Java Technical Lead

Yoh has an immediate one to two (1-2) year contract opportunity for a JAVA TECHNICAL LEAD to join our client in Richmond, VA.

JOB OVERVIEW:

Our client is presently building Agile Scrum teams for long term consulting engagements across the country. They have a near term opportunity for 2-4 high performing Agile Scrum teams consisting of Product Owner, Scrum Master, Java Technical Lead, 4 Java Developers and 1 BSA. All candidates MUST have strong experience working in high performing, hyper focused Scrum teams with the desire to meet or exceed sprint goals. They expect their Agile teams to live and breathe Agile and will also offer periodic training in various categories such as vertical user story writing, effective backlog grooming, definition of "ready", Tasking, definition of "done" and more from our Agile Practice Director. Projects being supported involve SOA/web service integration for various client domains.

JOB OVERVIEW:

The Java Developer will be assigned to one or more project teams. As a member of a project team, the developer will assume various roles including full responsibility for delivering projects.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Responsibilities for Core Middleware team include product development, platform and vendor management, integration support for vendor applications, development and enhancements of middle tier infrastructure. Core Middleware team provides expertise on all framework level functionalities for middle tier application, such as connection pooling, messaging patterns, service componentization, service layer standardization, service monitoring, development and evaluation of tools leading to improved Middleware services and security.
- IT Development team is responsible for implementing features that support the development teams and or are prioritized by development including addressing technical debt items. It is a dynamic team that directly interfaces with development teams, IT Infrastructure teams and the architecture team for affecting any framework level changes, and process changes to enhance performance, maintainability, testability and availability of all applications.
- The team is responsible for coordinating and implementing the technical design, software development, quality assurance, implementation and support.
- The developer on IT development team will be working with development teams, architecture team and the infrastructure teams as part of project delivery to design and deliver a holistic solution which adheres to the requirements of all teams in IT department.
- Project Functions:
- Work with the development teams to refine and clarify requirements.
- Work with architects on executing framework level changes impacting systems across the board.
- Work with performance testing team to effectively performance test applications for environment and framework level changes.
- Work with QA analysts to think out of the box creative ways to test functionality and performance of applications for environment and framework level changes
- Properly track progress, effort, impediments and resolutions, by following SCRUM and Agile fundamentals.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS:

- Ten (10) plus years of experience developing applications in high-paced business environments.
- Strong skills in Core Java, J2EE, Spring, Servlets, WebServices, JMS, Mockito, JUnit, SQL, Maven, Ant, JDBC
- Strong experience in developing and deploying J2EE applications to both windows and Linux environments.
- Good working knowledge in configuring Tomcat, Weblogic and JBoss on both windows and Linux.
- Good working knowledge developing application components following the Java Messaging Standards, against different providers JBOSS Messaging etc.
- Working knowledge on XML technologies XSD, JAXB, XSLT
- Object-Oriented design and development.
- Working knowledge of information security concepts and principles
- Hands on experience with writing effective SQL and stored procedures
- Must be detail oriented, have strong communication, documentation, organization, troubleshooting and problem solving skills.
- Demonstrated ability to understand business requirements and design solutions based on those requirements.
- Sharp programming skills, eagerness for challenging, leading-edge development opportunities, and the ability to work with a variety of technologies and personnel are critical to the success in this role.

ADDITIONAL AREAS OF FOCUS:

- Knowledge in mock framework - easy mock, mockito, powermock etc.
- Performance testing JEE application.
- At least good experience in 2-3 spring modules.
- Strong knowledge in OO design patterns, integration patterns
- Knowledge in Java security, SSO, WS security

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RECRUITER: Becky Moore

Yoh is a professional staffing provider with over 70 years of experience in the short- and long-term staffing services industry.

Yoh, a Day & Zimmermann company, is an Equal Opportunity Employer, M/F/D/V.

Tax Term: CON_W2

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