Sr java developer

Sr Java Developer

6 month contract w/extension

Downtown Chicago or Naperville, IL - onsite 3 days per week

Project Overview:

We are seeking a senior Java Developer responsible for designing, developing, testing and deploying software on cloud-based applications.

Contractors Role:

You should be comfortable with back-end coding languages, development frameworks, and third-party libraries with an emphasis on JAVA, Spring Boot and Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF experience not required). Contractor will be a key member of a cross functional team following Agile development methodologies.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 8+ years of experience in application development experience using Java, Cloud.

• Experience of working on Cloud based - Java applications

• Prior experience of modernizing legacy applications to a strategic cloud-based micro service application

• Experience in development of Java J2EE applications

• Application integration using API, REST and SOAP web services

• Experience with Service Oriented Architecture and cloud-based services

• Working knowledge of DevOps tools such as Jenkins, Kubernetes and CI/CD pipelines

• Understanding of OAuth 2.0, Ping Federate, ZScaler

• Database/Stored Procedure experience preferably with DB2, Oracle >= 11g versions

• Knowledge of code version control tools - Github

• Desired experience with Spring, Web services, APIs such as JDBC, Hibernate, Eclipse IDE

• Experience in messaging gateways - Kafka, Solace, MQ

• Cloud Computing concepts and deployment: AWS (Amazon Web Services) or Microsoft Azure

• Experience working in onsite/offshore model

• Experience with production code migrations

• Experience working in Agile methodologies

• Experience working with production support and business teams