions.

What you will do

• Own the analytics services portfolio, including search, aggregations, event rollups, telemetry analytics, and user-facing visualizations.
• Lead the design and delivery of Java-based analytics microservices and ingestion, indexing, and reporting workflows.
• Define indexing, sharding, retention, and query strategies for operational telemetry and business analytics workloads.
• Tune queries and service interactions to meet strict performance and latency requirements in real-time mission workflows.
• Ensure analytics microservices remain scalable, observable, and reliable across globally distributed deployments.

Requirements

• Active Top Secret SCI security clearance is required.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical discipline, or four additional years of experience in lieu of a degree.
• 15+ years of software, data platform, search, or analytics engineering experience, including 4+ years owning a major technical service domain.
• Strong hands-on experience with Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana or Grafana, and Java-based microservices.
• Experience with analytics and search architecture, including indexing, query design, aggregation patterns, UI visualization, and distributed-system troubleshooting.

Nice to have

• Experience with Vue.js 3 or similar frameworks for analytics dashboards.
• Experience with distributed analytics or observability solutions, telemetry pipelines, distributed tracing, or APM-driven analysis.
• Experience optimizing Elasticsearch clusters for mixed user-analytics and operational-telemetry workloads.
• Experience integrating event pipelines or stream processors into analytics workflows.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Paid time off, holidays, life insurance, and flexible work schedules.
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan and 401(k).
• Growth opportunities and a culture focused on innovation, agility, and employee development.