Software Engineer III

Position: Software Engineer III 

Job Location: 10790 Parkridge Drive, Suite 200, Reston, VA 20191 

Duties: Assists in providing guidance to small groups of two to three engineers, including offshore associates, for assigned Engineering projects by proving pertinent documents, directions, examples, and timeline. Provides support to the business by responding to user questions, concerns, and issues (for example, technical feasibility, implementation strategies); researching and identifying needed solutions; determining implementation designs; providing guidance regarding implications of new and enhanced systems; identifying short- and long-term solutions; and directing users to appropriate contacts for issues outside of associate's domain. Manages small to large-sized complex projects by reviewing project requirements; translating requirements into technical solutions; researching and identifying alternative solutions; determining needed solution based on return on investment and value add to the business; gathering requested information (for example, design documents, product requirements, wire frames); writing and developing code; conducting unit testing; communicating status and issues to team members and stakeholders; collaborating with project team and cross functional teams; identifying areas of opportunity; interpreting information and identifying a solution; ensuring solution is sustainable across implementation and use; troubleshooting open issues and bug-fixes; and ensuring on-time delivery and hand-offs. Troubleshoots business and production issues by gathering information (for example, issue, impact, criticality, possible root cause); performing root cause analysis to reduce future issues; engaging support teams to assist in the resolution of issues; developing solutions; driving the development of an action plan; performing actions as designated in the plan; interpreting the results to determine further action; and completing online documentation. Participates in the discovery phase of small to medium-sized projects to come up with high level design by partnering with the product management, project management, business, and user experience teams. 

Minimum education and experience required: Master's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field. Position does not require specific years of experience but requires listed skills. 

Skills required: Must have experience with: Designing and implementing REST API web services in Java using Spring Boot framework; System design and developing architectural decision records; Maintaining quality of code and developing tests for testing the code and ensuring proper code coverage using tools (including Junit 4 and 5); Implementing fundamentals of React and JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, coding languages and frameworks for future scope of work; Following coding standards and guidelines; Database skills and knowledge to write complex query for No-SQL Databases; Ensuring security policy requirements are properly applied to components/application during code development/configuration using encoding algorithms like md5 hash, base64; Building scripts for automation of repetitive and routine tasks in Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery/Continuous Deployment, a form of Jenkins (open-source Continuous Integration tool) and Continuous Deployment to Azure Cloud; Requirement and scoping analysis, cost analysis, business objectives, classification of requirements, domain knowledge, user stories concepts, functional /non-functional requirements; scoping and estimation using JIRA board; Deploying applications using Microsoft Azure Cloud technologies; Source control management (GitHub); Performing CRUD operations with RDBMS databases; Coding object-oriented programming languages (Java); Writing complex SQL (Structured query language) queries and stored procedures. Employer will accept any amount of experience with the required skills. 

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Wal-Mart is an Equal Opportunity Employer.