Software Engineer

We have a 3-year hybrid Software Engineer contract that may be extended by our client by another 2 years. The anticipated start is March 2024.

Any onsite work must be carried out at our client offices in Sacramento, California. Any remote or hybrid working arrangements must be pre-approved by our client and all remote work must be done from within the United States.

Our client is seeking a Software Engineer to provide development of online registration functionality in addition to software maintenance and operations (M&O) support services for their applications. The existing application is a web-based, Java/MySQL/Linux enterprise system that provides the infrastructure and environment. The application operates 24x7, 365 days per year and requires high availability hosting and rapid response to any production incident that may result in loss of critical functionality.

The Software Engineer, in development of applications software, is responsible for analyzing and refining systems requirements; translating systems requirements into applications prototypes; planning and designing systems architecture; writing, debugging and maintaining code; determining and designing applications architecture; determining output media/formats; designing user interfaces; working with customers to test applications; assuring software and systems quality and functionality; integrating hardware and software components; writing and maintaining program documentation; evaluating new applications software technologies; and/or ensuring the rigorous application of information security/information assurance policies, principles and practices to the delivery of application software services.

The Software Engineer, in development of operating systems, is responsible for analyzing systems requirements in response to business requirements, risks and costs; evaluating, selecting, verifying and validating the systems software environment; evaluating, selecting and installing compilers, assemblers and utilities; integrating hardware and software components within the systems environment; monitoring and fine-tuning performance of the systems environment; evaluating new systems engineering technologies and their effect on the operating environment; and/or ensuring that information security/information assurance policies, principles and practices are an integral element of the operating environment.

The Software Engineer will possess knowledge and experience in applications software development principles and methods sufficient to participate in the design, development, testing and implementation of new or modified applications software; operating systems installation and configuration procedures; organization's operational environment; software design principles, methods and approaches; principles, methods and procedures for designing, developing, optimizing and integrating new and/or reusable systems components; pertinent government regulations; infrastructure requirements, such as bandwidth and server sizing; database management principles and methodologies, including data structures, data modeling, data warehousing and transaction processing; functionality and operability of the current operating environment; systems engineering concepts and factors such as structured design, supportability, survivability, reliability, scalability and maintainability; optimization concepts and methods; establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with those contacted in the course of the work; and speak and write effectively and prepare effective reports.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in an IT-related or Engineering field. Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis.
• 5 years of experience in electronic data processing systems study, design, and programming.
• 3 of the 5 years of experience in electronic data processing systems study, design, and programming must have been in a lead capacity.

Desirable Qualifications

• 3 years of working experience developing or maintaining web-based application software, including HTML and XML.
• 2 years of experience supporting public facing, missing critical applications similar to those reflect in the scope of work.
• 3 years of working experience with advanced-level technical writing skills, including, but not limited to, developing high quality technical documentation, such as technical processes and procedures, software architecture or design documents, user manuals and programming manuals.
• 3 years of work experience providing application software support for enterprise applications in a Java/Linux environment, including Apache Tomcat, Red Hat Linux, React Js, Spring Core Framework, Apache Comins, Apache Struts, Apache Axis, MySQL, and Jasper Reports.
• 2 years of working experience with Microsoft Office Suite of Tools (Project, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio, and SharePoint).
• 1 year of working experience with Linux operating systems and MySQL databases in a production environment, including performing system administration, database administration, and production support tasks.
• 1 year of working experience in a technical lead position and have demonstrated the ability to act in a lead capacity on the most complex applications, and/or on the most complex application programming problems.
• Sun or Oracle Java Certified. Must provide certificate(s).

Minimum Application Requirements

Your application will be disqualified if you do not meet all these minimum application requirements.

• Must meet or exceed the Minimum Qualifications.
• Must be a current resident of the United States.
• Must have current work authorization for the United States.
• Must be a direct hire.

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