Applications Developer-Senior

Must have 15 years experience.

Must be a US Citizen.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities: 
 
Builds, enhances and maintains custom solutions in Jira, Java-based and Azure .NET custom web-applications 
Migrates Jira and Confluence to Atlassian Cloud 
Applies software updates and patches to Jira, Confluence, WebSphere. 
Integrates Jira with other tools and systems 
Provides technical mentorship, guidance, and expertise to a small team of developers 
Modernizes applications written in older technologies for new platforms  
Performs requirements analysis and writes professional, detailed technical documentation  
Diagnoses, troubleshoots and solves technical issues with existing applications 
Provides clear communication with clients, team members and customers on video, phone and in person 
Captures clear, concise and accurate technical documentation  
Special Skills/Knowledge: 
 
Migration of Jira and Confluence to Atlassian Cloud 
Identity Management expert 
Agile Scrum with JIRA, general JIRA Application Administration 
ServiceNow ticket management 
Power Platform 
IIS and web server administration; ability to troubleshoot applications and servers based on Cyber alerts 
Azure App Service, Azure SQL Managed Instance, Azure DevOps,  
Ability to coordinate and lead development activities among team members  
SQL - particularly Stored Procedures 
Business Analysis 
Work closely to communicate with stakeholders, team members and customers. 
Hands-on Experience with: 
 
Jira, Confluence Data Center and Atlassian Cloud. 
Java, .NET, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, C++, C#, SQL, Oracle BI, PowerShell  
Eclipse, Atlassian Custom Developer Tools, Azure DevOps, Visual Studio 
Strong, independent application development skills that contribute significantly to analysis, prototype and design and troubleshooting activities 
Ability to analyze existing architectures in variety of platforms 
Project leadership roles, project management, mentors team members 
Qualifications: 
A bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field or relevant experience. 
US Citizen 
 
Atlassian Skills: 
Jira Data Center Engineering: 
Ability to install/update highly customized Jira data center instances regularly on Windows Servers. 
Understanding of authentication options for Jira such as SAML and Windows authentication and the ability to implement and maintain the different options. 
Understanding, implementing and maintaining SSL, HSTS and other security options as part of Jira configuration. 
The ability to determine the optimal server size and configuration for Jira. 
The ability to investigate Jira Data center and host server errors and issues and troubleshoot the issues quickly.  
The ability to install, configure and update custom and third-party Jira Plugins. 
Jira Data Center custom development: 
The ability to maintain and update customize Jira source code modifications with each Jira version update. 
The ability to maintain and update custom Jira plugins with each Jira version update. 
The ability to understand, maintain and develop injected JavaScript to modify the Jira UI and provide cross-field validation to meet the requirements of customers and Jira version updates. 
Have a complete understanding of the Jira database schema to support Jira customizations and custom Jira reports. 
Create a plan and execute the plan for each major upgrade of Jira. 
Create/update dev and staging environments including setting up the Atlassian SDK, the latest Jira source code, installing Eclipse, setting up Eclipse projects for each customization and hooking the code into Git repos in Azure DevOps. 
Jira Data Center administration: 
Act as a system administrator for Jira Data Center. 
Provide expertise and assistance to other Jira administrators as needed. 
Be proficient with building complex projects in Jira 
Have a complete understanding with project workflows, issue types, custom fields, permissions, etc. 
Work on assigned Help Desk tickets directly with our customers or assist team members with their Jira related tickets to resolve project related issues and errors in Jira. 
Jira Cloud migration: 
Understand the architectural differences between Jira Data Center and Cloud editions. 
Understand the benefits and limitations of Jira Cloud as compared to Data Center. 
Understand the different Jira Cloud offerings including the Atlassian Federal Cloud (FedRAMP). 
Ability to build custom apps for Jira Cloud using Atlassian Forge with Visual Studio Code connected to Git repos in Azure DevOps. 
Review all customizations to Jira Data Center and provide alternatives to customizations incompatible with Atlassian Cloud, with compatible alternatives that meet customer expectations. 
Ability to construct a plan with options to migrate Jira data center instances to the Atlassian Cloud. 
Ability to clean-up orphan data in the Jira databases prior to moving to the Atlassian Cloud. 
Ability to remove and/or archive no longer used Jira Projects prior to moving to the Atlassian Cloud.  
Ability to remove customizations to Jira source code and database schema modifications in order to migrate the customized Jira Data Center instances to the Atlassian Jira Cloud. 
Ability to build, configure and migrate existing projects to the Atlassian Jira Cloud. 
Ability to build and configure new Spaces in the Atlassian Jira Cloud. 
Confluence Data Center engineering: 
Ability to install/update Confluence Data Center instances regularly on Windows Servers. 
Understand the options for Confluence SAML authentication and the ability to implement and maintain the different options. 
Understanding, implementing and maintaining SSL, HSTS and other security options as part of Confluence configuration. 
The ability to determine the optimal server size and configuration for Jira. 
The ability to investigate Confluence Data Center and host server errors and issues and troubleshoot the issues quickly 
Confluence Data Center administration: 
Act as a system administrator for Confluence. 
Provide expertise and assistance to other Confluence administrators as needed. 
Work on assigned Help Desk tickets directly with our customers or assist team members with their Confluence-related tickets to resolve issues and errors in Confluence. 
Confluence Cloud: 
Ability to construct a plan with options to migrate Confluence Data Center instances to the Atlassian Cloud. 
Ability to configure Confluence Cloud instances and migrate Confluence Data Center instances to the Atlassian Cloud. 
General Atlassian skills: 
Understanding Jira and plugin/app licensing for both Data Center and Cloud and make recommendations for the most cost-effective options. 
Understanding Confluence and plugin/app licensing for both Data Center and Cloud and make recommendations for the most cost-effective options. 
Evaluate CVE alerts for Atlassian products and components to see if they are applicable to Data Center instances and provide options and timelines for remediation. 
  
Java Skills: 
Ability to install/update and configure IBM WebSphere Application Server in a Windows environment. 
Understand WebSphere authentication and authorization options and be able to implement the options. 
Ability to deploy, configure and update WebSphere applications. 
Ability to build and maintain WebSphere applications meeting customer requirements using Rational Application Developer.   
Create/update dev and staging environments for WebSphere including installing Rational Application Developer and connecting it to an Azure DevOps Git code repository. 
Ability to install/update and configure Tomcat server. 
Ability to install/update Eclipse IDE for Java Development and configure it to use an Azure DevOps Git code repository. 
Ability to install/update and configure Java JDK to support Java development. 
Understanding of IBM WebSphere and Rational Application Developer licensing. 
Evaluate CVE alerts for Tomcat and WebSphere to see if they are applicable and provide options and timelines for remediation. 
Work on assigned Help Desk tickets directly with our customers or assist team members with their Java application tickets to resolve issues and errors. 
Microsoft Skills: 
Ability to install/update and configure Internet Information Services (IIS) as a web server and a reverse proxy server for Java application servers. 
Understanding, implementing and maintaining SSL, HSTS and other security options as part of ISS configuration. 
Ability to install/update and configure on Prem Azure DevOps server (ADO). 
Ability to create and maintain ADO projects. 
Ability to create and maintain Git repositories in ADO. 
Create/update dev and staging environments for IIS applications including the install of Visual Studio connected to an Azure DevOps Git code repository. 
Ability to build and maintain IIS .NET web applications and client-server applications using C#, Visual C++ and Visual Basic using Visual Studio. 
Work on assigned Help Desk tickets directly with our customers or assist team members with their Microsoft application tickets to resolve issues and errors.  
Familiarity with Azure virtual servers, server options and other application related IaaS and PaaS Azure options. 
Familiarity with Azure Console. 
Understanding of Microsoft licensing for development environments and other IaaS and PaaS application related Azure options.  
SQL Skills: 
Understanding of the editions and versions of MS-SQL server. 
Understanding SQL Managed Instance (SQL MI) including its benefits and limitations. 
Understanding of SQL server and MI security, user management and permissions and the ability to configure and manage them. 
The ability to create, configure, maintain, backup and restore SQL databases. 
The ability to create and manage connections, JDBC, ODBC, and native, from Atlassian, WebSphere, IIS, Java and other applications to SQL server and SQL MI. 
The ability to create and maintain SQL tables with an understanding of data types and the ability to effectively match SQL data types to various programming language data types. 
The ability to create and maintain SQL views for reporting and application development. 
The ability to create and maintain SQL stored procedures for application integration. 
Familiarity with SSMS as a tool for SQL management and development. 
Act as a back up to the MS SQL database administrator. 
Understanding of Microsoft licensing for SQL server and SQL MI. 
General Technical Skills: 
Languages, libraries and tools: Java, J2EE, JSP, EJB, Spring Framework, Apache Velocity, Struts Framework, Maven, Visual C++, C#, Visual Basic, ASP .NET, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, ReactJS, jQuery, Bootstrap, Node.js, Python, Git, SQL, Oracle BI, PowerShell, Azure DevOps 
IDEs: Eclipse, Rational Application Developer, Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code  
Analyst Skills: 
Work with the business analyst and customers to assist with defining requirements for new or enhancements to existing applications and reports. 
Develop project plans, timelines and level of effort for implementing the customer requirements. 
Layout a technical structure to implement new applications or enhancements. 
Act as the lead developer and assist other developers with implementing new applications or enhancements. 
Test and validate the work of other developers prior to submission for review by the business analyst and customer.