Job Description :
Our client in the Horsham, PA area is looking for a Java Architect for a full time role via a 6 month contract to hire.
Java Architect
6 Months
Contract to hire
F2F interview
Position Description:
The Digital Technology Team is responsible for the Applications and Content Management Platforms that drive the public and business partner facing Internet and mobile properties. We work closely with the business and marketing teams to provide consistent, integrated internet applications that are intuitive, dependable and easy to use for our customers. We are seeking a passionate results-oriented technologist to drive technology direction focused on revitalizing our technology to enable better, faster, simpler solutions relying on modern cloud based patterns. Someone that is highly motivated, hands-on and cross-functional with the capability of driving high quality solutions to difficult problems.
Required Skills:
· 8+ years total experience with Java development in an Agile environment
· 3+ years as an Architect within a Java environment
· Hands on architect with ability to perform code reviews and understand the newest technical concepts and Java related technologies
Bonus:
Extensive experience with AWS (will be working to modernize the existing application stack for AWS)
Ideal would be a candidate with both Java and .Net background
Essential Functions/Specific Duties:
· Responsible for the technical integrity of our team's delivery.
· Partner with Enterprise Architects to translate requirements created by functional analysts into the architecture for that solution, and to produce design artifacts and select the most appropriate technology for our team's deliverables.
· Partner with Enterprise Architects to develop and then advocate re-usable solution design patterns that are in alignment with the overall target state architectures of a given business area or business capability.
· Partner with Application Development Managers in the analysis and estimation of future work impacting our teams.
· Partner with the Scrum Masters to lead our team in breaking down complex Features/Stories into well understood and achievable tasks.
· Be an active developer and contributor to the teams’ delivery.
· Take the lead on solving and implementing difficult technology challenges and drive our team to successful delivery.
· Work closely with BA/QA team members to create test plans and ensure that issues are properly identified, fixed, and tested.
· Develop and leverage strong strategic relationships across the Ditech organization
· Ensure development quality is being tracked and improved using techniques like Unit Testing and Peer Review.
· Strengthen the presence of our team as a Technical center of excellence for Web Application Development and Content Management across the entire technology organization.
· Mentor team members to progress their technical and professional skills.
· Monitor and modify processes and procedures to ensure teams have adequate resources, technical and personnel, to support development
· Other job duties requested by senior/executive management
Requirements:
· 8+ years of progressive knowledge and experience working in an Agile environment.
· Have a firm grasp of fundamental web, internet, and mobile technologies.
· 5+ years of project leadership experience
· Proactive learner – constantly improving skills and keeping up with modern technology concepts
· Experience and knowledge of residential loan servicing and/or financial industry a plus
· Excellent listening and interpersonal skills
· Strong written and oral communication skills, with ability to communicate ideas in both technical and user-friendly language
· Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
Middleware Development:
· 8+ years of experience with the Java or .Net languages and ecosystems
· Experience with cloud-based, service-oriented architectures, specifically loosely coupled microservices. Strong grasp of developing inter-communicational protocols, security, logging, and load balancing is a big plus.
· Database - Must be proficient in SQL, preferably across multiple RDBMS including DB2, MS SQL Server, and Oracle.
Content Management:
· 5+ years’ experience implementing solutions with one or more web Content Management
· system.
· Experience with WordPress Content Management platform.
· Strong experience implementing custom Content Management components and workflows.
· Some experience with internalization concepts and techniques is preferred.
Web Development:
· Strong experience with HTML, CSS and client-side JavaScript, including ES6 and libraries such as ReactJS and jQuery.
· Experience with RESTful services for both the client and server implementations.
· Experience with Responsive Design techniques and implementation.
· Broad and deep understanding of multiple application server platforms including IIS, Apache, Tomcat.
Engineering Practices:
· TDD - Must have practical experience with unit testing and how to apply it to Web Content Management components and JavaScript based applications.
· ATDD - Preferred experience with Acceptance Test Driven Development including the use of tools like Cucumber and Selenium.
· Continuous Integration - Experience automating builds using CI Servers like Jenkins/Hudson.
· Experienced mentor with the ability to work in a collaborative environment and coach other team members on coding practices, design principles and implementation patterns that lead to high-quality maintainable.
Education:
· Bachelor’s degree in Computer science, Computer Engineering or a related field or the foreign equivalent required.