Java Developer

JOB TITLE: Software Engineer (Java Developer)

LOCATION: Austin TX (Candidates selected for this opportunity may be required to physically attend meetings in Austin TX with minimal notice. Candidates should currently reside in the state of Texas)

Duration: 12 Months contract

Visa: USC GC EADGC H4

Interview: Video

State client experience required!!

JOB DESCRIPTION/MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

The DFPS Information Resource Management (IT Division) seeks Workers to perform in a Software Engineer role to assist in planning and coordinating continued modernization development activities for the DFPS complex casework management system (IMPACT) PEIRS SSCC Child Placement Portal Incentives and Remedies Community Based Care and other operational projects. The Workers will work with technical teams comprising of technical team leads developers user interface/user experience engineers and technical/functional testing analysts. The Workers will facilitate meetings elicit project details and document requirements for development projects focused on continuing modernization activities of existing DFPS Enterprise Java web applications. The Workers will also work in concert with various technical leads (e.g. PMO CTO and Systems Development Resources) to prioritize assigned work and develop recommendations options and alternatives as required.

The Software Engineer 2 (Java Developer) is responsible for the modernization of existing DFPSs Enterprise web applications following established standards quality attributes and design specifications. The Workers will be working on teams consisting of Developers UX engineers Business Analysts and Project Manager. This role is responsible for the following:

Define and develop lowlevel design documents Contribute to and follow software engineering best practices to create robust and standardized solutions

Work closely with Business Analysis and Project Management in executing the assigned development work

Participate in design and development activities for existing and new components

Perform full stack development including Database Services Web Applications and Frontend development by utilizing various versions of programming languages and frameworks

Write scalable and high available code by following the design principles and software engineering best practices

Perform code reviews unit testing integration testing test case automation continuous integration and continuous deployment

Identify investigate and resolve production problems in a timely manner based on the priority

Minimum Requirements:
Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity.

Years

Required/Preferred

Experience

7

Required

Professional experience in software engineering

6

Required

Handson experience in Front End/UI development enhancing and maintaining enterpriseclass applications on the J2EE application development platform

6

Required

Handson development experience implementing applications utilizing any J2EE Application Server Authentication and Authorization Caching strategies

5

Required

Handson experience in writing code with frontend development technology including Java J2EE HTML CSS JavaScript JQuery JSON XML JavaScript Framework Bootstrap 3 or 4 Angular JSP (JavaServer Pages)

4

Required

Expert in one of more of Angular Framework AJAX Bootstrap (3 or 4) JavaScript framework NPM

4

Required

Experience in IBM WebSphere Server deployments

4

Required

Experience in WebLogic Application Server deployments

3

Required

Experience with user journey mapping story boarding creating mockups and wireframes application usability design fast prototyping and proofofconcept development

3

Required

Expert in Responsive and Progressive Web Application Development

4

Preferred

Experience in SOAP or RESTful Web Services

4

Preferred

Working knowledge of code Version Control using SVN or Git or Maven Liberty and Jira

4

Preferred

Technical Documentation including Design Documents Standards and Configuration Plans

4

Preferred

Working knowledge of development standards for accessibility compliance for websites

3

Preferred

Experience as a participant in agile software development teams

3

Preferred

Working knowledge of Test Automation (Selenium LoadRunner Accessibility testing) and the ability to troubleshoot integrations with HP ALM

3

Preferred

Experience in Static Coding Analysis using SonarQube or Veracode or similar product

3

Preferred

Working knowledge of Responsive / Mobile Development

2

Preferred

Working knowledge of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 / Sec 508

2

Preferred

Experience with UI test framework Karma Jasmine Cucumber QUnit or similar

2

Preferred

Working knowledge of Continuous Integration Jenkins or equivalent

1

Preferred

Strong working knowledge of the following DFPS systems/programs: IMPACT PACES PEIRS NEICE SSCC ABCS Child Placement Portal and Community Based Care including Impact 2.0 Phase 2 uses JSP