[4380] JChat Software Developer

Start date: September 2024

Clearance: NATO Secret

Location: Offsite

Total no. sprints 2024: 10

Total no. sprints 2025: 10

Sprint Duration: 1 week

Payment Milestones: Upon completion of each fourth sprint and at the end of the work.

INTRODUCTION:

The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) located in The Hague, The Netherlands, is currently involved in the development of new capabilities for NATO as well as in the support of existing capabilities. In the light of these activities, the C2 Service Centre is looking for experienced software developers.

JChat has been developed by the NCI Agency to provide operators with a text-based asynchronous chat capability. Chat communications is used daily by the operators to pass information, coordinate operations, and support collaborative decision-making. JChat is providing one-to-one chat, group (multi-user) chat and multi-user conferencing (moderated chat) and is based on Instant Messaging (IM) technology.

OBJECTIVES

The selected contractor will support the JChat team’s software development activities, such as designing, programming, testing and documenting.

3 SCOPE OF WORK

Under the direction / guidance of the NCIA Point of Contact or delegated staff, the software developer will develop and update JChat software modules. This includes the following activities:

Develop / update the JChat Java Client Develop / update the JChat Web client Develop / conduct unit and automated testing of software components Attend virtual and in-person meetings

The contractor will be part of a team and will work using an Agile and iterative approach during multiple sprints. Each sprint is planned for a duration of 1 week. The content and scope of each sprint will be agreed during the sprint-planning meeting.

PRACTICAL ARRANGEMENTS

The contractor will be required to work off site but maybe required to travel to NCI Agency (expenses will be reimbursed)

Qualifications

The candidate has relevant and recent experience in software development using Java, with a strong emphasis on the use of Java Swing. The candidate has relevant and recent experience in web development using AngularJS. The candidate has relevant and recent development experience with chat related technologies, including but not limited to XMPP, XEPs, M-LINK Server, Openfire Server and the Openfire plugin framework. The candidate is well able to produce efficient, clear, readable, maintainable and high quality code. The candidate has relevant and recent experience in continuous software integration and automated testing, including knowledge of test automation frameworks. The candidate has relevant and recent experience in using development tools (e.g. Maven, Jira, GitLab, Zephyr) and the Scrum methodology. The candidate is able to speak and write fluent English since the work is conducted in English The candidate must have the nationality of one of the NATO nations.

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Key Skills

• Java