Java Developer; Local prefer Public Sector​/Healthcare

Performs application development, enhancement, maintenance, and support for State Portal, Workflow Management, Eligibility Web Services, Family Violence Program, Enterprise Document Services, Enterprise Content Management, Document Center, Call Center Inquiry, and other Social Services applications.

Develop, enhance and maintain existing and new web-based J2EE/Portal applications within HHSC’s SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) platform using Agile methodologies.

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.

Strong oral and written communication skills.

Strong understanding and experience of fundamental programming concepts of data structures, algorithms, performance, caching and scalability issues in the context of Web based UI applications.

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.

• Minimum Requirements:
  
  8 years required. Hands-on experience in server‑side/web services development, enhancing and maintaining enterprise‑class applications on the J2EE application development platform.
• Hands‑on experience participating in all phases of the SDLC (Systems Development Life Cycle).
• Hands‑on development experience implementing applications utilizing any J2EE Application Server, Authentication and Authorization, Caching strategies.
• Hands‑on programming experience using Java, J2EE, REST/SOAP, HTML5, JavaScript, AJAX, CSS3, Bootstrap, SASS, Angular, Typescript, Spring, JSON, XML, JWT, NPM, Maven, OpenAPI v3, OAuth, Postman, Ready
  
  API, Mulesoft and/or similar technologies.
• Experience implementing REST services supporting client‑facing applications and implementing REST services security using JWT, OAuth, and other related technologies/standards.
• Experience in development of self‑contained, reusable, and testable modules and components – Demonstrable experience developing, optimizing, and maintaining an enterprise‑level web services including complete ownership of the services stack.
• Preferred Skills (3 years, Preferred):
  Hands‑on experience with JBoss or IBM Web Sphere Application Server 8 or later.
• Preferred Skills (3 years, Preferred):
  Hands‑on experience with Agile Development Methodologies (preferably Scrum).
• Preferred Skills (3 years, Preferred):
  Hands‑on experience with CI/CD methodologies and containerized application deployments.
• Preferred Skills (3 years, Preferred):
  Hands‑on experience with web applications developed for Cloud platforms.
• Preferred Skills (3 years, Preferred):
  Experience in Test‑driven development and test creation using frameworks such as Karma, Jasmine, Selenium.

Services are expected to start 01/19/2026 and are expected to complete by 08/31/2026. Total estimated hours per Candidate shall not exceed 1984 hours.

This service may be amended, renewed, and/or extended providing both parties agree to do so in writing.