**This position does not support sponsorship**
**This position is contract to hire - it will convert quickly to permanent**
Under general direction, formulates and defines system scope and objectives. Devises or modifies procedures to solve complex problems considering computer equipment capacity and limitations, operating time and form of desired results. Designs, codes, tests, debugs, and documents those procedures. Competent to work at the highest technical level of all phases of applications systems analysis and programming activities. Regularly provides guidance and training to less-experienced programmer/analysts.
Fundamental Components:
- Independently designs and/or codes and may lead others in the development of cost-effective application and program solutions.
- Leads or acts as a technical contributor in the design of new applications or enhancements including integration of purchased solutions.
- Independently performs and assists other team members in providing ongoing system maintenance, research, problem resolution and on-call support tasks for existing systems.
- Is fully familiar and compliant with the efficient utilization of the prescribed methodologies and ensures compliance for the work of all aligned resources.
- Oversees or performs unit testing.
- May perform or assist with integration and system testing, according to detailed test plans to ensure high-quality systems.
- May assist business partners with User Acceptance Testing.
- With limited direction, supports the implementation of systems into production, including integration of purchased solutions.
- Responsible for Code Asset Management for an application or set of applications. Supports and promotes the reuse of assets across the organization.
- May lead or act as a subject matter expert for projects and/or service requests impacting an application or set of applications.
- Ability to support and lead others to develop API services utilizing onshore and offshore teams.
- Serves as team leader to direct technical activities, while also providing support for small and large highly complex projects that require increased skill across multiple technical environments and disciplines, that have system wide impact and that integrate across the organization.
- Receives some supervision and direction as regards prioritization of work but is competent to work independently and to offer direction and oversight to assigned team.
Background/Experience Desired:
- Bachelor’s Degree in computer Science or equivalent work experience.
- 8+ years of strong experience in IIB / ACE (IIB V10 / ACE11 / ACE12) Development with multiple protocols
- 6+ years of strong experience in design and development of RESTful APIs, Web Services
- 6+ years of experience with IBM WebSphere Message Queue
- 3+ years of experience with Databases (preferably IBM DB2)
- Strong experience integrating with databases using ESQL, Database Nodes, and calling Stored Procedures
- Experience testing interfaces using tools like RFHUTIL, Postman, SOAPUI, and other testing tools.
- Experience working with multiple data formats (JSON, XML, EDI/X12, Fixed Length)
- Experience in full CI/CD process (GitHub, Jenkins, and Octopus)
- Experience in SAFE/Agile Methodology/Framework
- Experience in cloud technologies
- Experience in Java technologies (Spring Framework)
- Understand the business and functional requirements that apply to the applications supporting a sub-domain or domain as well as their relevant interfaces.
Experience with the following technologies:
- IBM Integration Bus (IIB) V10 / ACE11 / ACE12
- IBM WebSphere Message Queue
- IBM DB2 Database
- Java / J2EE / Spring Framework
- GitHub, Jenkins, and Octopus
- SAFE/Agile Methodology/Framework
- RFHUTIL, Postman, SOAPUI, Splunk
- Cloud technologies (Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP))
- JSON, XML, EDI/X12, Fixed Length
