Senior Software Designer/Implementer (Oracle/J2EE)

Delta Dental of Michigan • Okemos, MI

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

At Delta Dental of Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana we work to improve oral health through benefit plans, advocacy and community support, and we amplify this mission by investing in initiatives that build healthy, smart, vibrant communities. We are one of the largest dental plan administrators in the country, and are part of the Delta Dental Plans Association, which operates two of the largest dental networks in the nation. At Delta Dental, we celebrate our All In culture. It’s a mindset, feeling and attitude we wrap around all that we do – from taking charge of our careers, to helping colleagues and lending a hand in the community. Delta Dental Plan of Michigan, Inc. seeks a full-time Senior Software Designer/Implementer (Oracle/J2EE) (multiple positions available) based in Okemos, MI. The primary duty of the Senior Software Designer/Implementer (Oracle/J2EE) is to lead/contribute to the analysis and design specifications, and perform programming and testing of system components. This position provides technical direction and support to users, peers and other domain/feature team members ensuring standards are followed and participate in collaboration across ISS and the Business. Specific duties include: 1) Participate in the analysis, design, and development of technical specifications, programming, and testing of application components. Facilitate the creation and maintenance of analysis and design models. 2) Contribute to implementation modeling including definition of distribution of system across physical nodes, definition of run-time architecture, concurrency requirements, inter-process communication mechanisms, and process lifecycles. 3) Participate in software design and programming reviews and articulate design and enterprise programming standards and guidelines and promote adherence to standards. Mentor team members on story card refinement and code craft. 4) Advocate development best practices and code quality within team and in Communities of Practice. 5) Facilitate adherence to deployment activities, automated testing practices, and development of secure coding practices, and employing application security testing methodologies (SAST & DAST) as defined by the enterprise coding standards. 6) Assist the Lead SDI with issue resolution, scalability metrics, integration issues, and response to critical production issues via conference call as required. 7) Maintain knowledge of business requirements. 8) Assist with interviewing, training, developing, and evaluating staff to meet corporate goals and objectives. Position is a hybrid position with an in-office requirement. Worker must live within a commutable distance of Okemos, MI and be able to work in-office as required.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Data Science and Analytics, or a related field, plus five (5) years of progressive post-baccalaureate experience in a software applications design and programming position.
• In the alternative, this position requires a Master’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Data Science and Analytics, or a related field, plus three (3) years of experience in a software applications design and programming position.
• Experience must include three (3) years of experience, which may be concurrent, in all of the following: 1) Building single page applications using web technologies including JavaScript, HTML5, CSS, XML, JSON, Rest and SOAP services; Java and J2EE development, including experience with application and web servers like WebLogic, WildFly and Tomcat; Docker, Kubernetes, Bootstrap, Elastic, Kibana, and Logstash (ELK stack); public and private cloud deployment, and Continuous Integration (CI/CD) practices; DevOps pipelines and the ability to work in a DevOps culture; and application code scanning tools like SonarQube and Aqua.
• Java collections framework, Web and Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) container models, J2EE transactional control, and multiple J2EE persistence strategies: Data Access Object (DAO), Object-to-Relational (O/R) mapping, Java Database Connectivity (JDBC), and transaction demarcation.
• Iterative software development practices, recent Oracle SQL, Object-oriented, Service-oriented, and Microservices design, including data transfer objects and associated design patterns.
• J2EE data integration, Agile practices, Test Driven Development (TDD), Oracle Toplink Application Program Interface (API) mapping, Java Message Service (JMS) and Message Driven Bean (MDB) development.
• Providing direction to immediate team members, troubleshooting and resolving highly complex problems using independent judgment and provides detailed proposals to resolve issues conclusively.
• Position is a hybrid position with an in-office requirement. Worker must live within a commutable distance of Okemos, MI and be able to work in-office as required.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the analysis, design, and development of technical specifications, programming, and testing of application components. Facilitate the creation and maintenance of analysis and design models.
• Contribute to implementation modeling including definition of distribution of system across physical nodes, definition of run-time architecture, concurrency requirements, inter-process communication mechanisms, and process lifecycles.
• Participate in software design and programming reviews and articulate design and enterprise programming standards and guidelines and promote adherence to standards. Mentor team members on story card refinement and code craft.
• Advocate development best practices and code quality within team and in Communities of Practice.
• Facilitate adherence to deployment activities, automated testing practices, and development of secure coding practices, and employing application security testing methodologies (SAST & DAST) as defined by the enterprise coding standards.
• Assist the Lead SDI with issue resolution, scalability metrics, integration issues, and response to critical production issues via conference call as required.
• Maintain knowledge of business requirements.
• Assist with interviewing, training, developing, and evaluating staff to meet corporate goals and objectives.

Benefits

• Employees are offered a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental and vision coverage, short- and long-term disability, life insurance, 401(k) savings plans, flexible spending accounts, and tuition reimbursement or educational assistance.
• Employees are also eligible for annual incentive compensation based on annual business goals.
• Additionally, employees receive eight hours of paid volunteer time each year, access to an on-staff health coach and personal trainer, plus many other perks.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees