Senior Java Developer

The successful candidate will participate in a team environment supporting a U.S. Government contract that provides personnel security management to DOD. The position involves the creation of new applications as well as modifications to existing applications. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES / ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Responsible for the design, development, testing, documentation, and maintenance of software applications in a federal government personnel security product.
• Act as a developer on Jasper reports and Web enabled J2EE type applications, gathering requirements, translating business requirements to technical solutions, estimating, coding, debugging, testing, research application/software problems and determining root causes, proposing and implementing solutions.
• Follows standards based software development/engineering processes and procedures, such as CMMI, and delivers high quality components/products.
• Will also need to provide clear and timely status to management as required.

QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

• Java (J2SE and J2EE), JSP/servlet, JDBC, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, XML;
• Java IDE, Eclipse is a plus;
• Jasper Report tool
• Enterprise class IDE tools, WebSphere Studio Application Developer is a plus;
• SCM tools, StarTeam is a plus;
• Data modeling tools, ERWin is a plus;
• Middleware/transport layer, such as SOAP or Java RMI;
• SQL and RDBMS systems, Sybase ASE is a plus;
• Application servers, JBOSS or Red Hat EAP is a plus;
• Web servers, Sun Java Web Server 6.1 or higher is a plus;
• Web technologies and protocols, such as, Web Services, WSDL, TCP/IP, FTP, HTTP, HTTPS
• Platforms, such as Windows XP, Unix (Sun Solaris is a plus).
• Familiarity with Department of Defense personnel security issues is a plus

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION / KNOWLEDGE

• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent in an engineering or computer field;
• 5 or more years of software development experience, including experience in all phases of the software development lifecycle.
• Strong enterprise design skills and experience in a Java based environment, including web services.
• Ability to work in contractor's environment, occasionally.
• Use of Agile skills & methodology
• Must have experience developing and testing Java applications.
• Experience of performance tuning is a plus.
• Experience with relational databases, Web application development, and Web technologies are required.
• Knowledge of Object Oriented design principles, MVC concepts, and data and object models are also required. 
• Current/Active - fully adjudicated DoD Secret (SSBI) or Top Secret clearance required to be considered. Local to DC Metro

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