Software Developer 3

Candidate Qualification Summary, Candidate Acknowledgment (RTR), Skill Matrix and References (3) required with submission.

Engagement Length in Months:

22 months

Where is the physical work office located?

Austin, Texas

NOTE

***Contractor MUST BE physically available to work in Austin, Texas, immediately upon contract execution. Contractor must be able to work a minimum of two (2) days a week physically onsite at TDI headquarters located at 333 Guadalupe Street, Austin, Texas, 78701. ***

***Contractor MUST BE physically available to work in the Austin-metro area. Contractor may be asked to physically work more than the minimum two (2) days a week onsite as the project progresses. TDI will not consider candidates wanting to remote work from another state or refuse to work physically onsite at TDI headquarters.***

Summary of duties:

Two software developers are 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 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. This work will extend to at least one project to migrate data, data collection, and reporting to an agency application from two different existing processes but may also include other projects as determined by time remaining in contract. Any and all project work will include workflows, business processes, and other functionality originating from DWC and identified as a legacy modernization effort.

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

2

Required

Using Microsoft Teams or other collaboration tool to communicate and work within a team

2

Required

Working on an agile scrum team as a software developer

2

Required

Estimating work and sizing tasks for sprint development

4

Preferred

Writing user documentation

4

Preferred

Writing technical documentation

1

Preferred

Working as a software developer with Texas Department of Insurance applications

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