Java Developer

Overview

Introduction

Are you an experienced Java Developer looking to join a collaborative IT team? Do you enjoy helping modernize Java applications? We have an exciting opportunity for you!

The WI Department of Transportation (WisDOT) is looking to hire a Java Developer (IS Systems Development Services Specialist) to support the Division of Transportation System Development (DTSD).

This position is headquartered at the Hill Farms State Office Building on the near west side of Madison, WI and allows the option to work remotely up to 5 days per week. All employees are generally expected to be headquartered and work within the State of Wisconsin. This position will be required to come into the office for training, meetings and/or operational needs.

This topic will be discussed more at the time of the interview.

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WisDOT is a great place to work! In addition to meaningful and rewarding work, we offer a competitive benefits package featuring:

• Substantial leave time including at least 3.5 weeks of paid leave time to start, 9 paid holidays, and 130 hours of sick time that roll over each year.
• Excellent and affordable health, vision, and dental benefits (health plan options start at just $49/month for single plans and $122/month for family plans after two months of employment)
• A casual office atmosphere, flexible work schedules, and telework options depending on the position’s requirements
• An exceptional pension plan with employer match and lifetime retirement payment, plus an optional tax advantaged 457 retirement savings plan
• Well Wisconsin Wellness Program
• A free and confidential employee assistance program that offers employees and their immediate family dependents a variety of tools, resources, and professional consultation services to support their health, goals, and overall well-being
• Use this Total Rewards Calculator to see the total value of our competitive benefits package!

In addition to our generous employee benefits, we strive for inclusivity and celebrate different religious holidays and cultural observances and provide flexibility for utilizing paid time off for such celebrations. For more information on WisDOT you can visit our website by clicking here.

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is an organization dedicated to creating transportation solutions through innovation and exceptional service. We are committed to fostering an environment rooted in Integrity, Diversity, Excellence, and Accountability.  to learn more about how we apply these values in our work.

This position helps support our diverse application portfolio comprised of vendor supported and in-house Java and .NET applications. We are looking for a team member that will provide analysis, technical design, development, testing, and security review for complex projects/applications with Spring and Angular frameworks.

The position will take a leadership role in consulting with multiple WisDOT areas to define technical business requirements and design and develop innovative solutions accordingly.

This position is in schedule-range (07-33) with a salary of $38 - $53 per hour or (or $79,040 - $110,240 annually), plus excellent benefits
. A twelve-month probationary period is required. Pay for current state employees will be set in accordance with the Wisconsin State Compensation Plan.

This state agency does not sponsor work visas. This state agency is not enrolled in USCIS E-Verify and is not eligible to employ international F-1 students seeking STEM-OPT extension. Any appointment made will be contingent on the applicant being able to prove valid status to work in the United States.

Prior to any appointments for position(s) filled from this announcement, candidates may be subject to a comprehensive criminal background check which may include FBI fingerprinting.

Minimally qualified applicants must detail having experience in all of the following in order to be considered:

• Significant work experience developing enterprise web and cloud-native applications, including microservices architecture and/or API design, using Java-based technologies (e.g., J2EE, Spring, Spring Boot, Hibernate, JPA)
• Professional work experience in modern front-end development utilizing Angular or Type Script/JavaScript; and jQuery (for legacy support)
• Professional work experience translating business requirements into technical specifications and/or performing analysis and design of application systems

In addition to all of the above criteria, highly qualified applicants will also detail having experience with at least one or more of the following:

• Upgrading legacy applications to modern frameworks
• Professional work experience operating as a technical lead for application development using Agile (Scrum/Kanban)
• Working with Web Sphere Liberty
• Developing automated tests for applications using tools such as JUnit for…