Java Developer

Client is seeking a qualified, energetic team-player to perform Application Developer duties. The incumbent will perform analysis, design, and programming tasks in a complex environment with emerging Java/J2EE architectural patterns for the Finance Systems and may support all custom developed applications deployed within the Commission. Duties will include working with the development team to ensure that designs effectively accommodate long-term maintainability, supportability, robustness, and scalability of software solutions; working with appropriate staff to ensure that designs accommodate agreed-upon business requirements and allow for reasonably expected additional and evolving requirements over time; keeping abreast of patches including minor and major version releases; evaluating merits and risks of upgrades; coordinating with appropriate staff to execute patches to deployed applications; monitoring day-to-day operational health of deployed applications; responsible for maintaining operational health of applications; and responsible for updating appropriate development documentation and knowledge base documentation. Must pass criminal background check.

TO QUALIFY

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or closely related field; or Bachelor’s Degree with equivalent combination of application development training and/or experience. Work experience in software & web development including enterprise Java platforms (Java/J2EE), JavaScript frameworks (AJAX, JQuery, or EXT-JS), with an understanding of EJB and Hibernate. Experience utilizing design patterns and software development best practices to accurately implement business requirements. Knowledge of industry best practices in source code control and configuration management. Work experience in software development utilizing some of the following tools/technologies: Ant, Apache, AppDynamics, JQuery, Drools, Eclipse, Filenet, GateIn, Groovy, JBoss, JSR (168/286-compliant portal development), JVM (Tuning/performance optimization), Kofax, Maven, OpenGrok, RHQ, SOLR, Spring, Spring MVC, Spring Web Flow, SQLServer (or other RDBMS), SVN, UML, and Velocity Templates. Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.

Preferred

Post Baccalaureate studies in CS and/or Sun Certified Java Programmer, Certified JBoss Web Developer, Sun Certified Business Component Developer.