The Senior Java Developer shall have extensive experience in all phases of the systems development life cycle, with emphasis on Requirements Engineering/ Management, design, development/programming, documentation, testing, and implementing Java based Web Applications.
· Knowledge of Rapid Application Development (RAD)/Joint Application Development (JAD) methodologies.
Provides technical assistance to less experienced personnel in the resolution of systems-related problems.
Provides technical direction for performing software development tasks and reviews work products for correctness and adherence to design standards.
Coordinates with the Senior Project Manager/Project Manager to ensure problem resolution and user satisfaction.
Has hands-on experience with projects, supporting Service Oriented Architecture principles and documents the solution architecture, design documents using the principles of UML.
Has excellent written and spoken communications skills, and will be able to perform technical documentation, user documentation, white papers, and customer presentations as required.
Has extensive experience to analyze customers' needs, design a quality proposal and then develops customized solutions to customer/user problems.
Primary point of contact between SSA user community and the contractor for major projects and will develop detailed and robust code, test, and implement proposed systems
Skills Requirements:
Experience with J2EE technologies such as Core Java, JSP, EJB, JDBC, JMS, WASD, Web sphere, RAD and Servlets.
Strong UI experience.
Knowledge of Windows 7, Unix.
Experience with J2EE Framework/ORM such as Struts2 and Hibernate.
Experience with DROOLS is a plus.
Solid OOD/OOP foundation with experience in UML diagramming and design documentation.
Relational Database experience such as Oracle, DB2, SQL Server, SQL and JDBC.
Strong Web Services experience such as WSDL, SOAP,JAXP, JAX B,XSLT, WS-Security, MTOM, SWA.
Strong XML processing experience such as XSD, XPath, XSL, XSLT
Experience with JavaScript, HTML, SSL, MKS, SQL Developer, IBM Eclipse, WSAD, TOAD.
· Exposure to JQuery and OpenJPA.
· Quality Center/Application Lifecycle Management (ALM).
Knowledge of mainframe technologies is a plus.
Experience with complex programming, program debugging, data analysis, problem analysis and resolution issues within OO application systems.
Communication skills to present ideas and concepts effectively; strong and proven problem solving.
Self-managed with the ability to mentor others.
Familiarity with project management frameworks.
Education:
Bachelors or Master's Degree from an accredited college in a related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education, with 11+ years or more of professional experience.