Software Developer III Contractor, Austin

Job Description

RESPEC is seeking an experienced Software Developer III to support one of our Texas state agency clients on a critical legacy modernization initiative. This role will be embedded with the agency's Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) and will focus on migrating data and applications from a Natural/ADABAS environment to modern Oracle infrastructure, working as part of a collaborative Agile Scrum team.

Responsibilities:

Assess user requirements and user stories, translating them into technical tasks and development scripts

Identify data elements in a Natural/ADABAS application and establish new table structures in Oracle 19c

Write and execute data migration scripts to move data to new tables

Support, patch, and upgrade Natural programming language, ADABAS database, and CONNX software

Develop Oracle database views for use in Tableau to support agency business intelligence needs

Collaborate closely with application architects, developers, and database administrators

Participate in Agile Scrum ceremonies including sprint planning, standups, and retrospectives

Estimate and size tasks for sprint development

Write comprehensive technical and user documentation

Present work and findings to business owners and project stakeholders

Qualifications: Qualifications

Required:

8+ years

of experience as a software developer on application development projects (enhancements and ground-up)

8+ years

coding with: * Natural 8.3&ADABAS 6.5 * Attachmate EXTRA! * Unix AIX 7.2 * Cronus Espbatch Job Scheduler * SCL (JCL) System Control Language * Oracle 12c or 19c&SQL * SVN or equivalent version control

8+ years

supporting, patching, and upgrading Natural, ADABAS, and CONNX software

8+ years

eliciting requirements from end users and forming epics/user stories

8+ years

following requirements end-to-end to ensure proper delivery

8+ years

writing technical documentation and testing applications

3+ years

working on an Agile Scrum team as a software developer

3+ years

using Microsoft Teams or similar collaboration tools

3+ years

estimating and sizing tasks for sprint development

Preferred Qualifications

4+ years

writing user documentation

4+ years

experience with NearStar print management and EntireX by SoftwareAG

4+ years

working on Java applications

Work Environment

On-site, 5 days per week

at client headquarters in Austin, TX

Standard hours: Monday– Friday, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT

Occasional evening, weekend, or holiday work may be required for production cutovers (pre-approved and compensated at the quoted hourly rate)

All travel, parking, and living expenses are the responsibility of the contractor

Additional Requirements

Must be available for an

in-person interview

at the client site in Austin, TX

Must be able to accept delivery of a client-issued laptop in person

Must pass a

criminal background check

as authorized by Texas law

Must not be listed on federal debarment/EPLS or OFAC prohibited vendor lists

All work products are considered "works made for hire" and are the property of the client agency

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.