Software Engineer 3 w/Java

We specialize in Staffing, Consulting, Software Development, and Training along with IT services to small to medium size companies. AG's primary objective is to help companies maximize their IT resources and meet the ever-changing IT needs and challenges.

In addition, AG offers enterprise resource planning and enterprise application integration, supply-chain management, e-commerce solutions, and B2B public exchanges and B2B process integration solutions. Our company provides application analysis, design, development and programming, software engineering, systems development, testing, integration, and implementation, and management consulting services to various clients – including governmental agencies and private companies – throughout the United States and India.

We provide these services in multiple computing environments and use technologies such as client/server architecture, object-oriented programming languages and tools, distributed database management systems, state-of-the-art networking, and communications infrastructures. Our honest and realistic approach to recruiting dictates that AG does not entice or lure engineers from their employers. We represent only high caliber technical professionals who have committed to making a change required by career.

(1) Years of experience in each technical area required:

a. J2EE

• Coding with Spring modules

• Web application dev with Struts modules

• Web services implementation with JAXWS

• Oracle SQL

• application server experience, JBOSs, Deployment Management

• Scripting with Shell, Groovy

b. Agile

c. Test Driven Development

d. Acceptance Test Driven Development

e. Behavior Driven Development

(2) an example of a time when the candidate, along with business and technical personnel, worked to resolve problems of intent, simplicity, or feasibility of implementing software solutions in the available system and solution parameters. 

Agency Project Scope (Description of Work Needed - Additional background check requirements are to be added here)

Software Engineer 3 w/Java

A Software Engineer 3 is responsible for the analysis, design, coding, component and assembly testing of system and component software tools and applications. Software Engineers typically are involved in maintenance (including production support), enhancement and development work. Software engineers have a range of skills and knowledge of current technologies, such as:  

• Designing and developing high volume, high performance applications for mission critical systems, delivering high availability and reliability.

• Capable of contributing alone or as part of a team in all phases of the development lifecycle.

• Able to write well designed, testable, efficient code.

• Able to deliver designs that are in compliance with backlog and user specifications.

• Capable of delivering releases of tested software components on time and at quality.

• Experienced in working in a continuous improvement style of development by investigating technical alternatives and new technologies.

Agency Expected Deliverables

Experience: Six plus years of experience

Education: Four year college degree of equivalent technical study

Description of skills and knowledge include:

Partners with other business and technical personnel to resolve problems of intent, simplicity, or feasibility of implementing software solutions in the available system and solution parameters.

Leverages excellent written and verbal communication skills to develop new business process and programming solutions as required based on requirements and backlogs.

Utilizes in-depth modeling, design, and coding skills to deliver quality solutions.

Analyze and design enhancements, development of programs, and/or required fixes to production problems.

Design applications to functional and technical programming standards.

Gather and interpret user requirements into design specifications.

Develop system specifications and interfaces.

Determine time estimates and schedule for work based on given parameters.

Code new features/functionality, as well as software enhancements and/or required fixes to production problems using existing and industry standard functional and technical programming standards.

Participate in or conduct structured code reviews / walkthroughs.

Create and provide content for operational documentation to Technical Writers.

Utilize configuration management tools, design tools, debugging tools, and any other environment specific tools necessary to create, test, and implement an application.

Design and support testing of code prior to deployment to main branch.             

Provide On Call support as needed.

Collaborate with Team Members on Agile testing methods to include Test Driven Development, Acceptance Test Driven Development and Behavior Driven Development

Specific Skills Required (Programming languages, databases, operating systems, etc.)

This position is considered a senior level technical resource and requires a minimum of 10 years of proven experience in the field of software development. Must be able to demonstrate the following skills: 

1.) J2EE application development including front end, back end, and middle tier components utilizing multiple design patterns, experience utilizing third party middleware tools that are incorporated in application design, web services creation, consumption and implementation, extensive knowledge of web and application servers. 

• Requires minimum 2 years coding experience with Spring modules

• Requires minimum 2 years web application development with Struts modules

• Requires minimum 2 years Web Services experience, top-down, bottom-up, Implementation with JAXWS

• Requires minimum 2 years Oracle SQL experience

• Optional 2 years Application Server experience, JBOSS, Deployment Management, etc.

• Optional 2 years scripting experience (with Shell, Groovy, etc.)

2.) Operational understanding of browser based application infrastructure running in clustered hardware environment. Experience should include solid working knowledge of Linux O/S and Shell scripting. 

• Requires minimum 2 years’ experience with understanding Enterprise Architecture

3.) Experience working in an agile software development environment that utilizes continuous integration build processes that include deployment and regression testing. 

4.) Able to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment. 

5.) Experience in Test Driven Development, Acceptance Test Driven Development and Behavior Driven Development.

6.) Excellent communication skills are required.  

Our development and production environment include clustered JBOSS application servers, clustered Apache web servers, F5 load balancers, BRE, Adobe Lifecycle, Subversion source management, MyEclipse IDE, Jenkins, Oracle 11g, Apache Service Mix ESB, Wily Introscope, etc. This resource will be a developer and will be working in the development team.

What we are looking for is a strong technical contributor who can quickly come up to speed on our existing system functionality, application infrastructure, both from a hardware and software perspective. The candidate filling this position must able to work in a fast-paced, agile environment.

Experience working with government agencies would be advantageous, but is not required.

• Good comm skills are a big priority
• Duration:  6+ Months
• Experience: 6+ years

• Education: 4 year degree