Developer - Java Developer

This is a contract to hire position. All candidates must be eligible to convert to an FTE. The State is unable to sponsor any visas.

ASRS Agile Java Software Developers contribute to software development projects designed to improve the capability and efficiency of our business operations. We have a variety of ongoing projects involving processing monthly payments through banking institutions, enhancing online services for members, and re-engineering client-server applications into modern intranet web applications. As an ASRS Java Agile Software Developer, you will be a member of one of our 7 Agile Scrum teams. Each team is assigned to a project for a series of sprints. The team may release deliverable functionality following any sprint. All team activities are managed using Atlassian Agile and JIRA. Your Scrum team will consist of 4-7 members and be led

by ASRS business and technology leaders. An experienced Technical Lead will work with you to ensure your team’s success. Our development pipeline and methodology is rooted in the DevOps concept. The ASRS provides a stable work environment and a professional atmosphere that fosters a healthy work-life balance. We enable our Software Engineers to work on every part of the application: automated tests, user interface, controller logic, back-end services, and database operations. We may have some specialists, but nobody works on just one tier of the application. Over time, your skills will improve, broaden and remain current because our systems depend upon current versions of the following popular frameworks and technologies: JQuery, Bootstrap, Java 8/17+,

Cucumber, Selenium, Apache Tomcat, the Spring Framework and Oracle databases. All resumes should be no more than three pages and must include the technologies and applications you've used, the number of years of experience with each, and your confidence level using them on a scale of 1 to 10.

REQUIRED TECHNICAL EXPERTISE (EXPERT-LEVEL HANDS-ON KNOWLEDGE)

-Java 17+

-Spring Boot

-Spring Framework

-Spring Security

-Oracle databases

-JSP

-Apache Tomcat

-JavaScript

-JQuery

-Bootstrap

-Git/Github

-Maven

FAMILIARITY & KNOWLEDGE (HUGE PLUS)

-Spring Batch

-Spring Integration

-Oracle P/L SQL

-MyBatis

-Filenet

-Code Quality tools

-Secuity processes and tools

-BDD

-TDD

-Jasper Reports

-Cucumber

-Selenium

-Atlassian JIRA/Confluence

JOB SUMMARY: ASRS Agile Java Software Developers contribute to software development projects designed to improve the capability and efficiency of our business operations. We have a variety of ongoing projects involving processing monthly payments through banking institutions, enhancing online services for members, and re-engineering client-server applications into modern intranet web applications. As an ASRS Java Agile Software Developer, you will be a member of one of our 7 Agile Scrum teams. Each team is assigned to a project for a series of sprints. The team may release deliverable functionality following any sprint. All team activities are managed using Atlassian Agile and JIRA. Your Scrum team will consist of 4-7 members and be led by ASRS business and technology leaders. An experienced Technical Lead will work with you to ensure your team’s success. Our development pipeline and methodology is rooted in the DevOps concept. The ASRS provides a stable work environment and a professional atmosphere that fosters a healthy work-life balance. We enable our Software Engineers to work on every part of the application: automated tests, user interface, controller logic, back-end services, and database operations. We may have some specialists, but nobody works on just one tier of the application. Over time, your skills will improve, broaden and remain current because our systems depend upon current versions of the following popular frameworks and technologies: JQuery, Bootstrap, Java 8/17+, Cucumber, Selenium, Apache Tomcat, the Spring Framework and Oracle databases. All resumes should be no more than three pages and must include the technologies and applications you've used, the number of years of experience with each, and your confidence level using them on a scale of 1 to 10.
WORK HISTORY REQUIREMENTS  Minimum of five years working experience in Information Technology  Minimum of three years developing Java web applications or web services  Familiar with Behavior Driven Development (BDD) / Test Driven Development (TDD), knowledge in Cucumber is a plus  Familiar with all facets of the software development lifecycle; preferably with Agile Scrum  Experience in systems analysis, application design, quality assurance, and the coordination of multiple enterprise systems to achieve overall system functionality is desirable  Knowledge of secure software development practices and experience in software vulnerability remediation is desirable  Applied knowledge of version control, configuration management, and continuous integration is desirable

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS  Bachelor’s degree is highly desired; preferably in Software Development or Information Technology  Participation in continued education will be considered a plus WORK ENVIRONMENT & BENEFITS  Contract-to-Hire: Eligible for conversion to a Full-Time State Employee after 6 months, pending HR interview and offer.  Location: Candidate must be local to Arizona. Our office is located at: o Arizona State Retirement System, 3300 N Central Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85012.  Work Location: This is an in office position, 40 hours per week. When the transition to FTE occurs, so too will be the ability to work remotely.  Visa Sponsorship: Candidates must be currently authorized to work in the United States and able to change employers without the need for sponsorship now or in the future. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship, either now or in the future. Applicants requiring sponsorship to work or to change employers will not be considered.  Equipment: ASRS requires candidates to have their own personal laptop available; a Windows workstation will be assigned for remote access to ASRS-related work.