Job Description
Job DescriptionAll work products resulting from the project shall be considered "works made for hire" and are the property of the Texas Department of Insurance and may include pre-selection requirements that potential Vendors (and their Candidates) submit to and satisfy criminal background checks as authorized by Texas law. Texas Department of Insurance will pay no fees for interviews or discussions, which occur during the process of selecting a Candidate(s).
A software developer is being solicited by TDI to perform work on legacy modernization projects in a java application using Rational Application Developer to serve the business needs of the Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC). Emphasis of work performed shall be full stack development. The work will include, but is not limited to, assessing user requirements/stories and translating them into technical tasks and actual code development using Rational Application Developer, Enterprise Java Beans (EJBs), Java Struts framework, HTML5, XML, JSON, JavaScript (jQuery, Bootstrap), browser-based debugging tools, Apache Ant, and SVN. This effort will involve creating user access functionality, workflow, reporting and dashboarding within an existing application. Additionally, database views may be created for use in Tableau to assist with comprehensive agency business intelligence needs. Contract staff will also be responsible for writing technical and some user documentation. The worker should have strong knowledge of and experience working on software development projects and general project lifecycle. The contract staff shall work on an agile scrum team, participating in regular meetings, work sessions, and interactions with the business owners and the project team. They should be a self-starter with experience working in a virtual collaborative setting with an agile scrum development team. The worker should possess strong written and oral presentation skills, with abilities to help present work done in an application. All project work will include workflows, business processes, and other functionality originating from DWC and identified as a legacy modernization effort.
RequirementsCANDIDATE 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
Working as a software developer on software application development projects, either as enhancements or ground-up initiatives
8
Required
Coding using the following tools: Rational Application Developer (or other Eclipse-based IDE), Enterprise Java Beans (EJBs), Java Struts framework, HTML5, XML, JSON, JavaScript (jQuery, Bootstrap), browser-based debugging tools, Apache Ant, SVN (or other
8
Required
Eliciting requirements from end users and forming epics and user stories, then translating them to functional tasks for technical staff
8
Required
Following requirements and user stories end-to-end to guarantee proper delivery of requested functionality
8
Required
Testing applications to ensure user requirements are met
4
Required
Writing technical documentation
3
Required
Using Microsoft Teams or other collaboration tool to communicate and work within a team
3
Required
Working on an agile scrum team as a software developer
3
Required
Estimating work and sizing tasks for sprint development
4
Preferred
Writing user documentation
1
Preferred
Working as a software developer with Texas Department of Insurance applications