SENIOR JAVA DEVELOPER
Position Summary
Job Title
Senior Java Developer
Vacancy
1
Work Arrangement
Onsite
Location
Washington, DC 20003
Employment Type
Contract
Engagement Type
W2 or 1099 only; no C2C
Final Interview
In person
Overview
The Senior Java Developer position requires in-depth knowledge of Java and J2EE background using Spring Technologies framework, design, and architectural styles / APIs (REST/RPC) and Agile methodologies for the development of application programs.
Dhaka Technologies Limited is hiring on behalf of a client, a District of Columbia government agency, that will be modernizing its Enterprise Application "Destiny" project to leverage new digital technologies such as cloud computing, data analytics, artificial intelligence, and mobile that are required to create a modern experience for the agency’s customers and partners. Modernizing the Enterprise Application Destiny helps the agency improve its services to citizens and enhance government operations while strengthening the overall data security. To address these challenges, the client team is looking to hire highly skilled individuals to rapidly connect the Enterprise Destiny Application with modern technology while minimizing disruption to the existing systems.
Role Description
The role will require you to design, develop, and test using Java technologies which will facilitate application development and implementation from development to QA to production. You will work to gain an understanding of the current system infrastructure, security needs, network considerations, and methodologies.
In this role, you will primarily focus on Java programming and supporting the ecosystem for the organization.
Responsibilities
The Senior Java Developer position requires in-depth knowledge of Java and J2EE background using Spring Technologies framework, design, and architectural styles / APIs (REST/RPC) and Agile methodologies for the development of application programs. The Senior Developer will be writing clean, scalable code using Java programming languages, refactor and debug code, improve existing software, test, and deploy applications and systems. The resource will be required to develop documentation throughout the lifecycle of the development process and provide technical support to the team.
• Ensure that the technologies are updated with current, stable, and compliant architecture and applications that meet enterprise standards.
• Collaborate with internal teams to produce software design and architecture.
• Develop, test, and deploy applications and systems.
• Revise, update, refactor, and debug code.
• Improve existing Java applications and systems.
• Proactively monitor and report performance utilization of assigned technologies.
• Troubleshoot software and/or hardware issues/failures.
• Manage problems or escalated tickets and tasks and out-of-cycle requests from systems/software owners.
• Determine the best course of action for meeting business needs and provide consultative expertise to customers on how to best use systems.
• Proactively monitor and identify broader, more complex issues across multiple, integrated, connecting technologies and communicate as appropriate.
• Provide technical knowledge and support to District agencies, personnel, and additional stakeholders.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.
• May coordinate activities of application developers.
• Able to identify best practices and standards for the use of the product.
• Deliver support and design for industry-specific applications that require integration with statewide systems or applications.
• Interact with executive-level business users or technical experts.
• May function as a niche technical SME (Subject Matter Expert).
Responsibilities
1. Demonstrates expertise in conveying technical and functional concepts for a specific technical specialty.
2. Identifies improvements to project standards to achieve high quality services/products. This is a professional position which may require subject matter expertise consistent with demanding and rare technological skills.
3. May require coordination of programming activities being conducted by the application development team.
4. Confers with other business and technical personnel to resolve problems of intent, inaccuracy, or feasibility of computer processing and project design.
5. Works with necessary personnel to determine if modifications are necessary with interested personnel to determine necessity for modifications or enhancements.
6. Leverages excellent written and verbal communication skills to develop new business process and programming solutions as directed by business and technical stakeholders.
7. May coordinate activities of application developers.
8. Able to identify best practices and standards for the use of the product.
9. Proven track record of hands-on technical design and code work within large complex systems.
10.Proven hands-on technical work with a variety of technologies.
11.Demonstrated technical expertise integrating a variety of diverse technical environments and cross-platform technologies.
12.Delivers support and design for industry-specific applications that require integration with statewide systems or applications.
13.Interacts with executive-level business users or technical experts.
14.Advanced experience in the required technical subject matter.
15.May function as a niche technical SME (Subject Matter Expert).
16.Has proven experience across large and complex implementations and systems.
Requirements
Minimum Education/Certification Requirements
• Bachelor's degree in IT or related field, or equivalent experience.
Required Skills
Skill
Required / Desired
Amount of Experience
Experience with core Java development with strong back-end development
Required
10 Years
Java – Annotations, Generics, Reflection, Inheritance, OO Design, NIO, Bean Validation
Required
5 Years
Spring Boot application development experience
Required
3 Years
Spring – Java Config, Dependency Injection, Autowiring concepts
Required
3 Years
Spring Integration development experience
Required
3 Years
Spring Web Services development experience
Required
3 Years
16+ yrs. preparing complex technical documentation
Required
3 Years
Synchronous and Asynchronous programming experience – Callbacks, Future, Timeout and Error Handling
Required
3 Years
Experience with Maven project build
Required
3 Years
Experience with Git version control repository
Required
3 Years
Experience with Tomcat / Jetty / Undertow application servers
Required
3 Years
Experience with Linux working environment
Required
3 Years
Experience with JIRA issue tracker
Required
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16+ yrs. conveying technical and functional concepts for a specific technical specialty
Required
16 Years
16+ yrs. preparing complex technical documentation
Required
16 Years
Must have enough experience to qualify for a Master Level position
Required
—
Red Hat OpenShift container-based application development and deployment experience
Desired
1 Year
Working with mainframe CICS containers and channels using JCA connectors
Desired
1 Year
Knowledge of Continuous Integration and Continuous Development (CI/CD) practice
Desired
1 Year
How to Apply
Interested candidates who meet the qualifications should send their resume to [email protected]
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