Job Description

Software Developer-Senior

This program will encompass multiple projects to modernize
legacy systems within the NYS Department of Taxation and
Finance. The major areas under modernization include:
• Collections and Accounts Receivable
• Taxpayer Accounting
• Withholding Tax Returns Processing

The selected candidate will be a developer for the Tax
Modernization effort and provide support for maintenance
activities.
Specific duties include but are not limited to:
• Obtain business requirements to develop automated
applications which meet business priorities.
• Provide programming duties for tax related
applications.
• Develop and mentor staff using various technologies
including J2EE, Spring, JSON, JavaScript and JDBC.
• Develop and review detailed documentation for system
and program change requirement including detail specifications
documents.
• Assist and provide guidance through all phases of the
project management life cycle.
• Develop unit test plans based on coding changes and
user specifications. Conduct unit testing and debugging of all
code changes in the development environment.
• Coordinate the migration of all code changes
(programs, procedures, etc.) from development environment
into user test environment.
• Assist team members using distributed technologies
including Java, DB2, XML and XQuery. Ensure that staff
members are properly trained and mentored.
• Provide support, as needed, for defects and issue
resolution. Ensure that defects and issues are addressed
promptly based on priority.
• Facilitate and participate in meetings with ITS and DTF
customers.
• Communicate clearly, both verbally and in writing, with
DTF management and users, ITS management, and team
members.

Qualifications:

• 60 months experience with J2EE technologies including JDBC,
  JSP and XML.
• 60 months experience developing, building, and testing Java EE
  applications using modern IDE’s, such as Eclipse, Netbeans, or
  IntelliJ.
• 60 months experience using J2EE frameworks such as Spring or
  struts and Application Servers such as Tomcat, JBoss, Websphere
  or Weblogic.
• 60 months experience writing SQL statements for relational
  databases.
• 60 months of experience in system analysis and design
  of multi-tiered transactional systems.
• 36 months of experience in messaging technologies, such as MQ,
  JMS, Kafka.