Sr Java Developer (IBM/ODM)

Development Professional

If you are a confident, poised, self-motivated and creative professional with a passion for communications and a belief that good communication is vital to driving change, we are your next destination employer!

Apply to join us, the Production Support team! As a Development Professional, you will be a part of the software development team that will work on projects for critical Freddie Mac core applications. You will be engaging with a project team that is comprised of business, analysis, testing, and infrastructure partners, all working together to enhance the capabilities of these systems.

Your work falls into three primary categories:

• Software Development
  • Understand Business needs and processes; identify solutions, present and work with project team/sponsors in identifying best solution.
  • Participate in Requirements Analysis; design Applications based on System Requirements; promote top code quality and solve challenging issues related to performance tuning and scalability.
  • Provide production support that includes evaluate defects, investigate cause and come up with solutions to address defects.
  • Implementation of software application changes with aggressive deployment timelines.
  • Execute department processes in a high-quality, efficient and team oriented manner.
• Security
  • Work to address security vulnerabilities within the enterprise ops and tech division at Freddie Mac
  • Upgrading libraries to newer source code as needed
• Application Support
  • Support one of Freddie Mac’s core applications in providing Level 3 support. This support includes providing fixes to production defects and making light enhancements. Quickly evaluate defects, investigate cause and come up with solutions to address the defect. Production support is matrix based organizational support, and the individual needs to clearly communicate progress and issues to matrix manager.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor Degree in Computer Science or Information Technology or related discipline or equivalent combination of education and experience from which knowledge and skills may be obtained.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in software development; 2 years of relevant experience and specialized training or certification in the following technologies: J2EE, Java, Web Development and SQL.
• Experience with IBM ODM, ILOG JRules or any other Rule Engine preferred
• Proficient in documenting and communicating ideas clearly
• Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills
• Experience with UML, SQL and UNIX Shell Script
• Experience with Spring, Spring MVC is preferred.
• Experience with SOAP based Web services is preferred.
• Experience with REST based Web services is preferred.
• Experience with Javascript frameworks like JQuery is a plus.
• Familiarity with Bootstrap, JSON, Jenkins, Maven Builds is a plus.
• Knowledge of the Mortgage Industry is a nice to have.
• Experience with Agile or Waterfall software development project methodologies preferred
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Demonstrated analytical ability and problem-solving skills
• Self-starter; collaborative; problem-solver
• Organized, ability to meet deadlines, work independently, manage multiple priorities

Key to success in this role:

• Works under normal supervision. Follows established directions from Team Lead.
• Good team player.
• Strong written and oral communications skills.
• Proactive in nature with customer satisfaction as primary goal.
• Innovative in providing solutions, likes to take on challenges with calculated risk.
• Quick learner of new technologies and tools.
• Not a just developer, but a developer with a mindset to think holistically to build a reliable, flexible, and well performing system.