Software Engineer (DEA) - Java Developer & Pega Integration

Location: Arlington, VA; primarily onsite at DEA Headquarters

Company

Expression provides data fusion, data analytics, software engineering, information technology, and electromagnetic spectrum management solutions for the U.S. Department of Defense, Department of State, and national security community.

What you will do

• Design, develop, test, debug, optimize, and maintain production-ready Java applications for the DEA investigative case-management ecosystem.
• Integrate Java applications with Pega workflows, services, APIs, and other enterprise or federal systems.
• Support application builds, integrations, releases, deployments, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and configuration management.
• Collaborate with Pega developers, QA engineers, DevOps personnel, product owners, and other stakeholders in Agile sprint delivery.
• Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, technical documentation, and software lifecycle activities.
• Support security, reliability, interoperability, monitoring, logging, and performance optimization in a federal environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field and at least 2 years of professional experience.
• At least 2 years of experience in software development, DevSecOps, application engineering, or a related discipline.
• Strong Java development skills and experience building production-ready applications.
• Experience with Pega or integrating Java applications with Pega-based workflows, services, or APIs.
• Experience with Git, branching, pull requests, code reviews, CI/CD, software deployment, Agile development, testing, debugging, and defect resolution.
• Top Secret (SCI) clearance is required.

Nice to have

• Experience with Pega PRPC, Pega BPM, REST or SOAP integrations, or Pega CSA/CSSA certifications.
• Experience with AWS or Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, monitoring, centralized logging, automated testing, or continuous monitoring.
• Experience supporting Federal Government applications and formal cybersecurity or compliance requirements.

Culture & Benefits

• Agile delivery focused on creating immediate and sustainable client value.
• Work involves mission-critical systems supporting law enforcement, investigative, forensic, and intelligence missions.
• Development follows federal cybersecurity requirements, including FISMA, NIST, FedRAMP High, CJIS, continuous monitoring, and Zero Trust principles.