Job Description

Job Description

The Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA invites applications for an Enterprise Web Application Developer to join a team of university and federal researchers supporting the public forest inventory sector. In this role, you will maintain, enhance, and support a mission critical, enterprise scale web application used for continuous nationwide forest inventory (NFI) data collection and management.

The position requires developing a deep understanding of the web based Mobile Integrated Data Acquisition System (MIDAS) and how it integrates with other elements of the NFI program. You will collaborate with both technical and non technical team members to troubleshoot system issues, improve long standing enterprise components, and implement solutions that ensure reliability, usability, and long term sustainability across the NFI system.

Required Qualifications

A bachelor’s degree in a computing related field such as Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or Web Development.

The successful candidate will demonstrate technical proficiency needed to maintain and enhance the MIDAS enterprise web application, including:
Core Enterprise Development Skills
• Proficiency in Java, including writing, maintaining, and troubleshooting production level code
• Experience with J2EE/enterprise Java, such as servlets, enterprise components, and server-side Java applications
• Web development experience including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and JSP based interfaces
• Experience creating, maintaining, or refactoring Jakarta Server Pages (JSP) Architecture & System Integration
• Understanding of enterprise web application architecture, including front end to Java based back-end integration
• Familiarity with enterprise application servers, such as JBoss
• Ability to diagnose and troubleshoot full web stack issues, from interface to server components

Database & Tools
• Experience with relational databases, ideally Oracle, including writing or modifying SQL queries
• Experience using version control tools such as Git
• Knowledge of designing or improving data entry user interfaces for operational workflows.

Preferred Qualifications

The successful candidate will also possess the following qualities equally important to the technical skill set:
• Willingness to learn how MIDAS integrates with other systems.
• Ability to review existing code and identify needed updates, enhancements, or performance improvements.
• Comfort working in a team environment, including collaborating with technical and non-technical staff.
• Strong problem-solving skills for diagnosing issues within a complex, long-standing application.