The Minnesota Department of Information Technology Services (MNIT) partnering with the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) is seeking one full-time resource to assist with re-writing/replacing several legacy Struts based application screens and underlying screen technology used within the Cyber-Linked Interactive Child Nutrition System (CLiCS) application with modern Java Spring MVC screens. The custom-developed CLiCS application is the technology system used by Nutrition Program Service (NPS) within MDE to administer most nutrition program-related activities including sponsor applications, meal claims, payments, direct certification, and the Food Distribution Program.

　　At a high level, the resource will work closely with NPS staff and the MNIT @ Education team to design, build, and implement modern screens and functionality within the application. As part of this effort, additional functionality will be built to extend capabilities and improve usability of the application.

　　Collaborate with business users, business analyst, and developers to produce software designs

　　Provide work estimates to project manager, provide frequent status updates, and track progress against the project work plan

　　Formulate technical design, program specifications, and basic prototypes

　　Elicit/refine requirements and transform software designs and specifications into high functioning code in the appropriate language

　　Architect, design, and integrate individual software solutions to higher level systems

　　Use web-based tools to create and advance applications

　　Test code periodically to ensure it produces the desirable results and perform debugging when necessary

　　Collaborate with business, development, and QA teams to develop testing and acceptance procedures

　　Perform upgrades to make software and systems more secure and efficient

　　Collaborate with business analyst, developers, and management to provide training, knowledge transfer, and documentation for technical support staff.

　　Lead the end-to-end design, build, and implementation of software applications and features

　　Provide project leadership, mentoring, and training to other software developers on the team

　　Minimum Qualifications

　　Five (5) Years' experience as a full-stack Java developer developing object-oriented Java Web Applications using the Spring Framework.

　　Five (5) Years' experience in Java web application user interface design/user experience (UI/UX) and implementation which includes HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, and Bootstrap.

　　Three (3) Years of experience integrating Java web applications with SQL databases using Hibernate

　　Desired Skills

　　Experience with Java frameworks including Spring MVC, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Java Server Faces (JSF), Java Server Pages (JSP), and Hibernate

　　Experience developing APIs, web services, microservices

　　Two (2) Years of software architecture experience

　　Three (3) Years of experience as a lead developer leading software development effort and mentoring other software developers

　　Five (5) Years of experience developing software both independently and in a team environment

　　Three (3) Years of SQL relational database design and coding experience

　　Experience working directly with business users to elicit, refine, and document requirements

　　Experience designing, developing, and deploying cloud-native applications on Azure or AWS

　　Demonstrable analytical and problem-solving skills

　　Excellent oral and written communication skills

　　Equal opportunity employer including disability/veterans.