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Texas Health and Human Services · 14 hours ago

Senior Developer

Austin, TX

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$8,488.33/mo - $14,356/mo

4+ years exp

Texas Health and Human Services is dedicated to creating a positive impact in the lives of Texans. They are seeking a Senior Developer to perform advanced analysis and development of complex business processes and system solutions, providing technical direction and oversight to development teams for public health applications.

Health Care

No H1B

Responsibilities

Performs highly advanced senior level analysis and development of complex business processes, system solutions

Provides technical direction and technical oversight to development teams

Provides a strong customer and cross functional interface for application related activities & support

This position is part of the HHSC IT Public Health team and will be working to develop, implement, and support the State's application that manages Birth Defects information

The Programmer VI - Development Lead / Lead Developer is responsible for the design, development and execution of complex applications based on acceptance criteria and design documentation

The Programmer VI will work closely with cross-functional teams including Product Owners, Solution Architects, Database Administrators, Information Security, Testing, and Operations teams to successfully deliver various enhancement, modernization, and cloud migration efforts for Public Health applications

Provides technical leadership and oversight to achieve application delivery goals and milestones

Provides direction on architecture, design, and programming standards and structure

Develops solution architecture, and foundational engineering frameworks and integration tools

Develops roadmap, strategies, standards and processes for the assigned application

Provides technical leadership to application operations and triage support to troubleshoot & resolve functional & performance issues

Attends work on a regular and predictable schedule in accordance with agency leave policy and performs other duties as assigned

Using Agile methodologies, develops and enhances applications using Java, Javascript, React and similar technologies

Participates in backlog grooming and user story development, as required

Creates technical and design documentation, as required

Develops, deploys, and tests frameworks and application code to ensure that the frameworks and application code function properly and without error in alignment with approved requirements & design

Develops and maintains data and process models

Provides technical support for testing and implementation efforts

Provides technical leadership and oversight to application development, enhancement or modernization projects executed using Agile methodologies

Supports management in defining technology strategies, project scope, prioritization, planning, and scheduling

Leads and facilitates one-on-one or group project meetings and Agile ceremonies

Provides leadership and technical assistance to other IT staff and customers and leads problem resolution efforts

Facilitates and participates in backlog grooming and user story development

Leads and facilitates the solution architecture, foundational engineering, design, development, testing, and deployment of applications

Monitors deliveries and priorities, analyzes complex problems and resolves or escalates issues/ problems

Participates in inter-agency and intra-agency workgroups as assigned

Provides leadership to application support (defect repair, maintenance, and production operations support) for applications

Performs system analysis, troubleshooting, diagnosis and problem resolution

Analyzes software for defects and performance tuning opportunities

Develop and test application code to resolve defects and improve application reliability and performance

Works together with product owners, scrum masters / agile coaches, solution architects, web/java developers, database developers & administrators, system administrators, business analysts, and other team members in performing work tasks

Provides a strong customer and cross-functional interface and contributes to teamwork and unit harmony

Attends program design, coding and test walk-through meetings to provide input regarding adherence to technical standards and customer requirements

Complies with all Federal, State, and agency laws, rules, policies, and procedures including SOPs that govern HHSC IT

Complies with Department and State guidance on automation system architecture and programming standards

Promotes an image of IT excellence and communicate effectively

Other duties as assigned include but are not limited to actively participating and/or serving in a supporting role to meet the agency’s obligations for disaster response and/or recovery or Continuity of Operations (COOP) activation

Qualification

Azure cloud platformJavaJavaScriptReactSpring frameworkCI/CD pipelinesDatabase knowledgeAI integrationAgile developmentJIRA softwareHealthcare experienceCommunication skillsTeamworkProblem-solving

Required

Minimum 4 (four) years of experience as a Programmer, Software Developer, or similar role within the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) is required

At least (2) two years of experience with Azure cloud and Linux experience is required

Preferred

A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or a related field is preferred. One year of relevant professional level work experience may be substituted for one year of education

2–5 years of experience in IT solution design and implementation is preferred