Evening Temporary Software Developer Jobs in Texas

Company Description

Big challenges need bold thinkers.

If you’re someone who sees problems as opportunities, you’ll thrive here. RESPEC is 100% employee-owned, which means we take ownership of every challenge. Here, your ideas drive real solutions. Since 1969, we’ve tackled complex challenges in energy transition, infrastructure resilience, digital transformation, and sustainability.

At RESPEC, you’ll work alongside clients to take on critical problems. Depending on your expertise, you might design infrastructure in remote locations, develop renewable energy solutions for global projects, or apply data-driven technology to improve mining and water systems.

We bring deep technical knowledge, real-world experience, and a commitment to work that matters. If you're looking for a place where your contributions have real impact, you’ll fit right in.

We do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters.

Job Description

RESPEC is seeking an experienced Software Developer III to support one of our Texas state agency clients on a critical legacy modernization initiative. This role will be embedded with the agency's Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) and will focus on migrating data and applications from a Natural/ADABAS environment to modern Oracle infrastructure, working as part of a collaborative Agile Scrum team.

Responsibilities:

• Assess user requirements and user stories, translating them into technical tasks and development scripts
• Identify data elements in a Natural/ADABAS application and establish new table structures in Oracle 19c
• Write and execute data migration scripts to move data to new tables
• Support, patch, and upgrade Natural programming language, ADABAS database, and CONNX software
• Develop Oracle database views for use in Tableau to support agency business intelligence needs
• Collaborate closely with application architects, developers, and database administrators
• Participate in Agile Scrum ceremonies including sprint planning, standups, and retrospectives
• Estimate and size tasks for sprint development
• Write comprehensive technical and user documentation
• Present work and findings to business owners and project stakeholders

Qualifications

Required:

• 8+ years of experience as a software developer on application development projects (enhancements and ground-up)
• 8+ years coding with:
  • Natural 8.3 & ADABAS 6.5
  • Attachmate EXTRA!
  • Unix AIX 7.2
  • Cronus Espbatch Job Scheduler
  • SCL (JCL) System Control Language
  • Oracle 12c or 19c & SQL
  • SVN or equivalent version control
• 8+ years supporting, patching, and upgrading Natural, ADABAS, and CONNX software
• 8+ years eliciting requirements from end users and forming epics/user stories
• 8+ years following requirements end-to-end to ensure proper delivery
• 8+ years writing technical documentation and testing applications
• 3+ years working on an Agile Scrum team as a software developer
• 3+ years using Microsoft Teams or similar collaboration tools
• 3+ years estimating and sizing tasks for sprint development

Preferred Qualifications

• 4+ years writing user documentation
• 4+ years experience with NearStar print management and EntireX by SoftwareAG
• 4+ years working on Java applications

Work Environment

• On-site, 5 days per week at client headquarters in Austin, TX
• Standard hours: Monday – Friday, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
• Occasional evening, weekend, or holiday work may be required for production cutovers (pre-approved and compensated at the quoted hourly rate)
• All travel, parking, and living expenses are the responsibility of the contractor

Additional Requirements

• Must be available for an in-person interview at the client site in Austin, TX
• Must be able to accept delivery of a client-issued laptop in person
• Must pass a criminal background check as authorized by Texas law
• Must not be listed on federal debarment/EPLS or OFAC prohibited vendor lists
• All work products are considered "works made for hire" and are the property of the client agency

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.