Job Description

Overview

We are looking for an exceptional individual to build Java integration services and applications using the specified Framework/s with an enthusiasm for solving interesting technical challenges. Be involved in all aspects of development playing a critical role in design, planning, development and deployment. The ideal candidate will not just be an outstanding Java developer, but will bring a mindset of creativity, innovation and balanced bleeding edge technology development with a relentless pursuit of timely product engineering delivery. The role requires ownership, logical thinking, and estimation of your own work, coding, unit testing, trouble shooting and performance optimizations. The candidate will work in an Agile (SCRUM) environment and will be allocated and co-located to a small agile development team (squad) xe2x80x93 Tribe and Chapter Model. The candidate will collaborate with team members to understand the problem & define, design, and ship new features through the development lifecycle. This includes brainstorm, contribution to new ideas, conceive innovative strategies, and implement solutions to difficult problems. Must be able to work independently, effectively and efficiently in a collaborative agile environment with scrum masters, solution engineers, designers, and developers.

Responsibilities

• Strong technical/ software engineering background (xe2x80x98hands-onxe2x80x99)
• Strong application/software development or programming background in Java
• Good experience in system, application architecture, design, development, implementation and deployment (end-to-end).
• Ability to work on different tiers of the application
• Object oriented Design and MVC-pattern
• Experience on web technologies (Web Development JavaScript Frameworks - preferably Angular 4, JavaScript, CSS, HTML5, Etc.)
• Solid experience on J2EE (Servlet, JSP, JDBC, JMS, EJB), Spring Framework, JPA, Hibernate, Open Source Frameworks
• Solid experience with SOA-Architecture with the related integration protocols (e.g. Web Services (SOAP/XML), REST & JSON, and MQ), as well as the related SOA-security requirements/models.
• Solid application database management practices in a high volume Java environment (SQL, DB2, and NoSql xe2x80x93 Cassandra/MongoDB).
• Solid JEE/WebSphere Foundation experience, especially on WebSphere Application Server, JBOSS, Linux, Virtualisation technologies and Caching technologies.
• Design, build and run of IBM Websphere Application Server Infrastructure Solutions
• Migration from proprietary Application Servers to WAS
• Performance and troubleshooting of WAS Infrastructure
• Good experience with integrated system environments
• Practical experience in a high volume banking environment. (E.g. application clustering, scaling, multi-threading, session management, etc.)
• Experience with re-use and standardisation, security considerations, deployment architecture like automated application builds, software configuration management & tools, etc.
• Experience with Application Integration challenges in a big corporate environment with ESBxe2x80x99s e.g. WebSphere MessageBroker, DataPower, MQ-Series, and API-Connect.
• Proven ability as a problem-solver
• Self-driven, self-starter, technology leader, and able to work independently.

• Must have working experience on the following tools/IDEs

• Eclipse
• InteliJ
• Git
• Maven
• Jenkins
• SonarQube
• Nexus
• Debugging & troubleshooting.
• Write well documented and maintainable code.
• Passion for software excellence and be quality driven.
• You must be prepared to bring new ideas to the workplace, but also to accept how things have been done and the reasons for doing things this way.

Qualifications

• B-Degree in Computer Science or related technical field.
• 10+ years Java application programming/development experience
• 8+ years JEE-Experience
• 5+ years Application Server experience i.e. Websphere Application Server
• 5+ years relational database experience (DB2 preferred)

Skills

General:

- Professional attitude. Has developed a reputation as a trusted advisor.
- Good stakeholder facing skills, with experience in developing partnerships with the team and stakeholders and collaborating with others to exceed expectations.
- Good problem-solving skills. Has experience in proposing different options and solutions for
approaching and resolving issues.
- Adaptable and responds positively to changing business issues. Sees change as an opportunity to improve performance.
- Excellent communication skills. Adapts style accordingly and demonstrates an understanding of the audiencexe2x80x99s perspective. Uses discretion when dealing with sensitive information.

Technical:

- Intermediate theoretical knowledge in development methodologies and has awareness of opportunities provided by new and emerging technologies and products.
- Has good applications/technology knowledge, building on specialist domain knowledge and has practical experience of development tools and platforms required to deliver.
- Good understanding of system architecture. Has experience in at least one development language and discipline, comfortable with basic SQL.
- Good development/scripting skills in common languages such as VB, JAVA, PERL, C++.
- Good knowledge on Cloud concepts and virtualisation.
- Solid understanding of object-oriented programming concepts and relational database design and querying concepts.
- Familiar with version control concepts.
- Knowledge of Microsoft .NET development using C#.
- Has had exposure to web development using HTML5, CSS and JavaScript.
- Knowledge of client/server application development and unit testing theory.
- Knowledge of agile development methodologies.

Management:

- Good people skills, has experience in supporting others in raising their performance and working out their development goals.
- Experience in supporting team success and motivating others to keep morale and performance high.

- Good self management, can set and work to quantified goals and standards, delivers by being aware of and considering the commercial impacts.
- Must be flexible, independent and self motivated.

Benefits

We are guided by shared values in all things we do: Courage, Excellence, Collaboration, Respect and
Accountability.

• Courage xe2x80x93 We are bold thinkers and doers, always ready to take on new challenges. We think of ourselves as entrepreneurs, matching creativity with vigilance.
• Excellence xe2x80x93 We are united by a shared ambition: change the game, together. Continuous performance is both an objective and a mindset.
• Collaboration xe2x80x93Teamwork and emotional intelligence are what makes us stand out in a crowd. We stand shoulder to shoulder, with our clients and our peers, through good times and setbacks.
• Respect xe2x80x93 We are a hive of different profiles, and we place a high value on openness and transparency. We show respect, always.
• Accountability xe2x80x93 We are reliable. We celebrate our successes, we take responsibility and learn from our failures. This is why we protect our xe2x80x9cright to failxe2x80x9d as an opportunity to bounce back and progress.

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