Sr Java Developer

Responsible for developing and designing applications in Java and Oracle, handling critical incidents/non critical incidents, running automated test scripts. Ideal candidate familiar with test cases, and has experience with either automated or manual QA testing. This person will be processing data through java to the front end so the data request can be shown to the customer so someone with prior experience on customer facing applications is a plus. Also need to be experienced with SQL queries. Need someone who has been around entire SDLC including impact analysis when it comes to testing new features.

• Strategy & Planning
  • Acquire and interpret business requirements, creates a functional specification, and determines the most efficient/appropriate technologies.
  • While following department established standards, influence users in determining the best design to meet project requirements. Responsible for implementing approved architecture design.
  • Design, submit and review technical and process improvement recommendations as a member of the technical leadership team.
• Acquisition & Deployment
  • Perform complex programming assignments requiring an advanced aptitude of established programming standards, methods, and best practices.
  • Design application and database components for development projects.
  • Perform analysis of business models, logical specifications, and/or customer requirements to design and build Internet solutions utilizing multiple technologies.
  • Mitigate significant risks associated with projects, which have a high technical complexity and/or involve significant challenges to the business.
  • Understand the business problem being solved and recommend the best solution.
• Operational Management
  • Maintain and modify applications; make approved changes by amending application documentation, developing detailed programming logic, and coding changes.
  • Provide support for critical application problems and issues. Develop proactive measures to ensure issue is solved and or easily discovered going forward.
  • Act as a Subject Matter Expert in the discovery and investigation of critical production problems as required.
  • Collaborate with business domain experts to analyze and assess existing business critical functions. Recommend improvements to operational processes.
  • Assist Project Manager in the definition, gathering, development, and documentation of business and/or technical requirements, objectives, deliverables, design specifications and project plans.
  • Participate in requirements gathering and design responsibilities. Create documentation such as Technical Requirements and High-Level Design documents.
  • Collaborate with other developers, programmers, and designers in conceptualizing and development of new software programs and applications.
  • Lead or participate in software design reviews.
  • Assist in the diagnosis and correction of system issues and software bugs. Participate in measures to prevent them from happening again.
• Strategy & Planning
  • Acquire and interpret business requirements, creates a functional specification, and determines the most efficient/appropriate technologies.
  • While following department established standards, influence users in determining the best design to meet project requirements. Responsible for implementing approved architecture design.
  • Design, submit and review technical and process improvement recommendations as a member of the technical leadership team.
• Acquisition & Deployment
  • Perform complex programming assignments requiring an advanced aptitude of established programming standards, methods, and best practices.
  • Design application and database components for development projects.
  • Perform analysis of business models, logical specifications, and/or customer requirements to design and build Internet solutions utilizing multiple technologies.
  • Mitigate significant risks associated with projects, which have a high technical complexity and/or involve significant challenges to the business.
  • Understand the business problem being solved and recommend the best solution.
• Operational Management
  • Maintain and modify applications; make approved changes by amending application documentation, developing detailed programming logic, and coding changes.
  • Provide support for critical application problems and issues. Develop proactive measures to ensure issue is solved and or easily discovered going forward.
  • Act as a Subject Matter Expert in the discovery and investigation of critical production problems as required.
  • Collaborate with business domain experts to analyze and assess existing business critical functions. Recommend improvements to operational processes.
  • Assist Project Manager in the definition, gathering, development, and documentation of business and/or technical requirements, objectives, deliverables, design specifications and project plans.
  • Participate in requirements gathering and design responsibilities. Create documentation such as Technical Requirements and High-Level Design documents.
  • Collaborate with other developers, programmers, and designers in conceptualizing and development of new software programs and applications.
  • Lead or participate in software design reviews.
  • Assist in the diagnosis and correction of system issues and software bugs. Participate in measures to prevent them from happening again.

• Formal Education & Certification
  • Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in related field or equivalent experience.
• Knowledge & Experience
  • 5+ years of IT experience.
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience working on all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle.
  • Experience working with customers to build and formulate business requirements.
  • 5+ years Java, ORM/JPA/Hibernate, Web Services, Object-oriented design techniques, and common design patterns.
  • 3+ years of experience in writing SQL queries and stored procedures to Oracle databases.
  • Experience testing, debugging, and diagnosing software bugs and system issues.
  • Experience in automated testing desired.
  • Microservices experience
    • Advanced skills implementing API and Microservices architecture using any of the market leading solutions
    • Experience in implementing business critical, high volume, and highly available services is a must.
    • A strong hands-on development track records building integration and application utilizing a variety of technologies, development tools and database systems.