Software Engineer _Java & EBS- Local TX only

support their Eligibility Web Services application development. Candidates must have J2EE and ESB experience to be considered. Ideal candidates will also have IBM experience with WebSphere, BAW, and Datapower.

Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Develop, enhance, and maintain existing and new applications within HHSC s SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) platform using Agile methodologies.
• Develop and maintain data and process models, as required.
• Participate in program design, coding, and test walk-through meetings to provide input regarding technical standards and customer requirements.

Minimum Candidate Characteristics:

• 8 years of J2EE app dev experience.
• Experience with workflows and transformations in ESB.

Exceptional Candidate Characteristics:

• Experience with IBM WebSphere 8+
  • BAW, Datapower
• Cloud platform app development.
  • Mobile/tablet platform development experience.
• Healthcare or public health experience.

1. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES

As part of HHSC IT Applications Social Services Applications initiatives, the worker will perform the following activities to accomplish the following goals:

• Performs application development, enhancement, maintenance, and support for, Eligibility Web Services, EWS business processes, EWS batch, ESB, , and other Social Services applications.
• Develop, enhance, and maintain existing and new 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.

1. CANDIDATE SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

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	Hands-on experience in development, enhancing and maintaining enterprise-class applications on the J2EE application development platform
8	Required	Hands-on experience participating in all phases of the SDLC (Systems Development Life Cycle)
8	Required	Hands-on development experience implementing applications utilizing any J2EE Application Server, Authentication and Authorization, Caching strategies
8	Required	Hands-on programming experience in following languages: Java, J2EE, HTML5, JavaScript, JQuery, AJAX, CSS3, Bootstrap, SASS, Angular, Typescript, Spring, Java Server Pages, JSON, XML, ES5/ES6, NPM, Maven and/or other UI frameworks/libraries.
8	Required	Experience implementing spring boot REST API applications
8	Required	Experience implementing business processes in IBM BPEL or equivalent methodology
8	Required	Experience in development of self-contained, reusable, and testable modules and components
8	Required	Experience in Test-driven development and test creation using frameworks such as Karma, Jasmine, Selenium
8	Required	Experience developing workflows, transformations in ESB layer e.g .IBM Datapower
8	Required	Experience in implementing best practices in the areas of application design, performance, scalability, and maintainability.
5	Preferred	Hands-on experience with IBM WebSphere Application Server 8 or later
5	Preferred	Hands-on experience with Agile Development Methodologies (preferably Scrum)
5	Preferred	Hands-on experience with web applications developed for Cloud platform
5	Preferred	Hands on experience with IBM BAW, Datapower
5	Preferred	Hands-on development experience for mobile and tablet platforms

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