Federal Java Developer

Key Responsibilities:

Utilizes a working knowledge of JEE/Java Frameworks, programming experience and overall Java development techniques to perform daily Java development, automated unit testing, and troubleshooting responsibilities

Design and develop JEE application that are aligned with the overall architectural approach and platform being used by the team(s)

Utilize an Agile incremental delivery approach, supporting incremental development of high-quality and producing a fully tested JEE application component every 2 weeks

Assist development/test teams in activities with acceptance testing, load testing, troubleshooting, and performance tuning as required

Proactively seeks opportunities to implement improvements in personal and team processes

Contributes to an atmosphere of cross-functional teamwork within the organization

Contributes to acceptance/functional testing duties and part of incremental feature development

Writing clean, high-quality, high-performance, maintainable code

Contribute to continual improvement by suggesting improvements to user interface, software architecture or new technologies

Provide technical leadership into general architectural decisions and design stability

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or comparable experience

7+ years of experience overall experience analyzing, designing and implementing integration solutions using Java/JEE, Spring and related technologies

4 years of object oriented and domain driven development principle

4 years of experience in developing Rest Services

4 years hands-on experience developing message-oriented integration solutions with IBM Websphere 

Must be a US Citizen 

Desired Skills:

Hands-on Hibernate experience with Oracle, MySQL or SQL Server a plus

Experience with a wide variety of testing tools and techniques including Junit

Thorough understanding and proven delivery experience within a Scrum/Agile project lifecycle approach to software development, including experience with Continuous Integration, Automated Testing, User Acceptance Testing

Experience in using Gradle build tool a plus. Must be a “team player” and have excellent written and oral communication skills

Self-Starter that has the ability to work under general direction

Ability to balance work across multiple projects concurrently