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Job Title: Senior Java Developer
Reports to: Practice Head: Java Solutions
ROLE OVERVIEWRolverview
DVT requires the long-term services for an Innovative Senior Java Developer with experience in building high performing, scalable, enterprise-grade applications.
You will be part of a talented technology driven software team that works on mission-critical applications. You will be responsible for Java/Java EE application development while providing expertise in the full software development lifecycle, from concept and design to testing.
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
- Java systems development experience using core Java Enterprise edition
- 5+ years’ java development experience
- Knowledge of OO design principles and enterprise design patterns.
- Profound insight of Java and JEE internals (Classloading, Memory Management, Transaction management, etc)
- Agile environment
- Experience in developing web applications using at least one popular web framework (JSF/Primefaces, AngularJS, Wicket, GWT, Spring MVC)
- Experience with XML/XSD/JAXB and Web Services (Soap & Rest).
- Experience in the Spring Framework, EJB3
- Javascript, CSS and HTML etc.
- Excellent knowledge of ORM technologies (JPA, Hibernate)
- Solid working knowledge of Relational Databases, SQL and Data Model
- Experience with Test-Driven Development (TDD)
- Agile/Scrum background experience would be a value add
- Unit testing and mocking frameworksAbility to conceptualise and simplify complex problems
COMPETENCIES
competencies
- Passionate about technology and development.
- Results oriented with the ability to work under pressure and juggle multiple concurrent projects with changing priorities and deadlines
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
- Able to deal with complexity and migrate between detailed and high level requirements.
- Self-starter who takes ownership, is accountable, and is able to work with minimal supervision.
- Communication Skills (written & verbal)
- Listening Skills
- Planning, organising and execution skills
- Work under pressure
- Innovative
ATTITUDES
ATTITUDES
- Passion for people
- Enthusiastic and committed
- Work in a team environment
- Ability to work under pressure
- Delivery focused
- Work to achieve tight deadlines
- Professionalism (conduct and appearance)
- Motivated
- Show initiative
- Awareness of the environment
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Develop Java application software
- Assist with the production of technical specifications and designs
- Design and develop high-volume, low-latency applications for mission-critical systems, delivering high-availability and performance
- Contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle
- Write well designed, testable, efficient code
- Ensure designs are in compliance with specifications
- Prepare and produce releases of software components
- Support continuous improvement by investigating alternatives and technologies and presenting these for architectural review
- Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders
QUALIFICATIONS
alQualificationsifications
- Preference: BSc/ BSc Hons/ MSc degree in Computer science, Software engineering or a related field of study
- Matric, A or O levels
TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL NEED:
- Hands-on experience with Spring Cloud
- Good understanding of microservices, event-based architectures
- Hands-on experience with Netflix OSS (Eureka, Ribbon, Hystrix, Feign)
- Hands-on experience with Batch processing using Spring batch
- Strong experience working with various JEE based Application Servers (Weblogic, Websphere, JBoss etc.)
- Good understanding of web security (OAuth2, JWT, OpenID)
- Good understanding of AWS cloud ecosystem (Cloud Practitioner Certified)
- Hands-on experience with Spring security
- Hands-on experience with UI frameworks like Angular or React
- Hands-on experience with NoSQL DBs (MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Hazelcast etc)