Position: Java Developer
Duration: 9 months
Location: Minneapolis MN (Remote work with occasional travel to 400 NE Stinson Blvd. Minneapolis MN 55413 on an as needed basis.)
Sample tasks and Qualification:
The following document contains the samples tasks and qualifications for this MNSITE 2.0 Event.
As the statewide administrator for USDA Child Nutrition programs the Nutrition Program Services (NPS) Division of the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) is concerned with maintaining and improving the automated information technology systems used to operate and manage all Child Nutrition (CN) Programs (i.e. School Meal Programs Summer Food Service Program and Child and Adult Care Food Program). MNIT/MDE would like to ensure the NPS can successfully continue statewide administration of USDA nutrition programs by regularly maintaining the CLiCS application and when necessary improve with enhancements.
The goals of this project are to:
- Increase user satisfaction regarding the CLICS sponsor and site application features.
- Improve CLiCS viability sustainability and maintainability relating to the sponsor and site application areas.
- Help ensure that Minnesota is in compliance with USDA regulations related to sponsor and site applications.
Sample Tasks
- Collaborate with business users business analyst and developers to produce software designs
- Provide work estimates to project manager provide frequent status updates and track progress against the project work plan
- Formulate technical design program specifications and basic prototypes
- Elicit/refine requirements and transform software designs and specifications into high functioning code in the appropriate language
- Architect design and integrate individual software solutions to higher level systems
- Use webbased tools to create and advance applications
- Test code periodically to ensure it produces the desirable results and perform debugging when necessary
- Collaborate with business development and QA teams to develop testing and acceptance procedures
- Perform upgrades to make software and systems more secure and efficient
- Collaborate with business analyst developers and management to provide training knowledge transfer and documentation for technical support staff.
- Work independently to design build and implementation of software applications and features
- Provide project leadership mentoring and training to other software developers on the team
- Provide knowledge transfer.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
Desired Skills