24 month contract
Interview: Virtual Interview
Work model: 50% telecommuting, 50% Office per week
--- Project Description ---
Based on Governor’s Office priorities, there are crucial
initiatives that benefit New York State Higher Education
Services (HESC) and are part of the ITS/HESC project portfolio.
This position will supplement the GLP development staff for
governor initiatives resulting from the 2023 NYS Budget and
that effect HESC’s Grants and Scholarship as well as Loan
Forgiveness programs.
--- Day-to-Day Tasks ---
1. Participate on teams for projects that have a Web
functional component. Prepare size and scope analysis and
timeline documentation.
2. Analyze and document business requirements by
participating in Joint Application Design (JAD) sessions,
interviewing Business Area Experts, etc. Develop prototypes
based on the requirements and prepare Internal and External
Design documents in accordance with HESC''s System
Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
3. Using Analysis and Design documents, develop,
document, and maintain programs, modules, classes, objects,
Web pages, etc., as applicable. Environment consists of JAVA
J2EE development using IBM''s Rational Software Architect,
Java Server Pages (JSP), and Hyper Text Markup Language
(HTML) and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) on WebSphere
Application Server.
4. Configure local WebSphere Application Server
resources and bindings for local application deployment and
testing.
5. Create development test plans and prepare and/or
refresh test conditions and associated accounts. Following the
test plan, execute unit, run stream, subsystem, and regression
tests as needed.
6. Review all test results, comparing the results to the
identified conditions. Debug and rerun as needed.
7. Provide business area and external customer support
for the project deliverables.
8. Act as a Web functional liaison with other units in
Information Technology (IT) and with other Divisions in HESC.
Provide information and support as needed.
9. Follow all existing guidelines and recommend new
guidelines for Web functional development.
--- Required Qualifications ---
• 84 Months of Experience configuring and deploying to WebSphere
Application server environments
• 84 Months Experience using IBM Rational Software Architect (RSA)
• 84 Months of Experience web application development in
Java/J2EE programming language
• 84 Months Experience using web browser-based development
tools (in IE, Firefox, Chrome, or Edge) for debugging problems
encountered with the usage of JavaScript, AJAX service calls, and
CSS / HTML formatting.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science (Computer Information
Systems, Telecommunications, Management Information Systems
or Information Security)