Job Description

Position Number:

12268110

Title:

Faculty Assistant

Functional Title:

Java Developer

Category Status:

15-Fac.Non-Tenured,Continuing Con

Applicant Search Category:

Faculty

University Authorized FTE:

100

Unit:

ENGR-Civil-Center for Advanced Transportation Technology

Campus/College Information:

Founded in 1856, University of Maryland, College Park is the state’s flagship institution. Our 1,250-acre College Park campus is just minutes away from Washington, D.C., and the nexus of the nation’s legislative, executive, and judicial centers of power. This unique proximity to business and technology leaders, federal departments and agencies, and a myriad of research entities, embassies, think tanks, cultural centers, and non-profit organizations is simply unparalleled. Synergistic opportunities for our faculty and students abound and are virtually limitless in the nation’s capital and surrounding areas. The University is committed to attracting and retaining outstanding and diverse faculty and staff that will enhance our stature of preeminence in our three missions of teaching, scholarship, and full engagement in our community, the state of Maryland, and in the world.

Background Checks

Offers of employment are contingent on completion of a background check. Information reported by the background check will not automatically disqualify you from employment.

Vaccine Protocol

The University of Maryland has made the safety of our students, faculty and staff, and our surrounding communities a top priority. As part of that commitment, the University System of Maryland (USM) recently announced that students, faculty, and staff on USM campuses this fall, including UMD, are required to be vaccinated against COVID. As a prospective and/or a new employee at UMD, you will be required to comply with the University’s vaccination protocol. Proof of full vaccination will be required before the start of employment in order to work at any University of Maryland location. Prospective or new employees may seek a medical or religious exemption to the vaccination requirement at return.umd.edu and must have an approved exemption prior to the start of their employment. Failure to provide proof of vaccination or to obtain approval for a medical or religious exemption will result in the offer of employment being rescinded.

Position Summary/Purpose of Position:

Are you interested in joining a vibrant software technology organization that is expanding and emerging as a leader in the field of data visualization? Look no further…

The CATT Laboratory is the leading transportation information analysis, visualization, and user interface design laboratory in the country. Our products and services are used by thousands of public safety agencies, state and local departments of transportation, public officials, and consultants every day. We provide an integrated product suite of situational awareness tools for emergency managers, and provide leading edge data analytics products for transportation planners and consultants. These products and services are rapidly changing the way governments do business and make important decisions.

We receive hundreds of gigabytes of transportation data every day ranging from traffic accident information to real-time traffic flow information. Transportation data may describe how effective a road is during rush hour or the impact of a work zone on traffic congestion. Our clients use our software to analyze transportation data in order to generate insights used in research, planning, and operations.

We’re passionate about transportation as much as we’re passionate about building great software. We care about building usable, stable, and secure software that can handle large amounts of concurrent users analyzing lots of data. We use cutting edge tech to build and maintain our software. We have a mature development process and use industry best practices to ensure that we build the best software possible. We work in an agile environment, so we have stand-ups, retrospectives, and sprint planning meetings. Our team is composed of program managers, technical leads, full-stack developers, scrum masters, testers, administrators, DBAs, interns, and customer support.

Our lab is in College Park near the University of Maryland and it’s easily accessible by metro, bus, car, and bike.

So, you’ve made it this far. Great! If you’re interested in working with a team that builds software used every day to plan improvements for road networks across the United States, if you want to make an impact on the way people analyze and visualize transportation data, and you’re interested in working with people that are passionate about what they do, apply now! We strive to cultivate a diverse team because we believe that different perspectives build better products, so we encourage people of all backgrounds to apply.

Candidates will work with full time developers, DBAs, and interns to design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain software applications. Candidates will utilize their knowledge, skill, and experience to create stable, secure, and reliable data processing applications. In addition, applicants will learn new skills and stay current with industry best practices and upcoming technologies. Candidates will perform code reviews to ensure that code base modifications from other developers are free of bugs and follow the lab’s coding standards. Candidates will also have the opportunity to mentor undergraduate and graduate interns.

Essential duties and responsibilities:
Create new functionality to enhance our products. Write code to interact with SQL and NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL and HBase. Work on software that interacts with internal and external web services. Maintain existing software as needed. Use other JVM-based languages such as Clojure, Kotlin, and Groovy where applicable. Document processes, design decisions, and software architecture. Work with members of the QA team to ensure software is tested thoroughly. Conduct code reviews. Understand, refine, breakdown, and estimate backlog items. Participate in our support team rotation. Participate in Agile ceremonies such as standups and retrospectives

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field
• 1+ years of experience with enterprise software development
• 1+ years of experience with object oriented programming, in Java preferred
• Experience with Spring, Hibernate, and JUnit frameworks
• Experience using relational database concepts and SQL
• Experience working with Git
• Strong communication skills

Preferences:

• Experience with
o Hadoop Framework
o PostgreSQL
o NoSQL Database such as MongoDB
o Maven
• Understand
o JSON
o XML
o Web Services
o MVC pattern
o JavaScript
• Understand how to work in a Linux environment
• Experience working with the Atlassian suite: JIRA, Confluence, and Bitbucket

Posting Date:

07/25/2018

Open Until Filled

Yes

Best Consideration Date

12/31/2019

Physical Demands

• Requires ability to sit, or stand, at a workstation and use a keyboard and mouse for several hours on a daily basis.

Diversity Statement:

The University of Maryland, College Park, an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, age, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, creed, marital status, political affiliation, personal appearance, or on the basis of rights secured by the First Amendment, in all aspects of employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.

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