Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for a
Java Developer for a
direct placement assignment with one of our premier financial services clients in
Tampa, FL.
Responsibilities :
- Responsible for building out the firm's strategic reference data platforms used by the firm.
- Take ownership of key projects and components and will be responsible for all phases of the SDLC including analysis and design, development, testing and deployment.
- Responsible for providing technical guidance to junior developers, including overseeing their deliverables, provide architectural guidance, enforce firm's best practices, and conduct code reviews.
- Will need to understand system and enterprise architecture concepts and will be expected to understand how all components fit together and impact one another.
- Work with a global and diverse team of peers as well as liaise closely with Business Analyst, Production Support, and Infrastructure teams.
- Deliver assigned development projects within agreed schedule, quality and scope expectations
- Participate in all stages of the SDLC within an agile Scrum environment
- Form partnership with technology vendors and gain deep understanding of products
- Interact with senior management to define and drive architectural direction
- Interact with PMO and translate reported problems/issues into JIRA items to implement
- Enhance/Re-architect existing components to satisfy new requirements in terms of performance and scalability
- Provide level 3 (escalation) support for the application
Required Skills:
- minimum of 8 years' application development experience
- minimum of 2 years' team lead experience
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or engineering or equivalent work experience
- Experience with the following technologies:
- Java (Core, JDBC, MT, Collections, I/O), Spring Boot
- Strong understanding of SQL/PL-SQL on Oracle DB
- Cloud native microservices
- Tomcat or WebLogic application server, container platform based on Kubernetes
- REST web services, Kafka, Redis
- Unix commands and Korn shell scripting.
- Familiarity with standard data structures and algorithms.
- Thorough understanding of usage of the fundamental concepts like Exception Handling, Static block/variables/classes, OOPS concepts, Collections, Multi-Threading, Web services, Design Patterns
- Experience using the following - JIRA, uDeploy, SonarQube, TeamCity, Artifactory, Git (Bitbucket)
- Logical thinking, strong analytical and problem-solving skills; innovative and solutions oriented
- Effective time management skills to manage multiple priorities with flexibility on time zones and timelines
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Preferred Skills:
- Experience working with the Scrum methodology
- Experience working with a NoSQL database, preferably MongoDB/Redis
- Experience developing web frontend using Javascript frameworks (prefer AngularJS, React & VUE)
- Exposure to functional programming language like Scala.
- Financial services technology experience preferably in reference data domain
- Physical and logical data modeling
SGA is a technology and resource solutions provider driven to stand out. We are a women-owned business. Our mission: to solve big IT problems with a more personal, boutique approach. Each year, we match consultants like you to more than 1,000 engagements. When we say let's work better together, we mean it. You'll join a diverse team built on these core values: customer service, employee development, and quality and integrity in everything we do. Be yourself, love what you do and find your passion at work. Please find us at .
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