Role: Java WebSphere Developer

Location: Austin, TX
Contract: 14+ Months

Deadline: 7/5/21

Job Description:

The Candidate will perform highly advanced design and development work as part of a project team with direction and guidance from Project Manager and Applications Services Management. The Candidate must have strong hands-on technical experience with Java (WebSphere) development and proven success architecting, developing and implementing full stack web applications for a large organization. The primary goal of the worker will be to drive, assist and implement web application upgrades.

Client will require the Candidate to work on the following initiatives and will perform advanced analysis/programming tasks such as:

Participating in all phases of SDLC, including design, software development and code review.

Performing extensive code reviews and analysis.

Writing reports on code analysis to determine if industry standards and best practices are being followed; provide analysis to address found short-comings.

Providing guidance and knowledge sharing to existing development staff.

Must be able to:

·         Work with Business Customers, Section Managers, Project Managers, Business Analysts and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) in a professional and collaborative manner to define strategies and implementation approaches. 

·         Perform full-stack development using Java (WebSphere)

·         Write web frontends that meet WCAG 2.0 Standards and 508 Compliance/Web Accessibility requirements

·         Work with relational databases including SQL Server and Oracle.

·         Write T-SQL scripts that store and query relational data including joining and grouping.

·         Perform in-depth code reviews and analysis

·         Write unit tests using JUnit

·         Write automated tests using Selenium

·         Develop processes and procedures for Application Services.

·         Work independently in a team environment with local and remote teams

·         Must have:

·         Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.

·         Knowledge of software development methodologies Agile and Scrum

·         Problem-solving skills and ability to multi-task with readiness to put in extra efforts when necessary

Required Skills:

·         7 Yrs of Experience with full-stack web application development

·         7 Yrs of Experience with web technologies: HTML, CSS and JavaScript

·         5 Yrs of Experience with Struts 1.2

·         5 Yrs of Experience with IBM WebSphere 8.5

·         5 Yrs of Experience with SQL Server, Oracle

·         5 Yrs of Experience with highly complex application security requirements

·         5 Yrs of Experience with code reviews and in-depth code analysis

·         4 Yrs of Experience with Java 1.7

·         4 Yrs of Experience with MyBatis

·         4 Yrs of Experience with JUnit

·         4 Yrs of Experience with Subversion

·         4 Yrs of Experience with Git, Bitbucket

·         3 Yrs of Experience with WCAG 2.0 Standards, 508 Compliance/Web Accessibility

·         3 Yrs of Experience with JavaScript

·         3 Yrs of Experience completing system documentation

·         2 Yrs of Experience with Agile development experience with Scrum, Kanban

Preferred Skills:

·         5 yrs of Experience working with enterprise software solutions

·         5 Yrs of Experience with Eclipse IDE

·         2 Yrs of Public sector experience (Federal, State or Local Government)

·         2 Yrs of Experience with Confluence

·         2 Yrs of Proficient with the Microsoft Office products, including Outlook, TEAMS, Microsoft Project, Word, Visio, Excel and PowerPoint

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