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# Software Engineer

- **Company:** RCT Systems
- **Location:** Reston, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Automation of Tests, Bash Shell, Linux, Distributed Systems, Elasticsearch, Identity and Access Management, JSON, Python (Programming Language), Key Management, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Public Key Infrastructure, Scrum Methodology, Zero Trust Network Access, Selenium, Software Engineering, PL-SQL, SQL Databases, Systems Integration, Tokenization, Extensible Markup Language (XML), YAML, Scripting, Spring-boot, Git, Cloudformation, Kubernetes, Kibana, Restful APIs, Docker, Katalon Studio, Jenkins, Microservices
- **Published:** October 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerboard.com/us/en/find-jobs-in-United-States/-2C4DD72CBF8451FD6C/

## About the Role

* Active TS/SCI with Polygraph
 * BS degree + 3-5 years of software development experience
 * Strong experience with:
 * Java, Spring Boot, AWS
 * Linux (CLI)
 * Bash and Python scripting
 * REST API development
 * Git
 * CloudFormation
 * XML, JSON, YAML
 * PostgreSQL/MySQL (SQL/PLSQL)
 * Experience designing scalable, high-performance distributed systems
 * Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions

Preferred Skills

 * PKI expertise (digital certificates, Certificate Authorities, Registration Authorities, key management, cryptography, certificate revocation, trust models)
 * Identity & Access Management (IAM) and Zero Trust
 * Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins
 * Python application development
 * Elasticsearch/Kibana
 * Microservices architecture
 * Tokenization technologies
 * Automated testing (Selenium, Katalon)

## Description

Seeking a Software Developer to support and modernize enterprise Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and Identity & Access Management (IdAM) systems. You'll work on Legacy modernization and new secure systems in an Agile Scrum environment, developing cloud-based applications for mission-critical government networks., * Develop and maintain Java/Spring Boot Back End applications on AWS

 * Build and enhance enterprise PKI and IdAM systems
 * Design and develop REST APIs and system integrations
 * Participate in Agile Scrum (3-week sprints, backlog grooming, planning)
 * Write deployment and automation scripts for AWS EC2 and CloudFormation
 * Collaborate with product owners, engineers, testers, and security teams
 * Support production systems through an on-call rotation (~1 week every 3 months)