MKS2 Technologies, LLC, an award-winning high growth small business, creates innovative and customer-centric technology solutions in the areas of Cyber Security, Instructional Design and Training, Software Engineering and IT Support Services to improve the security and well-being of our clients. Our commitment to excellence and our “Mission First” orientation has resulted in steady growth and an expanding client base across government agencies. We have employees nationwide and for the past three consecutive years were named one of the fastest growing Veteran-owned companies in the nation. Please take a moment to browse through our website and learn more about what it means to serve with MKS2.
Title: Applications/Software Developer
Location: Austin TX – On-Site
Pay: $150,000 – $170,000 W/ Benefits (negotiable upon qualifications)
Duration: Ongoing contract through a minimum of 8/2027
Hours: 8AM – 5PM
US Citizenship Required.
JOB DETAILS
We are seeking one software developer to join us in supporting TDI to perform work on legacy modernization projects in a natural ADABAS application to serve the business needs of the Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC). Emphasis of work performed shall be on application and data migration efforts. The work will include, but is not limited to, assessing user requirements/stories and translating them into technical tasks and actual script development to identify data elements in a natural ADABAS application, establish new table structure in Oracle 19c, write scripts to move the data to the new tables, and supporting, patching and upgrading Natural programming language, ADABAS database, and CONNX software. This effort will involve close collaboration with other members of the project team, including but not limited to the application architect, other developers, and the database administrator. Additionally, database views may be created for use in Tableau to assist with comprehensive agency business intelligence needs. Contract staff will also be responsible for writing technical documentation. The worker should have a strong knowledge of and experience working on software development projects and general project lifecycle. The contract staff shall work on an agile scrum team, participating in regular meetings, work sessions, and interactions with the business owners and the project team. They should be a self-starter with experience working in a virtual collaborative setting with an agile scrum development team. The worker should possess strong written and oral presentation skills, with abilities to help present work done in an application. This work will extend to at least one project to migrate data, data collection, and reporting to an agency application from two different existing processes but may also include other projects as determined by time remaining in contract. Any and all project work shall be limited to workflows, business processes, and other functionality originating from DWC and identified as a legacy modernization effort.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
8+ years of experience (required):
- Working as a software developer on software ap plication development projects, either as enhancements or ground-up initiatives
- Coding using the following tools: Attachmate EX TRA!, Natural 8.3, Adabas 6.5, Unix AIX 7.2, Cronus Espbatch Job Scheduler, SCL (JCL) System Control Language, Oracle 12c or 19c database, SQL, and SVN
- Experience supporting, patching and upgrading Natural programming language, ADABAS database, and CONNX software.
- Eliciting requirements from end users and forming epics and user stories, then translating them to functional tasks for technical staff
- Following requirements and user stories end-to-end to guarantee proper delivery of requested functionality
- Writing technical documentation
- Testing applications to ensure user requirements are met
3+ years of experience (required):
- Using Microsoft Teams or other collaboration too l to communicate and work within a team
- Working on an agile scrum team as a software developer
- Estimating work and sizing tasks for sprint development
Preferred Experience:
- Experience with NearStar print management and EntireX by SoftwareAG
- Experience working on Java applications.
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: MKS2 Technologies is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.