Software Engineer (Java/Web Applications)

Software Engineer 3 (Java/Web Applications)
Responsibilities:

• Performs application development, enhancement, maintenance, and support for the 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.
• Perform system analysis and problem resolution, as required.
• Analyze software for configuration & performance tuning opportunities, as required.
• 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.

Requirements:

• 8 years Required Hands-on experience in Front End/UI development, enhancing and maintaining enterprise-class applications using Angular and/or similar frameworks on the J2EE application development platform.
• 8 years Required Required Hands-on experience participating in all phases of the SDLC (Systems Development Life Cycle).
• 8 years Required Hands-on UI development experience implementing Authentication and Authorization, Caching strategies.
• 8 years Required Hands-on programming experience in following languages: HTML5, JavaScript, JQuery, AJAX, CSS3, Bootstrap, SASS, Angular, Typescript, JSON, XML, ES5/ES6, NPM, Maven and/or other UI frameworks/libraries.
• 8 years Required Demonstrable experience developing, optimizing, and maintaining an enterprise-level Front End/UI application including complete ownership of the front-end stack (JavaScript/HTML/CSS, Angular and/or other UI frameworks).
• 8 years Required Required Experience implementing Client-facing applications with responsive design and development.
• 8 years Required Required Experience implementing SPAs with JS or with libraries/frameworks like Angular.
• 8 years Required 8 Required Experience in development of self-contained, reusable, and testable modules and components.
• 8 years Required Required 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.
• 8 years Required Required Experience in developing and testing application user interface for ADA/Accessibility Compliance.
• 8 years Required Experience in implementing best practices in the areas of application design, performance, scalability and maintainability.
• 8 years Required Experience in Test-driven development and test creation using frameworks such as Karma, Jasmine, Selenium.
• 5 years Preferred Preferred Hands-on experience with Spring Boot Java Applications.
• 5 years Preferred Preferred Hands-on experience with IBM WebSphere Application Server 8 or later.
• 5 years Preferred 5 Preferred Hands-on experience with Agile Development Methodologies (preferably Scrum).
• 5 years Preferred Preferred Hands-on experience with web applications developed for Cloud platform.
• 5 years Preferred Preferred Hands-on experience with CI/CD methodology.
• 5 years Preferred Preferred Hands-on development experience for mobile and tablet platforms.