Software Developer - Applications​/Software Development

Role: software engineer - Application development

Location :
Austin TX

Duration: 12+ Months

Rate: DOE

One software developer is being solicited to perform work on
legacy modernization projects in a java
application using
Rational Application Developer.

Emphasis of work performed shall be
full stack development
. The work will include, but is not limited to, assessing user requirements/stories and translating them into technical tasks and actual code development using:

Rational Application Developer, Enterprise Java Beans (EJBs), Java Struts framework,HTML5, XML, JSON, JavaScript (jQuery, Bootstrap), browser-based debugging tools,Apache Ant, and SVN.

This effort will involve:

creating user access functionality
,
workflow, reporting and dashboarding within an existing application
.

Additionally:

database views may be created for use in Tableau to assist with comprehensive agency business intelligence needs
.

Will also be responsible for:

writing technical and user documentation
.

The worker should have strong knowledge of and experience working on
software development projects
and general project lifecycle. The contract staff shall work on an
agile scrum team,participating in regular meetings, work sessions, and interactions with the business owners and the project team. They should be a self-starter with experience working in a virtual collaborative setting with an agile scrum development team. The worker should possess
strong written and oral presentation skills
, with abilities to help present work done in an application.

This work will extend to at least one project to:
migrate data, data collection, and reporting to an agency application from two different existing processes
but may also include other projects as determined by time remaining in contract. Any and all project work will include workflows, business processes, and other functionality as a
legacy modernization effort..

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
• 8
• Required
• Working as a software developer on software application development projects, either as enhancements or ground-up initiatives
• 8
• Required
• Coding using the following tools:
  Rational Application Developer (or other Eclipse-based IDE), Enterprise Java Beans (EJBs), Java Struts framework, HTML5, XML, JSON, JavaScript (jQuery, Bootstrap), browser-based debugging tools, Apache Ant, SVN (or other
• 8
• Required
• Eliciting requirements from end users and forming epics and user stories, then translating them to functional tasks for technical staff
• 8
• Required
• Following requirements and user stories end-to-end to guarantee proper delivery of requested functionality
• 8
• Required
• Testing applications to ensure user requirements are met
• 2
• Required
• Using Microsoft Teams or other collaboration tool to communicate and work within a team
• 2
• Required
• Working on an agile scrum team as a software developer
• 2
• Required
• Estimating work and sizing tasks for sprint development
• 4
• Preferred
• Writing user documentation
• 4
• Preferred
• Writing technical documentation
• 1
• Preferred
• Working as a software developer with Texas Department of Insurance applications