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# Senior Software Engineer, Admin Services Lead with Security Clearance

- **Company:** Parsons Corporation
- **Location:** Reston, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $176,900.0 - $332,400.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), User Authentication, Linux, Distributed Systems, Elasticsearch, Middleware, Interoperability, Logstash, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, Web Applications, Grafana, Backend, Hashicorp, Kibana, Restful APIs, Terraform, Microservices
- **Published:** November 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.com/details/5947276084

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in a technical field (or 4 additional years of experience in lieu of degree)
 * 15+ years of software engineering experience with at least 4 years leading a major service or functional domain
 * Experience with Java-based backend microservices and modern web-based administrative interfaces
 * Strong experience designing and delivering administrative/control-plane services for complex distributed systems
 * Experience with user and role management, secure access-control services, lifecycle orchestration, or peripheral/device management platforms
 * Strong ability to troubleshoot issues across administration, authentication, user access, device integration, compatibility, and platform management workflows What Desired Skills You'll Bring: * Active Polygraph a plus
 * Experience with the Elastic Stack, including Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana, and/or the LGTM Stack, including Loki, Grafana, Tempo, and Mimir
 * Familiarity with HashiCorp technologies, including Nomad, Consul, Vault, and Terraform, in clustered and distributed environments
 * Experience working in Linux-based distributed environments and with modern operational tooling for control-plane services
 * Experience designing, integrating, and troubleshooting RESTful APIs in highly available distributed environments
 * Experience conducting compatibility testing for versioned drivers and SDKs
 * Familiarity with release engineering practices for device integration components

## Description

In a world of possibilities, pursue one with endless opportunities. Imagine Next! At Parsons, you can imagine a career where you thrive, work with exceptional people, and be yourself. Guided by our leadership vision of valuing people, embracing agility, and fostering growth, we cultivate an innovative culture that empowers you to achieve your full potential. Unleash your talent and redefine what's possible. Job Description: Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Senior Software Engineer, Admin Services Lead to join our team! In this role you will own the design, delivery, performance, and operational evolution of the administrative services domain for a large-scale, globally distributed mission platform. What You'll Be Doing: * Owning the administrative services portfolio, including control-plane services, admin interfaces, user/role management, authentication/authorization, lifecycle management, and peripheral/middleware services

 * Defining and maintaining architecture and delivery roadmaps for administrative capabilities across multiple deployment types and environments
 * Leading development and sustainment of administrative experiences for system administrators, operations personnel, field/support teams, regional managers, and role-specific users
 * Overseeing integration and lifecycle management of peripherals and middleware-including drivers, SDKs, vendor APIs, and compatibility planning
 * Serving as the technical lead for vendor engagement, certification processes, and introduction of new peripherals or middleware while ensuring reliable installation, upgrade, rollback, and support operations What Required Skills You'll Bring: * TS/SCI minimum clearance required.