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Software Develop Consultant

CT-Work@Home, Connecticut Full time

Together we fight for everyone’s opportunity for a better financial future.

We will do this together — with customers, partners and colleagues. We will fight for others, not against: We will stand up for and champion everyone’s access to opportunities. The status quo is not good enough … we believe every individual and every community deserves access to financial opportunities. We are determined to support both individuals and communities in reaching a better financial future.  We know that reaching this future depends on our actions today.

Like our Purpose Statement, Voya believes in being bold and committed to action.  We are committed to a work environment where the differences that we are born with — and those we acquire throughout our lives — are understood, valued and intentionally pursued. We believe that our employees own our culture and have a responsibility to foster an environment where we all feel comfortable bringing our whole selves to work. Purposefully bringing our differences together to positively influence our culture, serve our clients and enrich our communities is essential to our vision.

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Position Summary:

We are seeking a hands‑on Application Maintenance IT Consultant to support and enhance a portfolio of Java‑based applications built on a Java / Spring Boot / Angular / SQL stack. This role is responsible for ongoing application stability, small‑to‑medium enhancements, defect remediation, and technical leadership across a set of critical digital systems. You will work closely with Application Development, QA, Release Management, Infrastructure and Architecture teams to ensure reliable operations, timely delivery of fixes and improvements, and adherence to enterprise engineering standards. This position requires strong technical depth, ownership mentality, and the ability to operate effectively in a fast‑moving, enterprise‑scale environment. You will be responsible for ensuring proper coordination of software application design, development, testing, quality assurance, configuration, and installation to ensure smooth, stable and timely implementation of work requests and issue resolution.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and implement enhancements, bug fixes, and maintenance updates across a suite of Java/Spring Boot/Angular applications
  • Lead technical delivery for assigned applications, ensuring quality, stability, and timely execution
  • Manage day‑to‑day KTLO (Keep The Lights On) operations, including incident triage, root‑cause analysis, and problem resolution
  • Partner with architects and shared services teams to ensure compliance with enterprise development standards, security requirements, and SDLC processes
  • Drive continuous improvement efforts, including automation, performance optimization, and cost‑reduction opportunities
  • Review performance metrics and testing results to identify and address system bottlenecks
  • Mentor junior developers and contribute to knowledge‑sharing across the team
  • Support change management, release readiness, and production deployment activities
  • Collaborate with business partners to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, MIS, or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years of hands‑on development experience with:
  • Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs
  • Angular or similar front‑end frameworks
  • SQL (Oracle, SQL Server, or similar)
  • Strong experience supporting and maintaining production applications in an enterprise environment
  • Proven ability to write clean, testable, efficient code
  • Experience troubleshooting high‑volume, low‑latency, mission‑critical systems
  • Familiarity with Linux/Windows environments and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
  • Experience with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab, Azure DevOps, etc.)
  • Understanding of application security tools and practices (e.g., Veracode, Snyk, Qualys)
  • Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills
  • Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders
  • Demonstrated ability to work across multiple technologies and platforms

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in a Digital or Customer‑Facing application portfolio
  • Exposure to middleware, messaging systems, and web/application servers
  • Experience with incident, problem, and change management processes (ITIL or similar)
  • Leadership experience or ability to lead small technical workstreams
  • Experience evaluating alternative technologies and contributing to architectural discussions

Compensation Pay Disclosure:

Voya is committed to pay that’s fair and equitable, which means comparable pay for comparable roles and responsibilities.

The below annual base salary range reflects the expected hiring range(s) for this position in the location(s) listed. In addition to base salary, Voya offers incentive opportunities (i.e., annual cash incentives, sales incentives, and/or long-term incentives) based on the role to reward the achievement of annual performance objectives. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Voya Financial is willing to pay at the time of this posting.

Actual compensation offered may vary from the posted salary range based upon the candidate’s geographic location, work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

$100,070 - $157,470 USD

Be Well. Stay Well.

Voya provides the resources that can make a difference in your lives. To us, this means thriving physically, financially, socially and emotionally. Voya benefits are designed to help you do just that. That’s why we offer an array of plans, programs, tools and resources with one goal in mind: To help you and your family be well and stay well.

What We Offer

  • Health, dental, vision and life insurance plans
  • 401(k) Savings plan – with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%)
  • Voya Retirement Plan – employer paid cash balance retirement plan (4%)
  • Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year
  • Paid time off – including 20 days paid time off, nine paid company holidays and a flexible Diversity Celebration Day.
  • Paid volunteer time — 40 hours per calendar year

Learn more about Voya benefits (download PDF)

Critical Skills

At Voya, we have identified the following critical skills which are key to success in our culture:

  • Customer Focused: Passionate drive to delight our customers and offer unique solutions that deliver on their expectations.
  • Critical Thinking: Thoughtful process of analyzing data and problem solving data to reach a well-reasoned solution.
  • Team Mentality: Partnering effectively to drive our culture and execute on our common goals.
  • Business Acumen: Appreciation and understanding of the financial services industry in order to make sound business decisions.
  • Learning Agility: Openness to new ways of thinking and acquiring new skills to retain a competitive advantage.

Learn more about Critical Skills

Equal Employment Opportunity

Voya Financial is an equal-opportunity employer. Voya Financial provides equal opportunity to qualified individuals regardless of race, color, sex, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, disability, veteran status, creed, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other status protected by state or local law.

Reasonable Accommodations

Voya is committed to the inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Voya will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please reference resources for applicants with disabilities.

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