DirectClient: Texas Health and Human Services Commission(HHSC)
Solicitation#52929180
Title: Senior Java Developer
Location: 701 W 51st Street, Austin, Texas 78751
Duration: Until 8/31/2022 with possible extension
Last date for submission: August 30, 2021 (2.00 PM-CST)
Note: Remote work allowed during COVID-19 and 100% onsite after the pandemic
Disclaimer: If the candidate is selected, they must be physically in Austin to pick up their laptop equipment.
DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES:
As part of HHSC IT Applications – Medical and Social Services Applications, the worker will perform the following activities to accomplish the following goals:
• Performs application development activities for the Community Services Interest List (CSIL) application. Activities will include replacing the existing Java Portlet user interface with a modern, responsive technology such as Angular or React; converting SOAP-based services to RESTful services; and migrating the deployment environment from WebSphere to JBoss EAP.
• As a member of the team, participate in requirements analysis, high-level and detailed design, development, testing and deployment of new application components, as required.
• Work with other teams as necessary to accomplish goals.
• Create technical and design documentation, as required.
• Perform system analysis and problem resolution, as required.
• Analyze software for configuration & performance tuning opportunities, as required.
• Develop and maintain data and process models, as required.
• Employ contemporary testing methods to ensure applications function properly and without error.
• Provide technical support for testing and implementation efforts.
• Participate in program design, coding and test walk-through meetings to provide input regarding technical standards and customer requirements.
• Provide application support (defect repair, maintenance, and production operations support) for web-based Java applications in an SOA platform. Perform system analysis, troubleshooting, diagnosis and problem resolution. Analyze software for defects and performance tuning opportunities. Develop and test application code to resolve defects and improve application reliability and performance
• Other duties as assigned.
CANDIDATE SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Requirements:
Years Required/Preferred Experience
8 Required Hands-on experience in Front End/UI development, enhancing and maintaining enterprise-class applications on the JEE application development platform
8 Required Hands-on experience in Server-side/Web Services development, enhancing and maintaining enterprise-class applications on the JEE application development platform
8 Required Hands-on experience participating in all phases of the SDLC (Systems Development Life Cycle)
6 Required Hands-on development experience implementing applications utilizing any JEE Application Server, Authentication and Authorization, Caching strategies
6 Required Hands-on programming experience in following languages / technologies: Java, JEE, REST/SOAP web services, HTML5, JavaScript, JQuery, AJAX, CSS3, Bootstrap, SASS, Typescript, Spring, Java Server Pages, JSON, XML, JWT, Maven, OpenAPI v3, OAuth, Postman, Rea
4 Required Experience implementing Client-facing applications with responsive design and development
4 Required Experience implementing SPAs with a TypeScript framework like Angular or a JavaScript library like React.
4 Required Experience implementing REST services supporting client-facing applications
4 Required Experience implementing REST services security using JWT, OAuth, and other related technologies / standards
4 Required Experience in development of self-contained, reusable, and testable modules and components
4 Required Experience in Test-driven development and test creation using frameworks such as Karma, Jasmine, Selenium
4 Required Experience in implementing best practices in the areas of application design, performance, scalability and maintainability.
4 Required Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major course work in computer science, computer information systems, engineering, or management information systems is required.
2 Required Understanding and experience of fundamental programming concepts of data structures, algorithms, performance, caching and scalability issues in the context of Web based UI applications
2 Required Oral and written communication skills
3 Preferred Hands-on experience with JBoss or IBM WebSphere Application Server 8 or later
3 Preferred Hands-on experience with Agile Development Methodologies (preferably Scrum)
3 Preferred Hands-on experience with web applications developed for Cloud platforms
3 Preferred Hands-on experience with CI/CD methodologies
2 Preferred Hands-on development experience for mobile and tablet platforms