Position: Senior Advanced Java Developer
Location: NYC, NY (5 Days onsite)
Duration: Long-Term Contract
Position Description:
The ideal candidate will develop quality software across product domains and be proficient with various object-oriented development tools and techniques. The individual should be highly experienced with Core Java development, Java RESTful APIs, Gradle, Spring, Spring Boot, MQ Series, and related frameworks; possess good problem-solving skills; and take ownership of items independently while tracking to closure.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for the hands on design and development of core Java applications as part of the Deposits Agile Squad/Fleet.
- Ensure developed code is in alignment with system architecture and integration design standards; working with an enterprise framework.
- Participate in design discussions and contribute to the architecture process.
- Investigate production issues.
- Provide technical support for debugging web applications, database and assistance to production systems.
- The candidate will support continuous improvement of the automated systems. Participate in all aspects of SDLC (analysis, design, coding, testing and implementation)
Required Skills:
- 15 years of hands on professional experience using Core Java, Java Restful APIs, Gradle, Spring, Spring Boot, IBM WebSphere MQ Series and related frameworks.
- Solid understanding and experience with Object-Oriented design and development
- Strong Core Java (Collections / Data Structures, OOPS Concepts, Generics, Lambda, Multi-Threading) Java 8
- Good Communication skills and positive attitude
- Good understanding of integration frameworks technologies (Messaging / Streaming (MQ / Kafka), Web Services (REST / SOAP), Batch Processing (Spring Batch)
- Some experience or understanding in JavaScript, HTML 5
- understanding of Web based architectures and understand various type of authentication mechanisms [e.g. Cookie based authentication, Token based authentication, etc.] and authorization mechanisms
- Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
- Experienced with JUnit, Test Driven Development (TDD) using Concordion framework, and Behavior Driven Development using Cucumber and Gherkin.
- Competency with source control (preferably Git) and Continuous Integration tools such as Jenkins.
- Practiced understanding of Agile development methodologies and understanding of DevOps Integration