This position is 100% telework in the state of Texas.

The State of Texas Health and Human Services Commission HHSC is seeking a Java Developer (Programmer IV). This role supports critical applications within HHSC in an Agile (Scrum) environment. The position reports to the Manager of a Product Delivery Team in Health and Human Services Commission Information Technology (HHSC IT).

This position works under minimal supervision, with a high degree of creativity and latitude in supporting cross agency business processes with all HHS agencies, performs analysis and development of complex business needs, provides deliverables related to the daily operations maintenance, designs and implements applications with continuous integration, and continuous delivery processes and procedures from Dev environment to Production.

This position is 100% telework in the state of Texas and is for U.S. Citizens or residents only.

Essential Job Functions:

Attends work on a regular and predictable schedule in accordance with agency leave policy and performs other duties as assigned.

Oversees the overall development of applications including: system design, planning, production and customer support for software systems and solutions, existing production& development for new applications used both statewide and interagency. Drives design, delivery and integration for interfaces, system connectivity and batch processes for existing applications. (30%)

Coordinates daily development activities including: coding, testing, and debugging of programs that are in development or requiring support for issue resolution/performance or enhancement. Implements standards and procedures with coordinating the activities of programming staff. Coordinates staff, tasks and schedules to develop, modify, customer software applications. (30%)

Provides technical direction and guidance to technical staff in matters related to analysis and programming activities. Supports the development of business processes through analysis and design for interfaces with various external agencies and service providers. Implements specialized programs to support applications and defines the test processes to validate performance as well as stability. (20%)

Coordinates with staff to develop and implement project plans that include; schedules, staff assignments, analysis tasks and programming activities that include requirements gathering, gap analysis, design and delivery. Will assist and coordinate with development staff to ensure adherence to standards and procedures for the implementation of business policies, procedures and standards. (10%)

Other duties as assigned. (10%)

Knowledge Skills Abilities:

Knowledge sufficient enough to apply current and emerging high-level principles, practices, and techniques of computer programming and systems analysis; of computer operations procedures and systems; and of computer programming languages.

Knowledge of multi-tier system development with the ability to troubleshoot and solve complex issues.

Knowledge of building and supporting mission critical applications, running in a highly distributed manner across multiple platforms with the ability to apply performance enhancing techniques.

Knowledge of the planning and implementation techniques for multiple software development lifecycle phases, including scope and proposal, estimation, analysis, design, and software construction with the ability to deliver complex design and support documentation.

Knowledge of the practical methods and solution techniques to define the limitations and capabilities of computer systems, of the techniques used in the design of non-automated systems, of information technology equipment, of applicable programming languages, of computer hardware and software, of computer operating systems, of writing complex integrated program code.

Knowledge of complex configuration management concepts and tools and software usability concepts.

Knowledge of the common design practices/standards associated with compliance to application accessibility (i.e.508, JAWS etc.).

Skilled in the assigning and/or supervision of the work being done by other development staff.

Skilled in extensive complex problem solving, critical thinking, in computer programming, in the use of computer hardware and software, and in modifying or developing programs for computer applications.

Skilled in the facilitation of meetings with multiple customers and technical staff, including building consensus and mediating compromises when necessary.

Ability to process information logically; to design programs and systems logic; to prepare program specifications; to code, test, and debug computer programs; to interpret technical information related to computer programming and other areas of data processing; to communicate effectively; and to assign and/or supervise the work of others.

Ability to communicate design and complex implantation / integration information effectively both verbally and in writing, to serve as a technical consultant to technical colleagues, to clearly and accurately document relevant issues, and to prepare accurate, concise, reliable reports.

Initial Selection Criteria:

Graduation from a four-year college or university with major coursework in computer science, computer information systems, or a related field. One year of appropriate experience may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis.

Minimum of 3 (three) years of experience in J2EE Application Design, Develop, Support/Maintain using Core Java, JDBC, Spring, MVC, Hibernate etc.

Minimum of 3 (three) years of experience with SQL (e.g. Oracle or MS SQL, PL/SQL) and/or No-SQL (e.g. MongoDB, Cassandra, or HBase etc.)

Minimum of 3 (three) years of experience with Web Interface development (e.g. Angular, JS, CSS, Bootstrap etc.)