Senior Software Engineer

Windstream

(Little Rock, Arkansas)

Full Time

Job Posting Details

About Windstream

Windstream (NASDAQ: WIN), a Fortune 500 company, is a leading nationwide provider of advanced network communications. We offer a range of enterprise-class data, voice, network and cloud services to help keep your business in a perpetual state of winning.

Responsibilities

- Design and develop software in Java to manage large distributed systems and components. 
- Lead and contribute to engineering projects spanning several engineering groups. 
- Actively involved in large-scale systems design discussions, POCs, designs and implementation (including writing design documents). 
- Build and automate deployment of RESTful APIs for distributed, highly scallabe IDaaS (Identity as a service) solution. 
- Analyze, Develop, Design, Test, and Deliver major software components 
- Take ownership of distributed components over the entire product life cycle 
- Contribute with peers to overall architecture 
- Design, Implement, Review, Repair, and Improve Existing Code 
- Confer with users, product management and project management to determine product requirements for all major and minor releases 
- Ensure the confidentiality of information 
- Creating product documentation and technical materials for internal use 
- Ensure standards and procedures are being adhered to. 
- Perform other duties and responsibilities as requested or required.

Design and develop software in Java to manage large distributed systems and components.
Lead and contribute to engineering projects spanning several engineering groups.
Actively involved in large-scale systems design discussions, POCs, designs and implementation (including writing design documents).
Build and automate deployment of RESTful APIs for distributed, highly scallabe IDaaS (Identity as a service) solution.
Analyze, Develop, Design, Test, and Deliver major software components
Take ownership of distributed components over the entire product life cycle
Contribute with peers to overall architecture
Design, Implement, Review, Repair, and Improve Existing Code
Confer with users, product management and project management to determine product requirements for all major and minor releases
Ensure the confidentiality of information
Creating product documentation and technical materials for internal use
Ensure standards and procedures are being adhered to.
Perform other duties and responsibilities as requested or required.

Ideal Candidate

- CS/EE/BS Degree or equivalent with a minimum of 7-10 years of software design and development experience. 
- 5-7 Years of Server-side Java Experience (DropWizard and Spring frameworks a plus). 
- 3+ Years building web-based REST or RESTful systems utilizing N-tier architectures. 
- Experience with multi-threaded programming techniques. 
- Experience with Tomcat, Spring, or Open Source Tools (Git, MySQL, JUnit). 
- Experience with Agile or Scrum methodologies. 
- The ability to build and deliver scalable systems. 
- Experience with clouds, distributed systems, identity management a plus. 
- At least 3+ years of experience designing and developing distributed, scalable software. 
- Previous experience in network management environments. 
- Experience with developing and operating a large-scale distributed systems environment such as a large web infrastructure, distributed systems, database replication, high availability, fault tolerance, etc. 
- Experience with high-level server / backend application design. 
- Previous experience working in an agile development environment. 
- Excellent analytical skills and critical thinking. 
- Work on geographically distributed teams 
- Roll-up-your-sleeves entrepreneurial, startup attitude. 
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills required 
- Self-motivated, able and willing to help where help is needed 
- Able to build relationships, be culturally sensitive, have goal alignment, have learning agility 
- Cisco Prime Platform 
- Experience with Identity and User management, SSO, SAML, etc. 
- Knowledge of automation scripting technologies, Puppet and Ansible is a plus
- Experience with SNMP Polling
- Understanding of IP Network design

CS/EE/BS Degree or equivalent with a minimum of 7-10 years of software design and development experience.
5-7 Years of Server-side Java Experience (DropWizard and Spring frameworks a plus).
3+ Years building web-based REST or RESTful systems utilizing N-tier architectures.
Experience with multi-threaded programming techniques.
Experience with Tomcat, Spring, or Open Source Tools (Git, MySQL, JUnit).
Experience with Agile or Scrum methodologies.
The ability to build and deliver scalable systems.
Experience with clouds, distributed systems, identity management a plus.
At least 3+ years of experience designing and developing distributed, scalable software.
Previous experience in network management environments.
Experience with developing and operating a large-scale distributed systems environment such as a large web infrastructure, distributed systems, database replication, high availability, fault tolerance, etc.
Experience with high-level server / backend application design.
Previous experience working in an agile development environment.
Excellent analytical skills and critical thinking.
Work on geographically distributed teams
Roll-up-your-sleeves entrepreneurial, startup attitude.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills required
Self-motivated, able and willing to help where help is needed
Able to build relationships, be culturally sensitive, have goal alignment, have learning agility
Cisco Prime Platform
Experience with Identity and User management, SSO, SAML, etc.
Knowledge of automation scripting technologies, Puppet and Ansible is a plus
Experience with SNMP Polling
Understanding of IP Network design