Software Engineer III 03235 NWSOL

Location: Richland, Washington
Title: Software Engineer III
Schedule (FT/PT): Regular Full Time
Travel Required: No
Clearance: Ability to Obtain

North Wind Solutions is a Government contracting small business with operations at military and civilian installations across the United States. The company’s focus is facilities operation and maintenance, waste management and radiological services, security control and force protection, and environmental services.

POSITION PURPOSE:

The Software Engineer III is part of a strong team providing software engineering support to design, develop, operate, and maintain customized and Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) software applications/systems for the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Hanford Site. This software engineering position will provide development and support for the Hanford Site PeopleSoft installation as well as a variety of custom applications included in the 24x7x365 critical systems portfolio. It will also include integrations of COTS products into the enterprise ecosystem.


ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Responsibilities include the assessment, maintenance, documentation, testing and implementation for both customer applications and COTS products.

Specific duties for this position include but are not limited to the following:

• Develop and maintain PeopleSoft modules to ensure 24x7x365 availability.
• Develop and maintain customized add-on applications using .NET and other technologies.
• Analyze and monitor existing systems to provide recommendations for improvement.
• Design Oracle and SQL databases and work closely with database administrators to implement them into production environments.
• Understand and follow modern agile Software Development Lifecycle processes & procedures.
• Work with and follow best practices in a DevSecOps environment, in close collaboration with Infrastructure and Cybersecurity colleagues
• Work closely with customers, project managers, and other developers to understand the users needs and deliver effective solutions.
• Design and develop test cases to validate software functionality.
• Troubleshoot software production issues.
• Assist with requirements gathering projects on enterprise-wide solutions
• Assist with work scope estimates.
• Provide recommendations for continuous improvements.
• The software engineer will work with other project software engineers, interface with project managers, and meet with customer subject matter experts as needed.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in IT-related field or equivalent PLUS 10 years of related experience to this position.
• Minimum of 6 years working as a subject-matter expert developer in enterprise-wide installation of PeopleSoft HCM 9.2 with People Tools 8.55.24 and later.
• Human Capital Management (HCM – Human Resources Information System (HRIS) experience.
• Minimum of 6 years’ experience working with SQL Server and/or Oracle databases.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience with Team Foundation Server or DevSecOps and the Agile Framework
• Experience developing and maintaining SQR programs
• Experience developing and maintaining SQL scripts
• Experience developing and maintaining Perl scripts
• Experience developing applications in a .NET environment
• Working knowledge of PeopleSoft application Project Migrations
• Familiarity with software quality assurance and software testing principles.

Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to work in a multi-task, multi-project development environment, often working under tight deadlines.
• Must be highly self-motivated and self-directed.
• Must have the vision and mindset to identify, handle, and resolve problems quickly before they become recurring issues.
• Ability to communicate effectively and work well in project teams while continuously learning from peers.
• Ability to provide clear, concise, and effective verbal and written communications regularly to ensure that project stakeholders are informed of project status
• Strong customer relationship skills

Special Requirements:

• Must pass pre-employment background check.
  • May be required to pass an elevated privilege background check.
• Must pass pre-employment drug screening.
• Applicants are required to have REAL ID ACT compliant documentation at time of hire and nothing on record that would prohibit you from gaining access to Department of Energy sites
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