About the Role
This role involves maintaining, enhancing, troubleshooting, and modernizing large-scale applications within a government environment. You will contribute to application development, database improvements, system performance, production support, technical documentation, and modernization initiatives, ultimately supporting reliable, secure, and efficient public-sector services.
Responsibilities
- Oversee and contribute to the coding, testing, debugging, and deployment of applications based on technical and functional requirements.
- Prepare test data, develop flowcharts and technical diagrams, and create production-run instructions.
- Support end-user documentation.
- Lead research and analysis for proposed projects, application modifications, and system enhancements.
- Evaluate database schemas, write and execute SQL code, and deploy packages and triggers.
- Revise programs to improve operating efficiency.
- Diagnose application issues by analyzing logs, system messages, thread connectivity, memory utilization, disk input/output, and available disk space.
- Recommend and implement improvements to application and system performance.
- Develop programming standards and procedures.
- Create specialized programs.
- Maintain backup and restoration processes.
- Prepare technical analyses and verification procedures.
- Coordinate programming projects.
- Assign or track the work of other team members.
- Maintain regular attendance and follow approved work hours and client policies.
Requirements
- 15 years of Java development experience
- 10 years of SQL database experience
- 8 years of application sustainment and development supporting large applications in a team environment
- 5 years of Linux experience
- Experience with application development and maintenance
- Experience with software testing and debugging
- Experience with SQL development
- Experience with database objects
- Experience with production support
- Experience with system troubleshooting
- Experience with performance analysis
- Experience with technical documentation
- Experience with software or systems enhancement
- 8 years of experience with the Atlassian tool suite, especially JIRA
- 8 years of experience working with Agile methodologies
- 2 years of experience with State of Texas applications and/or the Texas Department of Public Safety environment
- 2 years of experience transitioning applications from legacy mainframe environments to Java and SQL environments
- Experience coordinating technical work
- Experience mentoring or directing other developers
- Experience preparing implementation documentation
- Experience supporting business-continuity processes
- Ability to support the Austin work location
- Ability to meet the client’s final hybrid or telework requirements
Skills
- Java
- SQL
- Linux
- Atlassian tool suite
- JIRA
- Agile methodologies
Location
- Austin, TX
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Telework
Experience Level
- Senior
About the Company
- RESPEC is 100% employee-owned, fostering a culture of ownership and innovation.
- Since 1969, RESPEC has addressed complex challenges in energy transition, infrastructure resilience, digital transformation, and sustainability.
- The company collaborates with clients to solve critical problems, offering opportunities to design infrastructure, develop renewable energy solutions, and apply data-driven technology.
- RESPEC values deep technical knowledge, real-world experience, and a commitment to impactful work.
Equal Opportunity
- All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
