{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"9098ba5c86faba9e3e56cf19","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/9098ba5c86faba9e3e56cf19","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/9098ba5c86faba9e3e56cf19","title":"Programmer Analyst -5 (Senior JAVA Developer with UI/UX Experience )","description":"*Role:* *Programmer Analyst -5 (Senior JAVA Developer with UI/UX Experience )*\n*Location: Lansing, MI, (Hybrid)*\n*Visa: GC or USC.*\n\nPosition location: Lansing: Hybrid schedule, 2 days a week in office REQUIRED. Tuesday & Wednesday in office- Local candidates ONLY (MUST BE WITHIN 50 MILES FROM LANSING)\n\n*Top Skills & Years of Experience Required:*\n\n*Maintenance of websites with CMS/ JAVA MVC framework - 10 years*\n\n*ORM tool/ MSSQL (queries, procedures) - 8 years*\n\n*HTML web development - 3 years*\n\n*Java 8 or higher - 8 years*\n\n*Angular - 6 years*\n\n*MSSQL (queries, procedures) - 8 years*\n\n*JPA - 4 years*\n\n*Restful services - 4 years*\n\n*Junit - 4 years*\n\n*Java related batches - 6 years*\n\nThis senior developer will support IT system maintenance for the State of Michigan’s Office of Retirement Services. The current system is built on a Java framework and is comprised of the Clarity application (primary) and the public facing MiAccount (account access for member access) and Employer Reporting applications. Combined, these applications facilitate the management of Michigan public servants’ retirement enrollment, employer reporting, benefit plan enrollment, healthcare enrollment, and retirement benefit payments. Combined, these systems process more than $2 billion in payroll annually and support over 500,000 active and retired members. We are searching for senior level Java developers with full-stack experience and HTML web development experience. Coding/development work is required. In addition, senior developer swill be involved in the modernization effort to design and develop a gold-standard system for the Office of Retirement Services. The modernization is currently in the Proof-of-Concept phase. This position also requires experience maintaining websites with a CMS (Sitecore preferred).\n\n*Position Description:*\n\nSenior Programmer/Analyst: Design, implementation, and delivery of system and software architecture designs, strategies and quality assurance plans. Design, prototype, develop and implement software to achieve business results for the client. Experienced expert able\n\nto lead and deliver solutions using object-oriented, service-oriented architecture, and n-tier architectures. Adopt, develop, and execute a robust software development lifecycle, using industry best practices. Follows both the State and industry best practices for software\n\nengineering. Engages with senior technical team leaders in the development of long term technology strategy and planning for the entire organization leveraging existing and acquiring new technology resources. Actively participates on project teams, clarifying business needs and requirements, performing analysis, design, development, integration, and maintenance of systems across the enterprise. Willing and able to engage with other internal organizations to maximize delivery capabilities and provide value to clients. Participates in the development of delivery approach, and labor and cost estimates. Manage projects or tasks using State and industry project delivery methodologies and best practices. Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals, independently performs a variety of complicated tasks, a wide degree of creativity and value added contribution is expected. Must be self motivated\n\nand capable of self-directed work.\n\n*All applicants must:*\n\n- Reside in the Lansing, Michigan, area\n\n- Agree to work in our hybrid-work environment (current minimum of two days per week on site)\n\n- Have a minimum of eight years of post-undergraduate degree experience as a Java code developer\n\n*Skill Description:*\n\n*Required:*\n\nJava, J2EE\n\nExperienced in designing and implementing Java MVC frameworks (Struts MVC) and ORM tool.\n\nExperience in developing procedures and queries with Microsoft SQL server 2016 or Higher\n\nPerforming analysis and requirements gathering with customers.\n\nExperience with both web-based and client server based systems architecture\n\nExperience with Object Oriented Analysis, design and programming experience.\n\nExperience with systems development methodology utilized in the development of new systems and\n\nenhancements. Ability to work and communicate well with all levels of IT coworkers and users.\n\nAbility to prepare detailed written instructions and documentation.\n\nExperience with Java batch jobs\n\nAbility to work under pressure and tight timelines and diagnose and resolve complex problems quickly\n\nAbility to mock up/wireframe website architecture changes\n\nExperience maintaining websites with a CMS (Sitecore preferred)\n\nWorking knowledge of UX\n\n*Nice to Have:*\n\nDomain knowledge of public retirement systems (Clarity Experience) highly desired\n\nWebSphere development technologies\n\nJava springboot, microservices\n\nCloud based development and deployment experience\n\nSiebel / Microsoft Dynamics - CRM applications\n\nNice InContact\n\nJenkins or Azure DevOps experience\n\nGit/Jira - file repository system experience\n\nFileNet Suite of products\n\nJasper Reports / PDF document processing\n\nJunit\n\nMaven\n\nLog4j\n\nSoapUI\n\nCorticon Rules Engine technology\n\nWebSphere Liberty\n\nSitecore Web CM\n\nJob Type: Contract\n\nPay: $68.00 - $70.00 per hour\n\nBenefits:\n* 401(k)\nSchedule:\n* 8 hour shift\n\nExperience:\n* Maintenance of websites with CMS/ JAVA MVC framework: 10 years (Preferred)\n* ORM tool/ MSSQL (queries, procedures): 8 years (Preferred)\n* HTML web development: 3 years (Preferred)\n* Java 8 or higher: 8 years (Preferred)\n* MSSQL (queries, procedures): 8 years (Preferred)\n* Angular: 6 years (Preferred)\n* MSSQL (queries, procedures: 8 years (Preferred)\n* JPA: 4 years (Preferred)\n* Restful services: 4 years (Preferred)\n* Junit: 4 years (Preferred)\n* Java related batches: 6 years (Preferred)\n\nWork Location: Hybrid remote in East Lansing, MI 48823","company":"Tech Aveev","rawCompany":"tech aveev","city":"East Lansing","state":"MI","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-08-29T09:32:59.284Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"},{"code":"15-1251.00","title":"Computer Programmers","slug":"computer-programmers"},{"code":"15-1254.00","title":"Web Developers","slug":"web-developers"}],"industries":[{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"},{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"},{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Programmer Analyst -5 (Senior JAVA Developer with UI/UX Experience )","description":"*Role:* *Programmer Analyst -5 (Senior JAVA Developer with UI/UX Experience )*\n*Location: Lansing, MI, (Hybrid)*\n*Visa: GC or USC.*\n\nPosition location: Lansing: Hybrid schedule, 2 days a week in office REQUIRED. Tuesday & Wednesday in office- Local candidates ONLY (MUST BE WITHIN 50 MILES FROM LANSING)\n\n*Top Skills & Years of Experience Required:*\n\n*Maintenance of websites with CMS/ JAVA MVC framework - 10 years*\n\n*ORM tool/ MSSQL (queries, procedures) - 8 years*\n\n*HTML web development - 3 years*\n\n*Java 8 or higher - 8 years*\n\n*Angular - 6 years*\n\n*MSSQL (queries, procedures) - 8 years*\n\n*JPA - 4 years*\n\n*Restful services - 4 years*\n\n*Junit - 4 years*\n\n*Java related batches - 6 years*\n\nThis senior developer will support IT system maintenance for the State of Michigan’s Office of Retirement Services. The current system is built on a Java framework and is comprised of the Clarity application (primary) and the public facing MiAccount (account access for member access) and Employer Reporting applications. Combined, these applications facilitate the management of Michigan public servants’ retirement enrollment, employer reporting, benefit plan enrollment, healthcare enrollment, and retirement benefit payments. Combined, these systems process more than $2 billion in payroll annually and support over 500,000 active and retired members. We are searching for senior level Java developers with full-stack experience and HTML web development experience. Coding/development work is required. In addition, senior developer swill be involved in the modernization effort to design and develop a gold-standard system for the Office of Retirement Services. The modernization is currently in the Proof-of-Concept phase. This position also requires experience maintaining websites with a CMS (Sitecore preferred).\n\n*Position Description:*\n\nSenior Programmer/Analyst: Design, implementation, and delivery of system and software architecture designs, strategies and quality assurance plans. Design, prototype, develop and implement software to achieve business results for the client. Experienced expert able\n\nto lead and deliver solutions using object-oriented, service-oriented architecture, and n-tier architectures. Adopt, develop, and execute a robust software development lifecycle, using industry best practices. Follows both the State and industry best practices for software\n\nengineering. Engages with senior technical team leaders in the development of long term technology strategy and planning for the entire organization leveraging existing and acquiring new technology resources. Actively participates on project teams, clarifying business needs and requirements, performing analysis, design, development, integration, and maintenance of systems across the enterprise. Willing and able to engage with other internal organizations to maximize delivery capabilities and provide value to clients. Participates in the development of delivery approach, and labor and cost estimates. Manage projects or tasks using State and industry project delivery methodologies and best practices. Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals, independently performs a variety of complicated tasks, a wide degree of creativity and value added contribution is expected. Must be self motivated\n\nand capable of self-directed work.\n\n*All applicants must:*\n\n- Reside in the Lansing, Michigan, area\n\n- Agree to work in our hybrid-work environment (current minimum of two days per week on site)\n\n- Have a minimum of eight years of post-undergraduate degree experience as a Java code developer\n\n*Skill Description:*\n\n*Required:*\n\nJava, J2EE\n\nExperienced in designing and implementing Java MVC frameworks (Struts MVC) and ORM tool.\n\nExperience in developing procedures and queries with Microsoft SQL server 2016 or Higher\n\nPerforming analysis and requirements gathering with customers.\n\nExperience with both web-based and client server based systems architecture\n\nExperience with Object Oriented Analysis, design and programming experience.\n\nExperience with systems development methodology utilized in the development of new systems and\n\nenhancements. Ability to work and communicate well with all levels of IT coworkers and users.\n\nAbility to prepare detailed written instructions and documentation.\n\nExperience with Java batch jobs\n\nAbility to work under pressure and tight timelines and diagnose and resolve complex problems quickly\n\nAbility to mock up/wireframe website architecture changes\n\nExperience maintaining websites with a CMS (Sitecore preferred)\n\nWorking knowledge of UX\n\n*Nice to Have:*\n\nDomain knowledge of public retirement systems (Clarity Experience) highly desired\n\nWebSphere development technologies\n\nJava springboot, microservices\n\nCloud based development and deployment experience\n\nSiebel / Microsoft Dynamics - CRM applications\n\nNice InContact\n\nJenkins or Azure DevOps experience\n\nGit/Jira - file repository system experience\n\nFileNet Suite of products\n\nJasper Reports / PDF document processing\n\nJunit\n\nMaven\n\nLog4j\n\nSoapUI\n\nCorticon Rules Engine technology\n\nWebSphere Liberty\n\nSitecore Web CM\n\nJob Type: Contract\n\nPay: $68.00 - $70.00 per hour\n\nBenefits:\n* 401(k)\nSchedule:\n* 8 hour shift\n\nExperience:\n* Maintenance of websites with CMS/ JAVA MVC framework: 10 years (Preferred)\n* ORM tool/ MSSQL (queries, procedures): 8 years (Preferred)\n* HTML web development: 3 years (Preferred)\n* Java 8 or higher: 8 years (Preferred)\n* MSSQL (queries, procedures): 8 years (Preferred)\n* Angular: 6 years (Preferred)\n* MSSQL (queries, procedures: 8 years (Preferred)\n* JPA: 4 years (Preferred)\n* Restful services: 4 years (Preferred)\n* Junit: 4 years (Preferred)\n* Java related batches: 6 years (Preferred)\n\nWork Location: Hybrid remote in East Lansing, MI 48823","datePosted":"2026-08-29T09:32:59.284Z","dateModified":"2026-08-29T09:32:59.284Z","hiringOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Tech Aveev","sameAs":"https://jobsearcher.com"},"jobLocation":{"@type":"Place","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"East Lansing","addressRegion":"MI","addressCountry":"US"}},"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"JobSearcher","value":"9098ba5c86faba9e3e56cf19"},"url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/9098ba5c86faba9e3e56cf19"}}