Java Developer

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Type of Employment: Contract
Title: Java Developer
Term: 6-Month
Location: Remote, for now,/ Toronto
Job ID number: C1264

Brief description of duties:

Our client needs a Senior Java developer for doing operations, maintenance, and product updates on a series of Java web applications. This Senior Developer must be knowledgeable and experienced in the following technologies to be able to support the related portfolio of products: Java/Spring, JSP, Javascript/jQuery, HTML/CSS, JBoss, Eclipse, Jasper reports, and Oracle PL/SQL and have at minimum basic knowledge of Cloud environment (preferably AWS).

Services:

This Senior Consultant/Developer will operate (run processes), maintain (small code changes), and develop changes (medium to major changes) to the portfolio of products assigned to them as well as, test, prepare deployment packages, deploy code/script changes, support user tests and inquires and perform or follow up on application administration tasks required for the product’s maintenance.

• Understand systems and Business processes related to the products in their assigned portfolio
• Process operational tasks in these products like running scripts in test and prod environments, change config files, etc, to support scheduled releases of the products
• Perform maintenance tasks in assigned products e.g. setting up environments, changes to roll-over to next Fiscal Year, support scheduled releases of the assigned products, etc
• Develop medium to major code changes as per approved product updates requirements to these products
• Develop test cases and execute unit, module, and system integration test plans and conduct comprehensive testing of information systems according to client’s quality assurance standards and processes
• Perform deployment to test environments and support QA team (as applicable) and users testing
• Support users inquiries
• Communicate well with Business users, Project Manager as well as other groups to ensure all tasks required for the product’s maintenance are covered
• Perform promotion and implementation of applications utilizing client’s ITSPD Change Management Protocols

• Create or modify documentation related to the changes in the product’s technical design and others as advised by the client’s internal IT team.

Must-haves:

• Profound knowledge and experience in developing in:
  • Oracle DB / pl/SQL
  • Java / Spring /MVC
  • JSP
  • Javascript / jQuery
  • SOAP-based Web services (JAXB, JAXWS)
  • HTML/CSS
  • Jboss
  • Eclipse
  • Jasper reports
  • myBatis experience is a bonus
  • SAS coding knowledge/experience is a bonus
  • Oracle Reports experience is a bonus
• Proven ability to effectively manage multiple deliverables on time and first time right
• Ability to handle a heavy workload
• Willingness to work on what is required for the product’s maintenance, being its operations, development, or other tasks
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills with logical and good attitude team player with strong oral and interpersonal skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to communicate to a different audience, being Business users, project managers or managers as well as technical peers
• Excellent collaboration with others in the teams and in other groups