Application Modernization Engineer

Job Description

GoAhead Solutions has a great opportunity for an Application Modernization Engineer in Columbus, OH. This would be a Five month contract to start out with extension. This would be a Hybrid position with minimum 3 days working onsite. Interviews will be video.

Job Description:

This position will support the OFCC application development group in the modernization of CMW from Perl/MySQL to Java/React/MariaDB on an AWS platform.

Responsibilities:

-Expert Guidance & Validation: Provide deep expertise to project teams, review deliverables (like system requirements, test results) for accuracy, and validate that solutions meet defined standards.

-Knowledge Transfer & Training: Simplify complex technical information for development team, develop high level documentation, and mentor team members.

-Problem Solving & Improvement: Analyze business operations, identify areas for technical improvement, troubleshoot issues, and recommend new technologies or process enhancements.

-Requirements Definition: Translate business needs into technical requirements, define procedures, and set performance standards for tasks.

-Development Activities: Develop modernized code components as time permits, conduct peer reviews, pair programming.

-System & UAT Testing: Plan and review results of system testing and user acceptance testing activities.

Should have experience in:

- Communicating, analyzing, and resolving technical development issues and risks.

- Designing test plans and testing Java applications.

- Using AI to facilitate application development and testing.

- Application modernization on an AWS or Azure platform.

Required skills:

-10 years of Expert in all versions of the Perl Programming Language.

-10 years of Experience with Java, React full stack development.

-10 years of Experience with MySQL, MariaDB.

-Experience with Construction Management subject matter expertise.

-Experience with Communicating, analyzing, and resolving technical development issues and risk.

-Experience with Designing test plans and testing Java applications.

-Experience with Application modernization on an AWS or Azure platform.Company Description

GoAhead Solutions is the trusted provider of information technologies solutions to domestic and multinational companies. Our mission is to responsibly fulfill our clients’ information technology software and services needs.

Our 35 years of combined experience in consulting, professional services, recruiting and software is sought by IT decision makers such as CIOs, IT Directors, Procurement, and IT Managers who trust our expert guidance to solve complex business problems and IT priorities.

We employ a 360o solution philosophy. This means each of our business units is complementary to nurture collaboration, optimization, and efficiency. GoAhead Solutions’ professional services, software solutions, and IT staff augmentation serve clients’ different needs with the same purpose - deliver results with positive business impact.

Hybrid remote