Senior Integration Engineer

Orbis is seeking a Senior Integration Engineer to own integration delivery within one of three rotating integration teams supporting an ongoing program for a government client in the Middle East. In this role, you will independently design, build, deploy, and validate data integrations (sensors, C2 systems, and operational feeds) into a secure, multi-cluster data governance and mesh platform, taking assignments from requirement through production deployment without close supervision. A critical part of this role is working directly with customer engineering and operations teams to map their network topology, data sources, and system dependencies before integration work begins; this discovery is not a preliminary step that gets handed off, it is a continuous responsibility that drives every design and deployment decision. You will mentor Integration Engineers on your team, serve as the first escalation point for technical issues, and maintain integration quality across your assigned domain. Node deployment and platform infrastructure use provided tooling and established runbooks; your responsibility on the infrastructure side is correct configuration, validation, and first-level triage. Software-layer issues are escalated to the platform product team. This is a hands-on engineering role for someone who has moved past executing against a playbook and is ready to own an integration lane end to end, make technical judgment calls, and raise the capability of the engineers around them.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

* Own full-lifecycle integration delivery for assigned data sources: requirements analysis, connector design, implementation, testing, deployment, and validation in the target environment

* Lead customer technical discovery as a core responsibility: work directly with customer engineering and operations teams to map their network topology, data sources, system dependencies, and operational constraints; this understanding is the foundation that integration design and deployment decisions are built on and cannot be delegated or skipped

* Make independent technical decisions when integrations don't fit established patterns; document decisions and rationale for the team

* Mentor Integration Engineers through code review, pairing, and direct feedback; serve as the first point of escalation before the team lead

* Design and build custom data connectors and integration plugins (producer bridges, operators, consumer bridges) for complex or undocumented source systems across air, land, maritime, air defense, space, and cyber domains

* Deploy and validate integrations across customer environments (cloud-native, on-premises, and tactical edge) using provided Ansible and Helm tooling; ensure integrations work in theater, not just in dev

* Stand up and configure platform nodes using established runbooks and provided deployment tooling; validate cluster health and configuration correctness post-deployment

* Diagnose and resolve cross-system integration failures under operational pressure; distinguish integration-layer issues from platform-layer issues and drive resolution without escalating every issue

* Triage platform issues: determine whether a problem is in the program's integration code or in the platform itself, and file high-quality bugs with reproductions when it's the latter; software-layer issues route to the platform product team

* Contribute reusable integration patterns, runbooks, and onboarding documentation to the program-wide integrator playbook; flag candidates for upstream contribution to the platform product team

* Provide clear, solution-oriented status updates to the team lead; frame problems with proposed approaches rather than open questions

* Support customer technical exchanges within your integration domain; explain integration approaches to customer engineering teams without requiring the team lead to translate

* Cover team lead responsibilities during absences or surge periods to keep the team moving

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

* 5-8 years of professional software engineering experience with a focus on system integrations and data pipelines

* Proficiency in Go (preferred) or Python for integration development

* Demonstrated ability to take an integration from requirement through production deployment independently

* Hands-on experience deploying and managing containerized applications (Docker, Kubernetes/Helm)

* Experience debugging complex, cross-system integration failures in production or near-production environments

* Track record of mentoring junior engineers through code review, pairing, or technical guidance

* Strong collaboration and communication skills in distributed, remote, cross-functional teams

* Comfort operating as the technical point of contact in ambiguous, fast-moving environments

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

* Experience conducting technical discovery with customers: mapping network environments, identifying data sources and system dependencies, and translating operational requirements into integration design decisions

* Familiarity with defense data standards and protocols: ASTERIX, Cursor on Target (CoT), STANAG, radar UDP

* Experience designing integration patterns for undocumented or poorly documented source systems

* Background with military, law enforcement, or intelligence community operations and organizations

* Experience supporting international programs with distributed, cross-cultural teams rotating through operational environments

* Understanding of service mesh concepts, mTLS, and zero-trust network architectures

* Familiarity with edge-native deployment patterns and constrained operational environments

* Experience with customer enablement, technical training, or knowledge transfer in field environments

* Fluency with AI-assisted development tooling (Claude, Copilot, Cursor, or equivalents) as part of daily engineering practice

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

The following describes the physical demands of this position. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions in accordance with the ADA.

Sedentary Work: Primarily performs work in a seated position for extended periods; occasionally required to stand, walk, or move within the work area

Fine Motor Skills: Regularly required to use hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard, mouse, and standard office equipment

Vision: Must be able to read and view a computer screen for extended periods; close vision and ability to adjust focus required

Communication: Must be able to communicate clearly and effectively in person, via telephone, and through video conferencing platforms; ability to hear and understand spoken information in a professional setting required

Lifting: Occasionally required to lift and/or move items up to 25 pounds (e.g., files, documents, office supplies)

Concentration: Must be able to maintain sustained focus and attention to detail in a professional office or hybrid work environment

Travel: Extended travel to the Middle East, including time spent in hot geopolitical zones for up to 40% of the time.

Orbis Operations is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Orbis Operations is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace where all employees are valued and respected. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals, including those from underrepresented groups.

In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Orbis Operations will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities throughout the application and employment process. If you require an accommodation, please contact us at hr@orbisops.com