Front End/UI Developer

Overview Allied Consultants, Inc. is an Austin-based firm which has for 32 years been a premier provider of technical and business professionals to clients in Texas. We are currently seeking an experienced Front End/UI Developer to be a key resource on a technical services team. Allied Consultants offers its family of consultants excellent rates, a local support staff, and an attractive benefits package which includes medical insurance (Allied shares a percentage of the cost), life insurance, a matching 401(k) plan and a cafeteria plan.Candidates selected for interview will be required to undergo criminal background checks and may be required to complete a drug screen in accordance with Federal and State Law. Offers of Employment are contingent on a successful background checkAllied Consultants is an equal opportunities employer. Responsibilities The client requires the services of 1 Front End/UI Developer, who meets the general qualification of Developer 3 and the specifications outlined in this document for client - Social Services Applications team. 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 client’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. 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. Develops software solutions by studying information needs, conferring with users, and studying systems flow, data usage, and work processes. Investigates problem areas. Prepares and installs solutions by determining and designing system specifications, standards, and programming. Qualifications Minimum Requirements: Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity. Years Required/Preferred Experience 8 Required Hands-on experience in Front End/UI development, enhancing and maintaining enterprise-class applications on the J2EE application development platform 8 Required Hands-on experience participating in all phases of the SDLC (Systems Development Life Cycle) 8 Required Hands-on development experience implementing applications utilizing any J2EE Application Server, Authentication and Authorization, Caching strategies 8 Required 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. 8 Required Experience implementing Client-facing applications with responsive design and development 8 Required Experience implementing SPAs with JS or with libraries/frameworks like Angular 8 Required Experience in development of self-contained, reusable, and testable modules and components 8 Required Experience in Test-driven development and test creation using frameworks such as Karma, Jasmine, Selenium 8 Required Demonstrable experience developing, optimizing, and maintaining an enterprise-level Angular application including complete ownership of the front-end stack (JavaScript/Angular/HTML/CSS). 8 Required Experience in implementing best practices in the areas of application design, performance, scalability and maintainability. 5 Preferred Hands-on experience with IBM WebSphere Application Server 8 or later 5 Preferred Hands-on experience with Agile Development Methodologies (preferably Scrum) 5 Preferred Hands-on experience with web applications developed for Cloud platform 5 Preferred Hands-on experience with CI/CD methodology 5 Preferred Hands-on development experience for mobile and tablet platforms