Overview:

TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. Our client is an American organization that operates Texas's electrical grid, the Texas Interconnection, which supplies power to more than 25 million Texas customers and represents 90 percent of the state's electric load. Our client is the first independent system operator (ISO) in the United States and one of nine ISOs in North America. Our client works with the Texas Reliability Entity (TRE), one of eight regional entities within the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) that coordinate to improve reliability of the bulk power grid. Our client is a membership-based 501(c) nonprofit corporation, and its members include consumers, electric cooperatives, generators, power marketers, retail electric providers, investor-owned electric utilities (transmission and distribution providers), and municipally owned electric utilities.

Job Title: Senior Java Developer

Location: Taylor TX 76574

Duration: 18 Months

Job Type: Contract

Work Type: Onsite

Job Summary:

• Client is seeking an experienced Lead or Senior Java Developer with hands-on experience developing modern integration applications in both public and on-premise cloud environments.
• Designs, Develops and Operates integration solutions, either greenfield or reimplementation of existing solutions following Client operating procedures and SDLC guidelines.
• Works closely with internal technical teams to design, prototype, develop and maintain complex Client applications.
• Performs proof of concepts to evaluate and prove out non-functional requirements and options.
• Uses toolsets that adhere to the frameworks of the technical stack complying with the organization's standards.
• Provides mentorship and technical guidance to transition work to other Client development teams.

• Develop and operate integration components
• Performs system integration and performance monitoring
• Continuously automates processes during development and operations
• Develops prototypes to prove out designs and delivery patterns
• Fosters collaboration with cross-functional teams including Development, Operations, Compliance, Security, etc.
• Understands and applies principles, theories and concepts related to the profession and Client's culture.
• Provides mentoring and guidance to other team members

• Conveys team goals effectively through strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to execute end-to-end testing for various non-functional requirements
• Has the ability to resolve design and development issues in creative and effective ways
• Researches, evaluates, and incorporates new technology and tools to enhance the product development and platform operations
• Gives advice and recommendations to management based on experience
• Expands technical proficiency in key technical areas

• Requires minimum 5 years related work experience in excess of degree requirements

• Required experience building CI/CD pipelines and writing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for both private and public cloud deployments using tools like Ansible and Terraform.
• Required experience developing production-ready applications and services in Java 17 or 21 using Spring Framework and Spring Boot
• Required experience delivering Software Integration solutions.
• Required experience collaborating and coordinating with multiple departments, developers, stakeholders, partners, and external vendors.
• Required proficiency with Oracle PL/SQL
• Required experience delivering cloud-ready solutions using modern delivery practices with tools like Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, and Github Actions.
• Requires strong communication skills and experience mentoring other developers.
• Required experience with Apache ActiveMQ, Apache Camel, Apache Kafka and API Gateway products
• Preferred experience with a variety of messaging protocols like SOAP, REST/JSON, OpenAPI, and GraphQL.
• Preferred experience working with Azure messaging solutions like API Management, Logic Apps, Service Bus and Event Hub

• Bachelor's Degree: Computer Science or related field (Required) or
• A combination of education and experience that provides equivalent knowledge to a major in such fields is required

TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.