Java Developer

Job Title - Java Developer
Location Evanston, IL
Duration 4-6 Months CTH
Rate - DOE
U.S. Citizens and those authorized to work in the U.S. are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor at this time.
JOB DESCRIPTION

Only Locals who are GC/USC who can go to clients' office 2- 3 days a week

• Current work setup (hybrid model)
  • 2 Days - Work from client site
  • 3 Days - Work from home

• Other requirements:
  • Dress Code: Formal dress code when working from client location.
  • Vaccination: Client require candidate to be fully vaccinated, as their facility is fully vaccinated area.

• 8+ years' experience in software development on Java Platform
• Strong understanding of RDBMS concepts, with ability to understand and write complex queries, stored procedures, analytical skills.
• Experience in development and production support environment.
• As a senior developer ability to work independently, highly motivated self-starter and a good team player with ability to work under minimal supervision.
• Ability to perform effort estimation, breakdown workload into MVP.
• Strong Communication skills
• Primary Skills: Very Strong with extensive knowledge and experience in -

o Java 6 and above
o Hibernate 2.5 and above.
o Spring Framework 2.5 and above
o Eclipse Keplar and current. Other similar IDE
o SQL (Actual language not just using ORM)
o JBoss (Preferred 5 or 7)/Wildfly
o Maven
o Experience in UX (HTML, CSS, Java script )
o Struts Framework
o Tomcat (preferred version 7 or above)
o Linux
o nt/Ivy
o Freemarker
o Analytical Skills: Ability to perform root cause analysis, identify the defect area reported by client/ production support tickets. Ability to understand complex business processes & workflow, functional & technical process of application. Identify and resolve database related performance and/or other issues.
o Tools:
SVN & GIT: SVN and GIT are used as source code repository, hence must have knowledge and experience using these tools.
TFS: Experience in using TFS for agile projects.
JIRA and Confluence: JIRA is used for product support and enhancement ticket. Confluence is the document repository.
o Methodology:
gile - Normal course of project execution is under Agile methodology. Hence knowledge and experience to work in agile structure (Sprints, retrospectives, etc)

• Secondary:

o Postgres
o XSL/XSLT
o Excel
o Experience with AS/400 (iSeries) & DB2
o Perl
o deptia ETL or similar
o JasperReports
o iText

• Good To have

o Experience in migration Java 6 to newer version
o Experience in updating Java 6 code base for latest browser compatibility .