Senior Software Engineer Java DevOps- Hybrid/Remote - Be The Match

POSITION SUMMARY:

This position is responsible for senior level software engineering duties on one or more custom application development teams within the Genomic Services organization of NMDP. These duties include application design and development, production and lower environment support, and collaboration with product stakeholders. The position may be responsible for mentoring and leading others. Communication and documentation skills are required for this role. This position can be remote (US) or hybrid. #LI-Remote #LI-Hybrid

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ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Participates in the schedule definition, system design, scope definition and development/selection of software solutions:

• Works with teams or independently to research and define user requirements and understand their needs, address those needs, handle problems as they arise, and escalate issues as required.
• Works to formulate system scope, objectives, requirement, and design documentation.
• Works with team to provide information and development schedules for assigned work.
• Creates appropriate documentation for all application modifications and new development.
• Develops applications/enhancements within NMDP/NMDP defined architecture and following the predefined processes/methodologies.
• Proactively communicates with and coordinates activities with other team members.

Provides Support for Solution Team:

• Lead team members to develop, maintain and improve critical internal and external production applications.
• Works with business and research stakeholders to design and implement solutions within a complex science domain
• Works with Infrastructure and Service Desk teams to identify, diagnose and remediate production system issues.
• Understands and work within a highly collaborative Agile team framework.
• Researches the changing marketplace to keep current with technology and upgrades.
• Provides production system support as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Modeling data and performing cost / performance optimization on cloud-based databases and services, such as Amazon RDS
• Mapping complex genomic models to concrete data structures for the purpose of efficient computational analysis.
• Experience developing an enterprise integration strategy and leading a team to execute on the strategy.
• Knowledge and experience in following:
  • Enterprise Architectural Design Principles and best practices,
  • Fluent in Java, Spring Boot, SQL, and Angular (or comparable technologies)
  • Containerization and configuration management systems, such as Kubernetes, Rancher, Terraform, and Helm charts
  • Micro-service architecture, API development and management
  • Agile software development methodologies,
  • Standard testing process and methods,
  • Dev/Ops and Continuous Integration and Delivery process and tools,
  • Source control, automation, branching, and Blue/Green deployment methodologies

Ability to:

• Communicate with business, research, and executive stakeholders to gather requirements and clearly present detailed design plans
• Proven ability to work through ambiguity to set strategy, plan for delivery and execute.
• Proven ability to mentor others on the development team and lead technical solution development.
• Possess and demonstrate strong organizational, analytical, innovative, and problem-solving skills.
• Be a self-starter and self-motivated team player able to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrate attention to detail with a quality focus.
• Be self-directed and able to effectively work independently or within project teams.
• Must exemplify our NMDP Standards.

Education and/or Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, math, or related technical field that required extensive computer programming. Equivalent related experience and/or education may be substituted for the degree.
• 5 years technical work experience, working independently and in a team-based software development environment.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS : (Additional qualifications that may make a person even more effective in the role, but are not required for consideration)

• Strong preference given to candidates with matching technical skills, and experience working in the domain of Genomics, particularly in the area of HLA or stem cells.
• Experience working within a scientific research organization
• Experience in re-platforming / re-architecture of complex monolithic systems using modern cloud patterns
• Cloud-native application development using both containerized and serverless solutions including AWS specific services such as Lambdas, Step-Functions, RDS and SQS.
• The following skills, platforms, and/or experience may also be used:
  • Oracle PL/SQL, Angular, React, MQ, *nix CLI, Automation and scripting

DEI COMMITMENT:

As part of our values, we are committed to supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion at NMDP. We actively celebrate colleagues' different abilities, sexual orientation, ethnicity, faith, and gender. Everyone is welcome and supported in their development at all stages in their journey with us.

BENEFITS:
NMDP offers regular, full-time employees medical, dental, vision, life and disability, accident/critical illness/hospital, well-being, legal, identity theft and pet benefits. Retirement, paid time off/holidays, leave and incentive plans are also offered to eligible employees. Please reference this link for more information: NMDP Benefit Information

Additional Information

• Number of Openings: 1
• Pay Basis: Yearly
• Schedule: Full-time
• Driver Policy: No
• Job Family: Information Technology
• Career Category: Established Leader / Established Professional
• Career Level: 7