Java Backend Developer

Job Title : Java Backend Developer

Job ID: 2022-11863

Job Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FL (open for relocation within 30 days)

Job Travel Location(s):

# Positions: 2

Employment Type: W2

Candidate Constraints:

Duration:Long Term

# of Layers:0

Work Eligibility:US Permanent Eligibility to Work Required

Key Technology: Java, Spring Boot, RESTful, microservices, JBoss

Job Responsibilities:

Leads the creation of a comprehensive end-to end detailed solution with overall accountability for the technical design and delivery of the System Design Specification (SDS) and is largely focused on large-scale, complex or enterprise projects. May also be accountable for complex programming / coding. Looking for someone who is a motivated self-starter with strong communication skills.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for developing and documenting detailed solution design within SDS and act as an application SME through the design and development lifecycle ensuring alignment with Architecture
• Lead the creation of solution options and ultimately a comprehensive end-to-end solution and coordinate relevant stakeholders, as required to support development initiatives
• Provide estimates for new projects and initiatives for the development / design component of the overall plan working with relevant team members / stakeholders
• Develop functional, technical and user interface designs for an application / system that meets the defined requirements (business, enterprise architecture direction, system performance and development standards)
• Consult on development of the System Requirements Specification (SRS) and apply functional knowledge of business functions to design optimal software / systems
• Review technical deliverables throughout detailed design and development phase to ensure quality adherence and identify gaps or redesign requirements as needed
• Work with the Technology Project Manager, Business Analysts / Systems Analysts, and other team members to define metrics and performance goals for the application
• Assist in the identification of opportunities to minimize cost, provide recommendations and/or deliver corresponding strategic solutions to support cost effectiveness and to enhance stakeholder experience
• Conduct code reviews to ensure adherence to quality, standards compliance, reusability and ease of maintenance, Operational Readiness Reviews, and supporting gating and review signoffs for solution design
• Support knowledge management processes for LOB/portfolio and ensure knowledge is codified, monitored, tracked and managed
• Ensure design leverages existing reusable components and has traceability to business requirements and ensure new modules are designed with reusability as a key requirement
• Identify and address application and data issues and cross-capability and cross-release issues that affect application integrity
• Provide technical support for escalated incidents / outages to ensure that they are resolved efficiently with minimal impact to stakeholders
• Prioritize and manage own workload to deliver quality results and meet timelines
• Support a positive work environment that promotes service to the business, quality, innovation and teamwork and ensure timely communication of issues/ points of interest
• Identify and recommend opportunities to enhance productivity, effectiveness and operational efficiency of the business unit and/or team
• Participate in knowledge transfer within the team and business units
• Advanced knowledge of the business, technical environment, processes, tools, various and multiple programming languages, operating systems, solutions design, and other relevant technology areas
• Subject matter expert in at least one area of discipline and consults with clients / or project teams on all aspects of research, analysis, design, hardware / software support, development of technical solutions and/or testing

Skills and Experience Required:

Required Skills:

• Undergraduate degree or Technical Certificate in in Computer Science or an equivalent field
• 5-8 years of relevant experience with strong coding capabilities in Java
• Spring Boot 2.5+ / Spring framework (for dependency injection and we also use Spring-WS to call SOAP)
• Consuming and Creating Restful services and Micro services
• JBoss application server experience. Alternatively, skills in WebSphere, or Tomcat accepted.
• Good skills in GIT, Jenkins
• Skill in Databases (MySQL)
• Development (J2EE and Web Services)
• Good experience developing Web Services (HTTP, XML, REST, SOAP, WSDL, UDDI)
• Jira and confluence
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Highly organized, self-motivated, attentive to detail, and customer oriented
• Positive attitude and can work independently or in groups

Desired Skills:

• Working experience in Enterprise/ Financial Industry. Knowledge of bank and technology standards (e.g., infrastructure, architecture, processes, applications) is an asset
• JSSE (for all kinds of encryption like SSO).
• Maven
• Scripting (Java script, XSLT, ANT).
• Good understanding of Agile methodologies (Scrum, SAFe, etc.).