GTA Senior Angular Developer - Expedite Technology Solutions

Short Description:
Lead software developer proficient in Angular and Spring Boot and able to take the lead on software development projects.

Complete Description:
JOB SUMMARY:


Individuals within the Software Development job family work
closely with clients, business analysts and team members to understand the
business requirements that drive the analysis and design and/or development of
quality technical solutions. These solutions must be aligned with Georgia
Technology Authority (GTA) and State Agency IT strategies and are compliant
with the organization s architectural standards. Software Developers are
involved in the full systems life cycle and therefore are responsible for designing,
coding, testing, implementing and supporting applications that are delivered on
time and within budget. Responsibilities beyond development of applications may
include participation in component and data architecture design, technology
planning, product evaluation, issue troubleshooting and resolution, advanced
testing processes and buy vs. build recommendations. Software Developers may
also use various middleware to develop solutions. Individuals also provide input to project
plans related to the Software Development initiative. Applications Developers
develop integrated solutions within and across the enterprise.


RESPONSIBILITIES:


Responsible for technical leadership in the analysis,
design, development, integration, testing and enhancement of software,
applications or middleware. Actively
involved in researching, troubleshooting or resolving complex support
issues. Responsibilities include, but
may not be limited to, the following:


Consults
in the project planning process with clients, business analysts, architects and
team members.


Monitors project milestones
and critical dates to identify potential project schedule risks. Identifies
ways to resolve schedule issues. Keeps
management aware of project progress and status.


May lead the technical
evaluation and selection process for software or middleware packages. Supports any communication and training
necessary for successful adoption of selected tools or software.


Ascertains work effort for
various tasks within a project and assigns work to other members of the project
when leading a project.


Communicates with business
analysts, quality assurance, project owners, and stakeholders about the
project, including status, roadblocks, etc.


Provides input for buy vs.
build recommendations. Researches the
feasibility or availability of custom, open source and commercial (COTS)
solution alternatives. Provides input on
system options, risk, cost versus benefit, and impacts on business processes
and goals. Provides input to business cases and may assist in procurement
activities for buy decisions.


Proactively analyzes
existing applications to identify weaknesses and develop opportunities for
improvements. May initiate the
identification, analysis, implementation, communication and adoption of
technical process improvements to benefit the team. This may include recognizing the potential
for streamlining or automation of existing processes, determining the value of
new or different approaches to application implementations, suggesting or
proposing changes to applications to solve or address existing problems. Supports any change management necessary for
implemented process improvements.


Identifies system and/or
business requirements. Able to elicit,
analyze, document and communicate business or technical requirements for
designated systems or applications. Has
the ability to work with business and technology stakeholders to translate
business requirements into technical designs.
Provides input to the architect on design approaches.


Recommends procedures to
solve problems considering computer equipment capacity and limitations,
operating time, form of desired results, and integration of components.


Creates and helps to
implement conversion, upgrade and migration designs. Recommends or applies system patches and/or
certificates in a timely manner and validates that they are kept up to date for
designated applications or systems.


Assists with documenting or
demonstrating examples to ensure code, data or document repositories are
appropriately utilized, accessed, maintained and updated.


Develops software and/or
applications specifications. Makes recommendations and provides input for
decisions or considerations involving new code development or existing code
reuse. Recommends and develops methods to
efficiently reuse existing components.
Identifies better sources of data feeds and interfaces.


Provides input and
assistance to architects when requested on software or system specifications,
selecting and adopting technologies or tools, prototyping solutions,
communicating technical decisions and assisting other developers with the
adoption and understanding of agreed upon technical approaches or direction.


Provides technical
leadership for the definition, development and modification of individual or
integrated software modules as well as enterprise applications using
disciplined software development processes.



Familiar with web
development, web platforms and content management. Understands and may have working knowledge of
graphics design, mobile-first and user-first web design approaches as well as
other user interface (UI) or user experience (UX) implementation techniques.


Develops and helps to define
integrated solutions aimed at modernizing, consolidating and coordinating the
independently designed applications within and across the enterprise. Codes,
integrates and tests components, middleware, data, systems and their interfaces
to create seamless communications across services.


Determines how existing
applications, legacy systems, databases, Web interfaces, enterprise server
software and/or hardware logic, which may be currently operational on multiple
platforms, work together to meet new and emerging requirements.


Adheres to technical or
quality standards and procedures.
Reviews modules for quality assurance and checks compliance with
software architecture standards. Assists
in defining and communicating development guidelines and standards to be
utilized in software development and integration. Selects and effectively applies appropriate
architecture or design standards, methods and tools. Reviews the designs and code of other
developers in collaboration with architects.


Provides technical guidance
and support for unit testing of software modules to ensure software meets
specifications.


Coordinates with
configuration management on integration build activities across systems or
environments and understands how to perform or support integration builds in
preparation for both integration and quality assurance testing. Provides input for deployment documents and
related artifacts for production environment deployments.


Participates in and supports
both integration testing and quality assurance testing activities which
includes assisting with the test planning process, performing technical testing
of integrated solutions to verify appropriate outcomes or results of interfaces,
functions, features and data, as well as identifying or reporting defects,
change requests or enhancements. Helps
others to resolve or fix identified defects or issues and also fixes them. May also assist with or participate in
regression testing, user acceptance testing or performance/load testing.


Documents changes to
architecture, integration and/or conversion plans. May develop and maintain system and software
architecture diagrams.


Supports maintenance of
software, as needed.


Makes applications or
modules production ready by including or referencing supporting libraries,
incorporating supporting configuration or properties files, updating version
control documentation, completing required forms, following move to production
procedures, etc.


Provides Tier III
(integration) support. Troubleshoots
existing information systems to identify errors or deficiencies and develops
solutions. Dissects problems or issues
to identify and diagnose root causes and determine resolutions. Assists with communicating resolutions and
helping reporters of issues to understand or adopt resolutions.


Provides technical
leadership, coaching, and mentoring to team members. Provides technical guidance along with
business process expertise for projects.
Creates technical documentation related to coding, testing, integration,
support or best practices. Develops
reports and presentations for management, as needed or requested.


May provide input to help
define, analyze, plan, forecast, measure, monitor, maintain and improve systems
and services availability, which includes hardware, software, network,
data/storage, core infrastructure/operations, virtual and cloud solutions such
as SaaS/IaaS (software or infrastructure as a service) and security
controls. Assists architects with
managing systems and services to ensure that they meet performance targets and
business needs.


Has knowledge of the
security, confidentiality and integrity of information systems and complies
with adopted organizational standards or other relevant legislation and
regulations. Understands how to
incorporate appropriate security controls as a core part of designed solutions
or services.


Supports architects in
preparations for user, client or partner engagements. Understands the needs of users, clients or
partners and may assist to interpret those needs into solution proposals. Able to engage in direct interactions with
end users. Supports sales/marketing
demos, prototypes, meetings or other such initiatives to generate awareness or
revenue for existing or potential products and services.