Contractor - Enterprise Technology Systems

Software Development Organizational Initiative Support

Basic

Purpose:

To support software development organizational initiatives by designing and implementing new or modifying existing systems/applications.

Responsibilities:

• Identifies, analyzes, designs, and maintains cost-effective information technology solutions that align with business initiatives and corporate strategies.
• Works with customers (business units) to identify business requirements (e.g., needs, objectives, functions, features, input, and output).
• Analyzes, defines, and documents requirements for data, workflow, logical processes, hardware, and operating systems environment, interfaces with other systems, internal and external controls, and output.
• Documents, diagrams, organizes, information for inclusion in database, developing input/output record layouts, or program views.
• Codes programs, prepares test data, tests, and debugs programs.
• Revises and refines programs to account for changes in functional system requirements and equipment configurations.
• Troubleshoots and resolves operational problems/system requirements.
• Participates in testing and implementation of systems/applications.
• Provides on-going maintenance of systems/applications.
• Maintains and monitors systems/applications after implementation.
• Develops and maintains documentation describing program development, logic, coding, testing, changes, and corrections.
• Provides technical support to customers.
• Participates in training of peers and SQA staff in new or modified systems/applications.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Works independently with moderate guidance from higher level staff or management.
• Assists in determining system requirements.
• Applies specific functional knowledge to analyze and resolve moderately complex problems.
• Designs, codes, debugs, and maintains moderately complex computer programs.
• Works on most phases of applications programming activities.
• Researches, identifies, and solves straightforward to moderately complex problems.
• Analyzes possible solutions using established procedures.
• Collaborates with software developers and SQA analysts.
• Investigate defects and bugs as they arise.
• Designs and develops test automation scripts using test automation frameworks.

Qualifications and

Education Requirements:

Target:

• Demonstrated experience in systems analysis & design, workflow, or procedural analysis.
• Demonstrated experience in application development, including determining, developing, testing, and implementing system requirements and specifications.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize, plan, and organize tasks.
• Experience using established testing techniques.
• Demonstrated project leadership experience.
• Effective research, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Effective interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently, exercise initiative, and use good judgment.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Specific to this position:

• A minimum of 5-10 years distributed application programming experience in one or more of the following technologies:
  Java, J2EE, service-oriented architecture (SOA), middleware, integration technologies, and frameworks like JSP, JSTL, JMS, JNDI, JDBC, JAXB, Struts, Hibernate, Maven, log4j, and JUnit.
• Solid understanding of Java Web Services WSDL, SOAP, XML, RESTful, Web Services Development Kit.
• Relational database, preferably DB2, SQL Server, or Oracle.
• Knowledge of Mainframe systems.
• Experience with Data Migration and Mapping to Cloud solutions.
• Experience with SFTP and Data File Transfers.
• Experience with Automated testing frameworks.

Desired:

• College degree(s) in information technology, computer science or related field or equivalent experience.
• Experience with Dev Ops and Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) practices.
• Advanced knowledge of financial/banking industry standards, open banking standards, regulations, and practices specifically supporting real-time, near real-time, and batch payment rails.
• Advanced knowledge of Navy Federal products, services, programs, policies, and procedures.
• Advanced knowledge and experience working with or implementing Compliance applications.
• Experience in cloud development.
• Knowledge of scrum or Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).
• Familiarity with financial industry applications and systems.
• Expert experience/knowledge of software development best practices in accordance with the ITIL® or CMMI® capability models.

Plus,

Skills:

• IT Industry Certifications in good standing.
• Knowledge of PowerBI.
• Knowledge of NFCU operations, processes, and procedures.
• Knowledge of Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) systems.
• Knowledge of Investments Portfolio.
• Knowledge of IBM Integration Bus (IIB) or App Connect Enterprise (ACE).
• Knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics and/or Pega.
• Knowledge of Service Now, and Azure Dev Ops (ADO).

Unusual

Working Conditions:

• May be required to work occasionally outside normal working hours.
• May be on call 24/7 to provide technical support.