Sr. Software Engineer - Java/AWS

GTN Technical Staffing

Scottsdale, AZ

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Acceptance Testing, Agile Programming Methodologies, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Analysis Skills, Application Programming Interface (API), Automation, Behavior Driven Development (BDD), C++ Programming Language, Cloud Computing, Code Reviews, Command Line, Computer Programming, Computer Science, Consulting, Crystal Reports, Customer/Client Research, Database Technology, Debugging Skills, Design Document, Functional Testing, Identify Issues, Integration Testing, JasperReports, Java, Lean Manufacturing, Linux Programming, Mentoring, Microsoft C# (C Sharp), Multitasking, Multithreaded Programming, Network Protocols, Network Topology, Object Oriented Analysis (OOA), Object Oriented Design (OOD), Object Oriented Development, Objective-C Programming Language, Oracle PL-SQL, Problem Solving Skills, Product Lifecycle, Programming Methodologies, Project Estimates, Prototyping, Quality Assurance Methodology, Quality Control Methodology, Quality Metrics, Relational Databases (RDBMS), Reporting Skills, Requirements Management, SQL (Structured Query Language), Scripting (Scripting Languages), Secure Coding, Security Compliance, Selenium, Service-Oriented Architecture (fka Distributed Object Architecture), Software Administration, Software Design, Software Development, Software Engineering, Software Testing, Source Code Control System (SCCS), System Integration (SI), System Test, Technical/Engineering Design, Telecommunications, Test Automation, Test Case, Test Driven Development (TDD), Test Plan/Schedule, Test Scripts, Test Strategy, Testing, Time Management, Unified Modeling Language (UML), United States Citizen, Unix Operating Systems, User Interface/Experience (UI/UX), Web Service Framework
LOCATION
Scottsdale, AZ
POSTED
10 days ago

Sr. Software Engineer - Java/AWS (Contract)

Location: Scottsdale, AZ (HYBRID)

Status: US Citizen/GCH only

Position: 12-month Contract

Hourly/Salary: Based on Experience

 

Overall Purpose

This position designs, develops, tests and maintains software product applications.

Essential Functions
  • Design, develop, document, test, and debug new and existing software systems and applications.
  • Serve as technical expert on development projects.
  • Drives full development life cycle including requirements analysis and design.
  • Write technical specifications based on conceptual design and stated business requirements.
  • Support, maintain, and document software functionality.
  • Identify and evaluate new technologies for implementation.
  • Analyze code to find causes of errors and revise programs as needed.
  • Drive software design meetings and analyze user needs to determine technical requirements.
  • Consult with end user to prototype, refine, test, and debug programs to meet needs.
  • Complies with all security policies and procedures, to ensure that the highest level of system and data confidentiality, integrity and availability is maintained.

Desired Skills

Automation
  • Ability to use Unix/Linux command line programs and create/edit scripts.
  • Able to analyze results of automated deployment scripts and make modifications.

Design
  • Able to prepare detailed design documents from requirements.
  • Familiar with Reporting tools such as Crystal Reports, Jasper Reports, BIRT, etc.
  • General understanding of software environments and network topologies.
  • Able to demonstrate OOA/OOD skills.
  • Demonstrable understanding of distributed, component-based architecture
  • Working knowledge of networking and/or telecommunications protocols
  • A solid understanding of event driven / asynchronous programming and multi-threading
  • Demonstrable technical design skills (UML experience a plus)
  • Familiar with TDD/BDD.
  • Familiar with SOA framework, web services, etc.

Coding
  • Common Developer Skills

- Competent (5+ years) Java or C# or C++ or Objective-C language programming skills.

                    - Competent with SQL or PL/SQL and relational database concepts.

                   - Experience with source code control systems.

                   - Experience with secure programming techniques is highly desirable

                   - Able to perform code reviews to ensure the code meets the acceptance criteria.

Testing
  • Able to maintain test scripts as needed.
  • Prepares test strategy, test plan, test cases, and test summary documents.
  • Experience with automated functional software testing frameworks, such as Cucumber, Selenium, etc.
  • Performs unit, functional, load, user interface, performance, regression and system integration testing on new code or modified code prior to production releases.
  • Produce and report project test metrics.
  • Possess advanced knowledge of QA/QC techniques;preferred certifications
  • Assists with new staff on testing techniques and test methodologies

Support
  • Responsible for responding to situations in a timely manner, and meeting predetermined deadlines
  • Ability to support/maintain existing products and add new features as requested by customers.
  • Central point of contact for support of UAT/production applications as needed
  • Keen troubleshooting skills across tiers/domains
  • Ability to work on multiple projects

Collaboration
  • Agile/Lean methodologies experience
  • Solid understanding of an iterative software development process
  • Able to guide the team to produce estimates for all project activities and tasks.
  • Responsible for eliciting user and functional requirements and ensuring they are consistent and complete
  • Mentor and monitor Software Engineers in the technical aspects of their assignments.

Experience
  • Education and experience typically obtained through completion of a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science and/or 5 or more years of related industry experience.
  • Experience with Java, Spring Boot, Rest APIs
  • Experience with AWS Cloud

 

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