Role: Frontend Software Engineer Location: REMOTE (Prefer candidates in TX) DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES: (Required) Performs application development, enhancement, maintenance, and support for State Portal, Workflow Management, Eligibility Web Services, Family Violence Program, Enterprise Document Services, Enterprise Content Management, Document Center, Call Center Inquiry, and other Social Services applications. Develop, enhance and maintain existing and new web-based J2EE/Portal applications within HHSC's SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) platform using Agile methodologies. As a member of the team, participate in requirements analysis, high-level and detailed design, development, testing and deployment of new application components, as required. Work with other teams as necessary to accomplish goals. Create technical and design documentation, as required. Perform system analysis and problem resolution, as required. Analyze software for configuration & performance tuning opportunities, as required. Develop and maintain data and process models, as required. Employ contemporary testing methods to ensure applications function properly and without error. Provide technical support for testing and implementation efforts. Participate in program design, coding and test walk-through meetings to provide input regarding technical standards and customer requirements. Provide application support (defect repair, maintenance, and production operations support) for web-based Java applications in an SOA platform. Perform system analysis, troubleshooting, diagnosis and problem resolution. Analyze software for defects and performance tuning opportunities. Develop and test application code to resolve defects and improve application reliability and performance Other duties as assigned. WORKER SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS (Required) Minimum (Required): insert specific minimum skills for this Contract Position) Years Skills/Experience 8 Hands-on experience in Front End/UI development, enhancing and maintaining enterprise-class applications on the J2EE application development platform 8 Hands-on experience participating in all phases of the SDLC (Systems Development Life Cycle) 6 Hands-on development experience implementing applications utilizing any J2EE Application Server, Authentication and Authorization, Caching strategies 6 Hands-on programming experience in following languages: Java, J2EE, HTML5, JavaScript, JQuery, AJAX, CSS3, Bootstrap, SASS, Angular, Typescript, Spring, Java Server Pages, JSON, XML, ES5/ES6, NPM, Maven and/or other UI frameworks/libraries. 4 Experience implementing Client-facing applications with responsive design and development 4 Experience implementing SPAs with JS or with libraries/frameworks like Angular 4 Experience in development of self-contained, reusable, and testable modules and components 4 Experience in Test-driven development and test creation using frameworks such as Karma, Jasmine, Selenium 4 Demonstrable experience developing, optimizing, and maintaining an enterprise-level Angular application including complete ownership of the front-end stack (JavaScript/Angular/HTML/CSS 4 Experience in implementing best practices in the areas of application design, performance, scalability and maintainability. Strong understanding and experience of fundamental programming concepts of data structures, algorithms, performance, caching and scalability issues in the context of Web based UI applications Education Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major course work in computer science, computer information systems, engineering, or management information systems is required. Preferred (Optional): Years Skills/Experience 3 Hands-on experience with IBM WebSphere Application Server 8 or later 3 Hands-on experience with Agile Development Methodologies (preferably Scrum) 3 Hands-on experience with web applications developed for Cloud platform 3 Hands-on experience with CI/CD methodology 2 Hands-on development experience for mobile and tablet platforms Strong Oral and written communication skills Requirement: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent combination of industry-related professional experience and education.