System Design and Integration Specialist 4

Description:
Chipton-Ross is seeking a System Design and Integration Specialist 4 for a hybrid contract opportunity in Kent, WA.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS (REQUIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE):
• 6+ years of Java development experience, including migrating/upgrading applications from older Java versions to modern Java (Java 8 -> Java 11+ or similar).
• Strong experience with Java Servlets and Java Server Pages (JSP).
• Practical experience with HTML and JavaScript integration with Java backends.
• Hands-on CI/CD pipeline experience (Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD pipelines, or equivalent) and build tooling (Maven, Gradle).
• Experience debugging, refactoring, and modernizing legacy codebases with minimal disruption.
• Experience integrating and modernizing LDAP tools or similar directory services.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work collaboratively in short, focused engagements.
• Hands-on experience with Application integrations.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Participates in all aspects of agile software development, including design, implementation, and deployment.
• Works across the full stack, building highly scalable distributed solutions that enable positive user experiences and measurable business growth.
• Enhance and modernize LDAP integration tools to improve security and performance.
• Lead modernization of a legacy Java 8 application by upgrading language features and integrating an ORM framework (e.g., Hibernate, JPA).
• Collaborates across time zones via Teams, Mattermost, GitHub, documents, and frequent videoconferences.
• Cultivates a positive team culture, team motivation
• Remediation of complex technical data issues in a regulated/defense environment.
• This position is hybrid. This means that the selected candidate will be required to work 2 days a week onsite at one of the listed location options. This is at the hiring team’s discretion and could potentially change in the future

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS (DESIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE):
• Experience with containerization and deploying to container platforms.
• Exposure to modern front-end frameworks (React, Angular, Vue).
• Previous experience with message routing/transport systems (helpful but not required).
• Collaborating on international and multinational projects.

REQUIRED EDUCATION:
•Education/experience typically acquired through advanced technical education (e.g. Bachelor) and typically 9 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience (e.g. PhD+4 years' related work experience, Master+7 years' related work experience, 13 years' related work experience, etc.).

WORK HOURS:
•Full-Time- 07:00am-03:00pm

Job Number: 218743
Job Location: Kent, WA
Rate: Up to $111.87 DOE
Duration: 12 months
Input Date: 06/19/2026

Firm Name: CHIPTON ROSS
Attention: Zachary Fasano
Address: 420 CULVER BLVD
City, State: PLAYA DEL REY, CA 90293
Phone: 310/414-7800 X286
800 Phone: 800/927-9318
Fax Phone: 310/414-7808
Email: zfasano@chiptonross.com
Website: www.chiptonross.com

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