Software Engineer

Position: Software Engineer (Four openings)

Client: Administrative office of the Courts (AOC) – Judicial Information Systems (JIS)

Location: 189 Harry S Truman Parkway, Annapolis, MD 21401 (three days onsite, two days remote)

Duration: Five years

Interview mode: In person and the resource will be required to take a written exam to assess technical expertise.

DK Consulting Overview: Founded in May 2003, DK Consulting, LLC, a woman-owned small business, was formed to provide management and technology solutions based on industry best practices. DK Consulting, LLC works with multiple State, Federal, and Commercial customers, and our services range from providing customers with that one ‘critical resource’ to assuming responsibility for an entire IT project. We offer excellent benefits and provide exceptional employee management.

The AOC is seeking four (4) Software Engineers. The Software Engineers will play a crucial role in designing, developing, and maintaining two (2) of their primary applications being rewritten. The focus areas include event-driven design, Spring Boot, microservices architecture, Kubernetes, React, Elastic search, and either RabbitMQ or Kafka.

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Design and Development
   1. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement software solutions.
   2. Apply event-driven design principles to build scalable and resilient applications.
   3. Develop microservices using Spring Boot.
   4. Create responsive user interfaces using React.
2. Message Brokers
   1. Work with RabbitMQ for message queuing and event streaming.
   2. If experience is in Kafka, understand the architectural differences between RabbitMQ and Kafka.
   3. Implement message producers and consumers.
3. Deployment and Infrastructure
   1. Deploy microservices to Kubernetes clusters, utilizing CI/CD pipeline.
   2. Monitor and troubleshoot production systems.
   3. Optimize application performance and scalability.
4. Quality Assurance
   1. Write unit tests with a goal of 85% coverage and participate in peer code reviews.
   2. Conduct system testing and debugging activities.
5. Documentation and Communication
   1. Document technical specifications, architecture, and design decisions.
   2. Design shall include sequence diagram for major use cases.
   3. Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define requirements and deliverables.
6. Reporting
   1. A weekly report communicating project progress and status.
   2. Weekly time reporting on JIS provided forms, and any additional reports as assigned by the supervising manager.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Ten (10) years of relevant experience in software development
• Strong Elastic search experience
• Proficiency in event-driven design principles
• Strong knowledge of Spring Boot and microservices architecture
• Strong knowledge of the use of design patterns
• Spring JPA experience
• Familiarity with Kubernetes for container orchestration
• Front-end experience utilizing React and/or Angular
• Experience with either RabbitMQ or Kafka for message queuing
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs and web services
• Excellent verbal and communication skills
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with peers, end users and vendor development staff, as well as all levels of management and judicial personnel as necessary
• Ability to analyze complex technical challenges and propose effective solutions

Desired Skills/Certifications:

Educational Requirement: Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university with a major in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or other related scientific or technical discipline.

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