Java Developer (Web Services, Spring, RESTful) IV (Contra...

We are looking for an experienced Java Developer to join our team on a long-term contract basis. The ideal candidate will design, develop, and implement high-quality web-based Java applications, ensuring that they meet business requirements and adhere to best practices. This position is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Primary Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement web-based Java applications to support business requirements.
• Contribute to the design and development of high-quality software for large-scale Java/Spring Batch/Hadoop distributed systems.
• Ensure expected application performance levels are achieved by designing, coding, testing, debugging, documenting, maintaining, and modifying complex and high-risk computer programs.
• Follow approved software development life cycle methodologies.
• Perform unit and system testing of application code.
• Execute implementation activities and ensure successful deployment.
• Analyze business requirements and translate them into technical design documents aligned with company architecture standards.
• Develop both basic and detailed program specifications.
• Create and maintain comprehensive design documentation.
• Resolve technical issues through debugging, research, and investigation.
• Perform and/or lead the design, coding, testing, implementation, and documentation of solutions.
• Rely on extensive experience and sound judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
• Perform a variety of tasks independently and collaboratively.
  

Skills

- May require a bachelor degree in Computer science and 8 years of experience in the field.

- Proficiency in the following general areas: Java Java 1.7/Java 1.8 Spring Framework Jenkins Gradle and Github.

- Experience with RESTful services Rabbit MQ JSON Unix Scripting and Hadoop is a plus.

- Core development experience in large scale enterprise Java applications using Spring Framework.

- Experience in SQL DB2 SQL databases

- Demonstrates very strong understanding of the business needs driving the projects.

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