Java Engineer - Contract

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• Significant business knowledge and direct experience of developing enterprise Java applications.
• 5 years minimum in the development of JAVA/J2EE applications.
• Experience with J2EE frameworks such as Spring and Apache Struts 2.
• Experience with deployment and administration of J2EE Application Servers and Frameworks, e.g. Tomcat, JBoss, Spring Security etc.
• Strong knowledge of Object-Oriented concepts, Design Patterns and UML.
• Working knowledge of build tools like Maven and Ant.
• Good knowledge of internet technologies such as JavaScript, JQuery, CSS and XML.
• Experience with relational databases (DB2) and JDBC / SQL.
• In-depth understanding of Java web development including JSP/Servlets.
• In-depth knowledge of development tools such as Eclipse, ANT, Subversion, JUnit.
• Familiar with concepts of versioned software and software development lifecycles.
• Creative thinking and able to work within an agile project approach.
• Flexible, with ability to work on own initiative to bring assigned work to fruition.
• Strong analytical, problem solving, decision-making, and communication skills.
• Have high standards, good attention to detail and a methodological work process.
• Self starter who works well under pressure and is a team player.

Knowledge and Experience of the following  is desirable:

• iBatis Framework.
• JAXB (XML interfaces based on XSD).
• IBM Websphere Studio Application Developer (or similar tool).
• IBM Websphere Application Server  v5, v6 & v7.
• IBM Websphere MQ.
• Software development tools like Hudson and Jira.
• Knowledge of webservices.
• iSeries/AS400.
• Oracle's ATG Web Commerce.

Education and Qualifications

• Degree educated or experience led equivalent.
• ITIL foundation.
• A recognised technical qualification.
• At least 5 years relevant experience in Java/J2EE application development.
• Demonstrable understanding and several years’ experience of applications management requirements.