Software Developer

This position will be in support of the NYS Tax Modernization Program. This program will encompass multiple projects to modernize legacy systems within the NYS Department of Taxation and Finance, which is responsible for billions in state revenue. Some of the major areas under modernization include: Collections and Accounts Receivable Taxpayer Accounting Withholding Tax Returns Processing

— Day-to-Day Tasks —

1. Obtain business requirements to develop automated applications which meet business priorities.

2. Provide lead programming duties for tax related applications.

3. Develop and mentor staff using various technologies including J2EE, Spring, JSON, JavaScript and JDBC.

4. Develop and review detailed documentation for system and program change requirement including detail specifications documents.

5. Assist and provide guidance through all phases of the project management life cycle.

6. Develop unit test plans based on coding changes and user specifications. Conduct unit testing and debugging of all code changes in the development environment.

7. Coordinate the migration of all code changes (programs, procedures, etc.) from development environment into user test environment.

8. Assist team members using distributed technologies including Java, DB2, XML and XQuery. Ensure that staff members are properly trained and mentored.

9. Provide support, as needed, for defects and issue resolution. Ensure that defects and issues are addressed promptly based on priority.

10. Facilitate and participate in meetings with ITS and DTF customers.

11. Communicate both verbally and in writing, with DTF management and users, ITS management, and team members.

36 months experience with J2EE technologies including JDBC, JSP and XML. 36 months experience developing, building, and testing Java EE applications using modern IDE’s, such as Eclipse, NetBeans, or IntelliJ. 36 months experience writing SQL statements for relational databases. 24 months experience using J2EE frameworks such as Spring or Struts 12 months of experience in messaging technologies, such as MQ, JMS, Kafka. 12 months of experience developing with HTML, CSS and JavaScript 12 months of experience with commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) or open-source Business Rules Management System