Software Developer III (Contractor)

<p></p><h3>Overview </h3><p>Big challenges need bold thinkers. If you’re someone who sees problems as opportunities, you’ll thrive here. </p><h3>Company Description </h3><p>Big challenges need bold thinkers. If you’re someone who sees problems as opportunities, you’ll thrive here. RESPEC is 100% employee-owned, which means we take ownership of every challenge. Here, your ideas drive real solutions. Since 1969, we’ve tackled complex challenges in energy transition, infrastructure resilience, digital transformation, and sustainability. </p><p>At RESPEC, you’ll work alongside clients to take on critical problems. Depending on your expertise, you might design infrastructure in remote locations, develop renewable energy solutions for global projects, or apply data-driven technology to improve mining and water systems. </p><p>We bring deep technical knowledge, real-world experience, and a commitment to work that matters. If you\'re looking for a place where your contributions have real impact, you’ll fit right in. </p><p>We do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters. </p><h3>Job Description </h3><p>RESPEC is seeking an experienced Software Developer III to support one of our Texas state agency clients on a critical legacy modernization initiative. This role will be embedded with the agency\'s Division of Workers\' Compensation (DWC) and will focus on migrating data and applications from a Natural/ADABAS environment to modern Oracle infrastructure, working as part of a collaborative Agile Scrum team. </p><h3>Responsibilities </h3><ul><li>Assess user requirements and user stories, translating them into technical tasks and development scripts </li><li>Identify data elements in a Natural/ADABAS application and establish new table structures in Oracle 19c </li><li>Write and execute data migration scripts to move data to new tables </li><li>Support, patch, and upgrade Natural programming language, ADABAS database, and CONNX software </li><li>Develop Oracle database views for use in Tableau to support agency business intelligence needs </li><li>Collaborate closely with application architects, developers, and database administrators </li><li>Participate in Agile Scrum ceremonies including sprint planning, standups, and retrospectives </li><li>Estimate and size tasks for sprint development </li><li>Write comprehensive technical and user documentation </li><li>Present work and findings to business owners and project stakeholders </li> </ul><h3>Qualifications </h3><p><b>Required: </b> </p><ul><li>8+ years of experience as a software developer on application development projects (enhancements and ground-up) </li><li>8+ years coding with: </li><ul><li>Natural 8.3 &amp; ADABAS 6.5 </li><li>Attachmate EXTRA! </li><li>Unix AIX 7.2 </li><li>Cronus Espbatch Job Scheduler </li><li>SCL (JCL) System Control Language </li><li>Oracle 12c or 19c &amp; SQL </li><li>SVN or equivalent version control </li> </ul><li>8+ years supporting, patching, and upgrading Natural, ADABAS, and CONNX software </li><li>8+ years eliciting requirements from end users and forming epics/user stories </li><li>8+ years following requirements end-to-end to ensure proper delivery </li><li>8+ years writing technical documentation and testing applications </li><li>3+ years working on an Agile Scrum team as a software developer </li><li>3+ years using Microsoft Teams or similar collaboration tools </li><li>3+ years estimating and sizing tasks for sprint development </li> </ul><p><b>Preferred Qualifications </b> </p><ul><li>4+ years writing user documentation </li><li>4+ years experience with NearStar print management and EntireX by SoftwareAG </li><li>4+ years working on Java applications </li> </ul><h3>Work Environment </h3><ul><li>On-site, 5 days per week at client headquarters in Austin, TX </li><li>Standard hours: Monday – Friday, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT </li><li>Occasional evening, weekend, or holiday work may be required for production cutovers (pre-approved and compensated at the quoted hourly rate) </li><li>All travel, parking, and living expenses are the responsibility of the contractor </li> </ul><h3>Additional Requirements </h3><ul><li>Must be available for an in-person interview at the client site in Austin, TX </li><li>Must be able to accept delivery of a client-issued laptop in person </li><li>Must pass a criminal background check as authorized by Texas law </li><li>Must not be listed on federal debarment/EPLS or OFAC prohibited vendor lists </li><li>All work products are considered "works made for hire" and are the property of the client agency </li> </ul><h3>Additional Information </h3><p>All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. </p> <p></p> #J-18808-Ljbffr