Senior JAVA Developer

Psybergate is an IT company that builds bespoke software solutions and provides highly skilled resources to its clients.

Role

We are looking for a Senior JAVA Developer to join our financial services client based in Sandton for a 12-months contract role. What you will be doing:

• Build Java integration services and applications using company Framework with an enthusiasm for solving interesting technical challenges in a Banking environment.
• Be involved in all aspects of development playing a critical role in design, planning, development and deployment.
• Debugging & troubleshooting.
• Write well documented and maintainable code.
• You must be prepared to bring new ideas to the workplace, but also to accept how things have been done and the reasons for doing things this way.
• Migration from proprietary Application Servers to WAS
• Performance and troubleshooting of WAS Infrastructure
• Design, build and run of IBM Websphere Application Server Infrastructure Solutions

What we are looking for:

• Completed IT degree / BSc Degree in Computer Science or related technical field.
• 10 years Java application programming/development experience
• 8 years JEE-Experience
• 5 years Application Server experience i.e. Websphere Application Server
• 5 years relational database experience (DB2 preferred)
• 5 years Spring Framework, JEE-Experience
• Strong technical/ software engineering background (hands-on)
• Strong application/software development or programming background in Java
• Good experience in system, application architecture, design, development, implementation and deployment (end-to-end).
• Ability to work on different tiers of the application
• Object oriented Design and MVC-pattern
• Experience on web technologies (Web Development JavaScript Frameworks - preferably Angular 4, JavaScript, CSS, HTML5, Etc.)
• Solid experience on J2EE (Servlet, JSP, JDBC, JMS, EJB), Spring Framework, JPA, Hibernate, Open Source Frameworks
• Solid experience with SOA-Architecture with the related integration protocols (e.g. Web Services (SOAP/XML), REST & JSON, and MQ), as well as the related SOA-security requirements/models.
• Solid application database management practices in a high volume Java environment (SQL, DB2, and NoSql Cassandra/MongoDB).
• Solid JEE/WebSphere Foundation experience, especially on WebSphere Application Server, JBOSS, Linux, Virtualisation technologies and Caching technologies
• Good experience with integrated system environments
• Practical experience in a high volume banking environment. (E.g. application clustering, scaling, multi-threading, session management, etc.)
• Experience with re-use and standardisation, security considerations, deployment architecture like automated application builds, software configuration management & tools, etc.
• Experience with Application Integration challenges in a big corporate environment with ESBs e.g. WebSphere MessageBroker, DataPower, MQ-Series, and API-Connect.
• Proven ability as a problem-solver
• Self-driven, self-starter, technology leader, and able to work independently.

Must have working experience on the following tools/IDEs

• Eclipse
• InteliJ
• Spring Tool Suite
• Git
• Maven
• Jenkins
• SonarQube
• Nexus

Please note that if you do not hear from us within 3 weeks, consider your application unsuccessful.

Please note that most of our positions are remote however candidates should be residing within the traveling distance as circumstance of the opportunity can change.