DirectClient: Texas Department of Family and Protective Services(DFPS)
Solicitation#2002C0043
Title: Java Technical Lead
Location: 4900 N. Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78751
Duration: Until 8/31/2022 with possible extension
Last date for submission: February 1, 2022 (2.00 PM-CST)
Disclaimer: Remote allowed until COVID-19 situation settles. The selected candidate will be required to come in person to Austin to obtain equipment, badge and initial assignments. Candidates selected for this opportunity are required to physically attend meetings in Austin, TX, with minimal notice. Candidates currently residing outside of the State of Texas, will be required to relocate to Texas, if selected for this position and the offer is accepted
DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES:
The Workers are responsible for the modernization of existing DFPS’ Enterprise web applications, following established standards, quality attributes, and design specifications. This role is responsible for the following:
• Define and Develop low-level 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 Front-end 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
• Tracking Software Development Life Cycle activity metrics across all disciplines, including Requirements, Coding, Unit testing, Integration testing, Defects, Usability, and other established metrics
• Assess Level of Effort for individual modules
• Taking initiative to develop a foster a collaborative approach among teams before, during and after the requirements gathering process to achieve a common mission, vision, values and goals.
The Workers must have a strong background with extensive experience in the following:
• Ability to plan and coordinate technical activities including work break down, assignments, estimation of level of effort, enforcement of standards, code review, build engineering, testing, and release management.
• Work closely with Business Analysis and Project Management in prioritizing the assigned work and providing options/alternatives.
• Lead the design activities for existing and new components, make recommendations to the technology leadership.
• Define the automation requirements in a priority order from within the team, including build, testing, and security from CI/CD perspective.
• Technical background with progressive experience with various versions of programming languages and frameworks.
• Ability to simplify design complexities for Junior Developers to meet the quality and timeline objectives.
• Experienced with Full stack development capabilities including Database, Services, Web Applications, and Front-end development.
CANDIDATE SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Requirements:
Years Required/Preferred Experience
8 Required Professional experience in software engineering
7 Required Hands-on experience in writing code with front-end development technology including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery, JavaScript Framework, Bootstrap 3 or 4, Angular
5 Required Expert in one of more of Angular Framework, AJAX, Bootstrap (3 or 4), Javascript framework, NPM
4 Required Experience with user journey mapping, story boarding, creating mockups and wireframes, application usability design, fast prototyping, and proof-of-concept development
4 Required Expert in Responsive and Progressive Web Application Development
5 Preferred Experience in SOAP or RESTful Web Services
5 Preferred Working knowledge of code Version Control using SVN or Git
5 Preferred Technical Documentation including Design Documents, Standards, and Configuration Plans
5 Preferred Experience in Weblogic Application Server deployments
5 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 similar product
3 Preferred Working knowledge of Responsive / Mobile Development
3 Preferred Experience in IBM WebSphere Server deployments
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.