DESCRIPTION:
Duties: Build tools and platforms to evaluate and select open source packages, incorporate them as dependencies, and contribute patches and features back to projects. Deliver end-to-end solutions in the form of cloud- native microservices architecture applications. Execute creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting. Use domain modelling techniques to build engineering tools. Build solutions that avoid single points of failure using scalable architectural patterns. Develop and review secure, high- quality production code. Develop reporting, analytics, open source metadata, and outbound contribution tools. Identify opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues, improving the operational stability of software applications and systems. Conduct evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to assess architectural designs, technical credentials, and suitability for integration within existing systems and information architecture. Ensure releases happen with zero downtime for end-users. Investigate and resolve issues to ensure they do not resurface in the future. Participate in communities of practice across Software Engineering to promote awareness and adoption of new and emerging technologies related to open source and tooling for consumption and contribution. Support products built through the entire lifecycle, including in production and during incident management.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Minimum education and experience required: Bachelor's degree in Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field of study plus 7 years of experience in the job offered or as Software Engineer, Technology Support, Applications Support, Database Architect, or related occupation.
Skills Required: This position requires seven (7) years of experience with the following: coding in Java (up to Java 17), React.js, and modern JavaScript; working with Java Core concepts including object-oriented design, memory management, multi-threading/concurrency, and new language features; developing enterprise level JAVA based applications utilizing development frameworks including Spring and Spring Boot; using Maven or Gradle for application dependency management and build automation; building applications that utilize JSON and XML formatted data files/service payloads for data transfer; designing and implementing scalable, resilient microservice architectures; working with Oracle RDBMS platform for managing structured data, leveraging the principles of the relational model including features for security, performance, and scalability; utilizing JVM performance analysis including profiling, heap/thread dump analysis, and GC tuning; designing and implementing testing including unit, component, integration, end-to-end, performance and resiliency; working with testing frameworks such as JUnit and mocking frameworks; working with cloud technologies and distributed systems, RESTful APIs, and web technologies; operating and supporting the security of software applications; working with observability and monitoring tools including Splunk and Kibana to monitor system performance and behavior. This position requires any amount of experience with the following: working with the design, development, testing and delivery of the Software Development Life Cycle; working with agile software development lifecycle practices and Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery/Deployment an automated DevOps practices for building, testing, and deploying software changes at enterprise level; performing exploratory data analysis within Terabyte sized enterprise databases to extract, clean, transform, and load data.
Job Location: 8181 Communications Parkway, Plano, TX 75024.
Full-Time.