Senior Java Developer

Global Financial Firm located in IRVING, TX and TAMPA, FL has an immediate contract opportunity for an experienced Senior Java Developer

"This role is currently on a Hybrid Schedule.
You will need to have reliable internet, computer and android or iphone for remote access into the client systems during remote work.
We will be expected in the office weekly 3 days depending on the team requirement.

Video/ f2f interviews are required prior to all offers .

Title:Senior Java Developer

Description
Senior Java developer responsible for building out the firm's strategic reference data platforms used by the Institutional Clients Group in Client. The successful applicant will 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. As a senior developer, the candidate will be responsible for providing technical guidance to junior developers, including overseeing their deliverables, provide architectural guidance, enforce Client best practices, and conduct code reviews. A potential candidate will need to understand system and enterprise architecture concepts and will be expected to understand how all components fit together and impact one another. They will work with a global and diverse team of peers as well as liaise closely with Business Analyst, Production Support, and Infrastructure teams.

Required skills:

• 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

• A minimum of 8 years' application development experience

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or engineering or equivalent work experience

Responsibilities:

• 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

Preferred Skills and Experience:
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