Java Developer IV

Senior Technologist

Candidates MUST be WI residents or willing to relocate to WI at their own expense prior to starting. This position can work 100% remotely (within the state of WI).

The selected candidate will play a hands-on senior technologist role in the design, development, implementation, and support of a State of Wisconsin, Department of Transportation application that assists in the implementation of Okta for managing role-based authorization.

The ideal candidate has a minimum of 6 years of experience working as a full-stack Java developer, including architecture/API design, presentation layer selection and design, and full lifecycle testing. The candidate should also have a solid understanding of adjacent technologies, including database systems, common protocols, and associated security/identity management systems and best practices.

Project details: Design, development, and implementation of a replacement for an existing legacy LDAP-based role-based authorization (RBAC) system with delegated administration functionality, integrating Okta for identity management and a fine-grained authorization engine like OpenFGA/OktaFGA/Open Policy Agent.

Provide consultation and recommend courses of action to ensure the quality and maintainability of application development for assigned project(s). Experience designing, developing, or implementing Okta, another OpenID Connect (OIDC)/OAuth2 solution, and/or OpenFGA is required.

The candidate should have strong communication skills and be able to work independently as well as within a team. Experience working on large, complex Java development projects with high priority and within established timelines is critical. The candidate should demonstrate strong critical thinking and decision-making skills across a variety of development tools and technologies.

Responsibilities:

• Translate business requirements into robust technical specifications.
• Architect complex solutions for multi-faceted problems using a wide range of technologies.
• Perform advanced technical design and development to address business and security requirements.
• Solve complex technical challenges using modern Java and identity management tools, utilizing approved organization development tools.
• Collaborate with team members within organizational policies and procedures to drive adoption of industry best practices and deliver high-quality solutions.
• Prioritize and manage tasks effectively in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

Required Experience:

• Modern Java (11+) with Spring Boot: 5+ years professional experience in full-stack development.
• Hands-on architecture/design: 4+ years designing distributed systems or complex enterprise platforms.
• Identity and Access Management (IAM): 3+ years experience designing, developing, and/or implementing IAM solutions, including RBAC, using Okta or similar OIDC/OAuth2 platform(s).
• Web frontend/presentation layer development: HTML, CSS, JS and/or TypeScript.

Nice to Have Experience:

• Experience with WebSphere Liberty, or similar Java/Jakarta EE application servers.
• Automated Testing best practices.
• DevSecOps best practices.
• Experience with Angular or similar frontend frameworks.