Federal Java Developer

Job Description
Key Responsibilities:
Utilizes a working knowledge of JEE/Java Frameworks, programming experience and overall Java development techniques to perform daily Java development, automated unit testing, and troubleshooting responsibilities

Design and develop JEE application that are aligned with the overall architectural approach and platform being used by the team(s)
Utilize an Agile incremental delivery approach, supporting incremental development of high-quality and producing a fully tested JEE application component every 2 weeks
Assist development/test teams in activities with acceptance testing, load testing, troubleshooting, and performance tuning as required
Proactively seeks opportunities to implement improvements in personal and team processes
Contributes to an atmosphere of cross-functional teamwork within the organization
Contributes to acceptance/functional testing duties and part of incremental feature development
Writing clean, high-quality, high-performance, maintainable code
Contribute to continual improvement by suggesting improvements to user interface, software architecture or new technologies
Provide technical leadership into general architectural decisions and design stability

Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or comparable experience

7+ years of experience overall experience analyzing, designing and implementing integration solutions using Java/JEE, Spring and related technologies

4 years of object oriented and domain driven development principle

4 years of experience in developing Rest Services

4 years hands-on experience developing message-oriented integration solutions with IBM Websphere

Must be a US Citizen

Desired Skills:
Hands-on Hibernate experience with Oracle, MySQL or SQL Server a plus

Experience with a wide variety of testing tools and techniques including Junit

Thorough understanding and proven delivery experience within a Scrum/Agile project lifecycle approach to software development, including experience with Continuous Integration, Automated Testing, User Acceptance Testing

Experience in using Gradle build tool a plus. Must be a “team player” and have excellent written and oral communication skills

Self-Starter that has the ability to work under general direction

Ability to balance work across multiple projects concurrently