Senior Java/J2EE Technologist/Lead - REMOTE (CURRENT WI Residents)

Job Description:

***Crop to Crop resumes are accepted
Location Requirement: Remote or Onsite? Candidates must be CURRENT WI residents. No relocation is allowed. This role will work mostly 100% remote within the State of Wisconsin. However, the selected hires will need to be available to come onsite as needed, at their own expense. DOT is planning recurring in-office collaborative sessions for team members to be in the office working directly together so the ability to come into the office is necessary.

The selected candidate will play a hands-on senior technologist/lead role in the analysis, technical design,
development, modernization, and support of State of Wisconsin, Department of Transportation
applications.

The candidate will provide technical leadership and expertise in modernization efforts, such as upgrading
legacy applications to modern frameworks, remediating Java versions, updating application architecture,
integrating test automation (unit & regression), and providing guidance in the development/maintenance
of a CI/CD development pipeline following industry best practices.

We are seeking a highly experienced senior developer with strong experience in Java, MVC pattern
implementation (Struts, Spring), migrating legacy applications to modern frameworks, test automation,
microservice architecture patterns, and troubleshooting and resolving complex technical issues related to
upgrades and/or modernization efforts.

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership for modernizing existing Java-based web applications following industry best practices
• Solve complex technical problems
• Develop testing methodology and criteria and implement them on automated build processes.
• Develop application presentation layers using modern JavaScript/TypeScript technologies such as Angular.
• Provide technical leadership to moving applications toward a microservices and modern looking architecture.

Required Skills:

• Java/J2EE (10+ years)
• Struts Framework (5+ years)
• Spring Framework (5+ years)
• Spring Boot (5+ years)
• Angular (5+ years)
• SQL experience (5+ years)
• Oracle and PL/SQL stored procedure experience (4+ years)
• Micro services (4+ years)
• API development (4+ years)
• Hands on Architecture/Design experience (4+ years)
• Experience working with Maven, IntelliJ, and Java 21
• Experience working with industry standard patterns for modernization (i.e. lift and shift, strangler, etc.)
• Experience working in Hybrid and Agile Methodologies (5+ years)

Desired Skills:

• Java Batch experience (4+ years)
• Automated Testing Best Practices (4+ years)
• DevSecOps Best Practices (3+ years) including leveraging SonarQube
• Setting up/maintaining MQ queues and application integration (4+ years)
• Java Messaging Service experience
• Working with WebSphere Liberty
• Leveraging GitHub Copilot or similar GenAI based IDE tools to accelerate software development and testing practices
• Working with Government agencies