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Java - Project Lead

Novalink Solutions LLC
West Columbia, South Carolina, United States Posted Oct 22, 2026
Full-time

About this role

COMPANY / DEPARTMENT CULTURE (why do you enjoy working for the company – selling points for potential candidates):

This position will provide FRONTEND and backend web development including all user interfaces for South Carolina’s Medicaid web application and associated web services. The application frontends are to be designed as platform independent and mobile ready. This senior expert level frontend web developer will be responsible for the look and feel of the web application that the user will experiance, unit and systems testing, implementation, and maintenance of complex Web systems and back-end development. This position requires experience with Java, web application development, web service development, and distributed systems development. This position will work on one of the States most complex information technology projects as Clemson migrates the States existing mainframe Medicaid systems to modern technology environments and platforms

The State expects the software development team members to possess the following technical skills:

Application Servers: Apache Tomcat

Frameworks: Tapestry

Required

Skills

  • HTML, JavaScript, JQuery, Familiarity of various Javascript Libraries, Java, UC4, ActiveMQ, Unix varients, Unix Scripting, EDI Transaction sets (270/271, 276/277, 837), JDBC, SQL, MongoDB

  • Tools: Subversion, maven

  • Integrated Development Environments: Eclipse, NetBeans, HTML/Javascript IDE

  • Environment: ORACLE LINUX SERVERS, SQL SERVER AND IDMS DATABASES

SCOPE OF THE PROJECT:

  • This project team develops and supports the framework functionality of the State’s EDI Services & the Medicaid Web Portal application. Clemson University’s Medicaid Information Technology Services (MITS) team develops and operates systems on behalf of the State’s Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS). Clemson’s MITS team will be responsible for the project management and oversight of this project.

DAILY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • The Software Engineer is responsible for assessing, designing, developing, supporting and implementing the State’s Member Management replacement project and any other projects assigned. This position will be a part of a Production Support group under the direction of Clemson’s technical project manager for support & maintenance of all new technology development work.

  • The Software Engineer role has two major functions: design and development/implementation.

  • Web-based Distributed Systems Architecture and Design: Design, develop, and implement enterprise level web-based systems, enterprise defined in terms of system scope as well as number of users. Plan for responsive user interfaces incorporating modern Web 2.0 technologies (such as AJAX) and mobility needs (smartphones and tablets).

  • Software Engineering: Design and develop Java applications incorporating industry-standard frameworks where appropriate (such as Spring). Plan for highly available and scalable applications. Incorporate services into system design where appropriate.

  • Software Project Lifecycle Management: Effectively implement and utilize modern Web-based software industry standards and best practices, use of integrated development environments, strong emphasis on unit testing and participation in complete software lifecycle from analysis and design through testing and deployment. Assist end-user and business analysts in turning business needs into incremental software development projects.

  • Communication: Communicate with a broad mix of stakeholders involved in the information technology system replacement projects including business users, analysts, software engineers, database architects and administrators (DBAs), quality assurance engineers (QA), systems and infrastructure staff, and support staff.

REQUIRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):

    1. 7+ years of experience with Java
    1. 7+ years of experience with HTML
    1. 7+ years of experience with JavaScript
    1. 7+ years of experience with JQuery
    1. 5+ years of experience with EDI Transaction Sets (270/271, 276/277, 837)
    1. 5+ years of experience with MongoDB

  • Soft skills Required: Effective Communication Skills (written and oral), Adaptability, Flexibility, Self-motivation, Problem Solving, Analytical Thinking, Time Management, Ability to work effectively in a stressful environment

PREFERRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):

  • Medicaid eligibility system/business operations experience.

  • Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) experience

  • Experience with JDBC

  • Experience with SQL

  • Experience with UC4

EDUCATION

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.

CERTIFICATIONS:

  • Java J2ee Server and/or related J2EE certification preferred.

  • This position will provide FRONTEND and backend web development including all user

  • interfaces for South Carolina’s Medicaid web application and associated web services.

  • The application frontends are to be designed as platform independent and mobile

  • ready. This senior expert level frontend web developer will be responsible for the look

  • and feel of the web application that the user will experiance, unit and systems testing,

  • implementation, and maintenance of complex Web systems and back-end

  • development. This position requires experience with Java, web application

  • development, web service development, and distributed systems development. This

  • position will work on one of the States most complex information technology projects

  • as Clemson migrates the States existing mainframe Medicaid systems to modern

  • technology environments and platforms

  • The State expects the software development team members to possess the following

technical skills:

  • Application Servers: Apache Tomcat

  • Frameworks: Tapestry

  • Required

Skills

  • HTML, JavaScript, JQuery, Familiarity of various Javascript Libraries, Java,

  • UC4, ActiveMQ, Unix varients, Unix Scripting, EDI Transaction sets (270/271, 276/277, 837),

  • JDBC, SQL, MongoDB

  • Tools: Subversion, maven

  • Integrated Development Environments: Eclipse, NetBeans, HTML/Javascript IDE

  • Environment: ORACLE LINUX SERVERS, SQL SERVER AND IDMS DATABASES

  • WHY IS THIS POSITION OPEN

  • This position is being posted due to 36-month assignment requirement.

SCOPE OF THE PROJECT:

  • This project team develops and supports the framework functionality of the State’s EDI

  • Services & the Medicaid Web Portal application. Clemson University’s Medicaid

  • Information Technology Services (MITS) team develops and operates systems on

  • behalf of the State’s Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS).

  • Clemson’s MITS team will be responsible for the project management and oversight of

  • this project.

DAILY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • The Software Engineer is responsible for assessing, designing, developing, supporting

  • and implementing the State’s Member Management replacement project and any other

  • projects assigned. This position will be a part of a Production Support group under the

  • direction of Clemson’s technical project manager for support & maintenance of all new

  • technology development work.

  • The Software Engineer role has two major functions: design and

  • development/implementation.

  • Web-based Distributed Systems Architecture and Design: Design, develop, and

  • implement enterprise level web-based systems, enterprise defined in terms of

  • system scope as well as number of users. Plan for responsive user interfaces

  • incorporating modern Web 2.0 technologies (such as AJAX) and mobility

  • needs (smartphones and tablets).

  • Software Engineering: Design and develop Java applications incorporating

  • industry-standard frameworks where appropriate (such as Spring). Plan for

  • highly available and scalable applications. Incorporate services into system

  • design where appropriate.

  • Software Project Lifecycle Management: Effectively implement and utilize

  • modern Web-based software industry standards and best practices, use of

  • integrated development environments, strong emphasis on unit testing and

  • participation in complete software lifecycle from analysis and design through

  • testing and deployment. Assist end-user and business analysts in turning

  • business needs into incremental software development projects.

  • Communication: Communicate with a broad mix of stakeholders involved in

  • the information technology system replacement projects including business

  • users, analysts, software engineers, database architects and administrators

  • (DBAs), quality assurance engineers (QA), systems and infrastructure staff, and

  • support staff.

  • REQUIRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF

IMPORTANCE):

    1. 7+ years of experience with Java
    1. 7+ years of experience with

  • HTML

    1. 7+ years of experience with

  • JavaScript

    1. 7+ years of experience with

  • JQuery

    1. 5+ years of experience with EDI

  • Transaction Sets (270/271,

  • 276/277, 837)

    1. 5+ years of experience with

  • MongoDB

  • Soft skills Required: Effective

  • Communication Skills (written and oral),

  • Adaptability, Flexibility, Self-motivation,

  • Problem Solving, Analytical Thinking,

  • Time Management, Ability to work

  • effectively in a stressful environment

  • PREFERRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF

IMPORTANCE):

  • Medicaid eligibility system/business

  • operations experience.

  • Medicaid Management Information

  • System (MMIS) experience

  • Experience with JDBC

  • Experience with SQL

  • Experience with UC4

EDUCATION

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work

  • experience.

CERTIFICATIONS:

  • Java J2ee Server and/or related J2EE

  • certification preferred.

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