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Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

Responsible for the research, design, development, analysis, testing, and implementation of software operating or application systems. Communicates project information to client, project manager, or other design personnel working on projects. Maintains good working relationships with clients and staff. Writes and maintains complete documentation. Supports team members and ensures established goals and deadlines are met. Keeps management informed of status and significant problems.

Team Specific:

This personalized learning experience team focuses on the part of the student lifecycle to support students as they progress through their courses and programs at WGU. This includes developing new applications and enhancing features involving faculty support dashboards, decision intelligence workflows, and faculty allocations. This engineering team works closely with product and project management utilizing Agile practices.

Job Description Java Developer:

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Develop web applications and web services using Java, REST, HTTP, and other web technologies.
• Manage multiple tasks and responsibilities in high-pressure environments; excelling at pinpointing and resolving problems in early project stages to avoid cost/time expenses.
• Deliver high quality projects, on time, through ability to, write high-quality code, and execute effective unit tests.
• Optimize performance tuning for high utilization 24x7 access.
• Integrate third party products with existing infrastructure.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work equally well in self-managed and team-based Agile projects.
• Work with internal customers to gather business processes and project requirements.
• Researches, designs, and develops computer software systems, in conjunction with product development applying principles and techniques of computer science, engineering, and mathematical analysis.
• Analyzes software requirements to determine feasibility of design within time and cost constraints.
• Develops and directs software system testing procedures, programming, and documentation. Ensures work area is clean, secure, and well maintained.
• Performs miscellaneous projects as assigned.
• Addresses and troubleshoot issues that affect applications and systems supporting our students or staff members.
• Participate in Agile practices working other team members to estimate and complete assigned work.

Requirements and qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field or equivalent experience.
• 1 plus years experience in Java technologies.
• Experience in Java 11 + and Microservice:
• Typically requires a technical university degree or equivalent experience.
• Project designs and plans are creative, employ useful technologies, meet deadlines, and fulfill goals and requirements.
• Project estimates are well-researched and accurate.
• Project testing procedures are effective and timely. Results are well-analyzed and
• problems are corrected.
• Required reports and documentation are complete and current.
• Good communication and working relationships exist with clients and co-workers.
• Concerns are promptly addressed and any problems effectively resolved.
• Management is appropriately informed of area activities and of any significant problems.
• Company policies and procedures are closely followed.

Nice to have:

• Experience with AWS services.
• Docker.
• Understanding of DevOps CI/CD.
• Angular 16 +

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