Java Developer

Local
 Client Bank of Atlanta - onsite in Dallas,TX
Java Developer (1188)
12 mo contract
*upon offer, candidates must complete a background check*
Qualifications:
·    Seven years of proven application development experience that includes creating distributed applications through analysis of specific business requirements. 
·    Five years of experience in Java & Java EE technologies. 
·    Five years of Java Web UI development experience. 
·    Three years of experience in multi-threaded and core Java programming. 
·    Understanding and demonstrating use of Java EE patterns and frameworks. 
·    Three years of proven experience with the Rational Application Developer (RAD) or Eclipse tool. 
·    Three years of proven work experience with a Java EE application server (WebSphere, JBoss, Weblogic) including: deploying applications; defining application specific resources and security configurations; setting up SSL, logging etc.
·    Three years of experience with Web frameworks (i.e. Angular 2, Spring, JSF).
·    Three years of experience using relational database tools and concepts (Oracle Databases, PL/SQL, SQL/XML, XSLT, XPath, XQuery).
·    Three years of experience with AIX/Linux OS AIX Processes – Process Modeling, Monitoring, states, batch processing, priorities – shell scripting and command entry, process control, customizing user environments cron – scheduling, multitasking, batch commands
·    Two years of experience in JMS and similar technologies.
·    Two years of experience using XML.
·    Practical experience with a Software Configuration Management (SCM) tool (i.e. GIT, Subversion, etc.).
·    Experience supporting multiple production applications.
·    Experience with and is willing to initiate sharing knowledge with others.
·    Experience with Unified Process (UP) or agile software development methodologies. 
·    Strong written and oral communication skills. 
Preferred Qualifications 
Experience with one or more of the following tools would be a plus: 
·    WebSphere MQ 
·    Subversion (experience with utilizing version control tools and planning for parallel releases a plus) 
·    Java Web Services 
·    Java EE 7 and above 
·    JIRA Issue Tracker 
·    Angular 2 
·    Spring or JSF Framework 
·    JDK upgrade experience 
·    Dev Ops and Build experience 
·    WebSphere upgrade experience 
·    Experience with Test Driven Development Practices and frameworks (i.e. JUnit, Cactus, TestNG etc.) including the ability to write and run automated unit, integration and functional tests. 
Ability to: 
·    Quickly grasp new concepts and to see things in new and creative ways. 
·    Promote creative, original thinking and apply it to existing and emerging situations. 
·    Recognize, anticipate, and resolve problems. 
·    Demonstrate passion for the technologies and has a strong motivation and discipline for self-learning. 
·    Express and communicate with others, including business customers, verbally with a customer's awareness of tone, style and structure. 
·    Identify, troubleshoot, communicate and document production problems both at a technical and non-technical level. 
·    Produce a variety of business documents that demonstrates command of language, clarity of thought, and orderliness of presentation. 
·    Gather, clarify, and apply information transmitted verbally, while exhibiting a genuine interest toward the speaker. 
·    Impact/influence decisions within and outside our own organization.
·    Work effectively as part of a team. 
Responsibilities: 
Responsible for detailed technical design, development, and support of software applications using existing or new technology platforms. 
Formulates concepts and develops solutions using defined user requirements. 
Able to interpret requirements and work with the customer to clarify requirements as needed. 
Designs, codes, tests, and documents enhancements to existing systems of high complexity and scope, working with common application designs and specifications, utilizing industry and System standard procedures, products and methodologies. 
Executes performance and stress testing, as necessary. 
Designs or adapts frameworks and best practices established for the project, team, and Retail Payments Office consistent with industry standards. 
Works with business and technical resources in planning, developing, implementing, and supporting existing applications. 
Comments/Special Instructions 
·    Overtime as required by project schedules or management. 
·    Ability to provide afterhours support on a rotational basis