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Salary: Grade 16 ($69,358.00-$123,512.00)

Shift: Monday through Friday 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Location: Harrisburg, PA. Hybrid work schedule

Department: Workflow Analysis Production Control

The Developer is responsible for using approved programming languages, operating systems and source code to create, enhance, and maintain application solutions that meet the identified functional and non-functional business requirements.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Development

Code/build application solutions from specifications provided by Requirements Analysts and Application Integration Architect.

Develop and execute unit tests and functional test coverage for assigned coding changes to ensure code quality.

Perform testing of application software modifications utilizing various programming platforms and productivity tools and review results for accuracy.

Perform coding and testing in multiple systems and/or processes.

Follow processes and procedures to ensure the quality of technical solutions.

Lead and/or provide assistance with presentations in code reviews.

Participate in broader technical reviews used to detect defects in requirements, design, code, test cases, or other project artifacts.

Perform documentation of all code changes.

Support Senior Developers in compiling detailed activity task management including recording work effort and providing estimates of time to complete tasks.

Support Senior Developers in the design and development of proof of concept and prototype application environments.

Develop and maintain code repositories according to established version management approaches and methods as defined.

Follow code construction fundamentals for coding practices, guideline for use of data, control-related concepts, and error-detection practices.

Assist in identification and evaluation of risks; participate in mitigation and control activities.

Provide on-call support in support of systems and applications in production.

Perform production support activities including incident and problem management, code corrections, upgrades and patches.

Other Duties and Responsibilities

Remain current on industry specific technologies and emerging trends.

Comply with the Agency’s enterprise security and privacy policies and departmental procedures.

Other duties as assigned.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Physical Requirements and Work Environment

May provide 24/7 support as needed.

Required Skills

Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology/MIS, Engineering, or related field and three plus years of programing experience or the equivalent combination of skills, experience, and certification with experience.

Experience with programming languages.

Experience with Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), Representational State Transfer (REST), Application Programming Interface (API) Management, and Java Enterprise Edition (Java EE).

Understanding of system behaviors and functionality.

Experience designing, building and supporting high-performing Java EE applications.

Demonstrated experience developing mainframe applications.

Experience with implementing Web Services.

Experience with Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodologies and tools.

Knowledge of software engineering, design, and testing.

Experience with Structured Query Language (SQL).

Experience with relational and Not Only SQL (NOSQL) databases.

Excellent verbal and written skills.

The Developer will be expected to have experience and be proficient in most of the following tools and techniques which will be used as an integral part of the position.

Minimum Qualifications

Software Development Tools and Programming Languages

Software development principles, practices and concepts

Object Oriented (OO) concepts and how they apply to design, architecture and application development

Relational Databases DB2 and SQL Server

XML/XSLT

UML for system design

Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) and Web services (REST, SOAP)

Source code management tools (Git)

.NET Specific

Microsoft Visual Studio IDE

NET based language (C#, VB.Net)

MVC Framework(s)

Client applications

Web programming

Browser-specific compatibility characteristics

PHEAA’s environment welcomes and supports our employees, customers, and stakeholders; we seek out and value differing perspectives and contributions. Our organizational culture promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion at all levels of the organization.

Required Experience

Bachelor's Degree

Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology/MIS, Engineering, or related field and three plus years of programing experience or the equivalent combination of skills, experience, and certification with experience.

Experience with programming languages.

Experience with Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), Representational State Transfer (REST), Application Programming Interface (API) Management, and Java Enterprise Edition (Java EE).

Understanding of system behaviors and functionality.

Experience designing, building and supporting high-performing Java EE applications.

Demonstrated experience developing mainframe applications.

Experience with implementing Web Services.

Experience with Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodologies and tools.

Knowledge of software engineering, design, and testing.

Experience with Structured Query Language (SQL).

Experience with relational and Not Only SQL (NOSQL) databases.

Excellent verbal and written skills.

The Developer will be expected to have experience and be proficient in most of the following tools and techniques which will be used as an integral part of the position.

Minimum Qualifications

Software Development Tools and Programming Languages

Software development principles, practices and concepts

Object Oriented (OO) concepts and how they apply to design, architecture and application development

Relational Databases DB2 and SQL Server

XML/XSLT

UML for system design

Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) and Web services (REST, SOAP)

Source code management tools (Git)

.NET Specific

Microsoft Visual Studio IDE

NET based language (C#, VB.Net)

MVC Framework(s)

Client applications

Web programming

Browser-specific compatibility characteristics

PHEAA’s environment welcomes and supports our employees, customers, and stakeholders; we seek out and value differing perspectives and contributions. Our organizational culture promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion at all levels of the organization.