Job Description :
Horizon International is a 25 year old IT professional services firm based in Boston, MA with focus on IT Application Development, Projects Outsourcing and Staffing. To all our employees, we offer fulltime employment with excellent compensation and benefits package. Our benefits include 401K, Green Card Processing, FSA, STD, and LTD.
Horizon International can process Green Cards without any waiting period including EB3 to EB2 porting for eligible candidates.
Horizon International can process green cards without any waiting time.
We serve clients in the finance, banking, insurance, and retail verticals offering practical IT solutions.
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Position: Java Developer
Location: Boston, MA & Danbury, CT
Duration: Full Time / Long Term
Pay DOE (must be able to work on our W2, we do transfer H1B''s) Immediate Interview
Duties and Responsibilities
Design, code, test, and deploy JEE based solutions into industry-leading container/application server environments. After quickly proving your abilities as an engineer, you will lead others
in these activities.
Work directly with customers to analyze requests and constructively provide feedback that meets the requirement while leveraging our core products as much as possible.
Leading design discussions, application architectural reviews, security and performance reviews
Support and/or install software applications and environments
Assigning work across yourself and other engineers
Test software through unit testing, test review and analysis, test witnessing and certification using defect tracking software, fixing, and resolution
Write thorough descriptions of system design, program functions, and steps required to successfully deploy business solutions
Evaluate alternative approaches and devise imaginative solutions tailored to project and team needs
Time management including time tracking and estimation of requirements
Education
BS/BA Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent experience.
Experience
A minimum of 10 years technical experience working on development of n-tier systems based on distributed application architectures using Java and object-oriented design.
High level of competency in the following areas:
Java 5, Servlets, JSP, XML, javascript, and HTML
Relational databases - preferably Oracle, SQL Server, and DB2
Application servers and servlet containers - preferably Tomcat, JRun, WebSphere, WebLogic, and JBoss
Practical experience in the following areas:
Leading discussions and teams in designing, developing, and deploying new web applications
Unit testing concepts and all phases of the software development life cycle
Optimizing and performance tuning web applications
Demonstrated abilities:
Working comfortably with all levels of an organization, including external customers
Taking ownership for producing results
Acting as mentor to more junior team members by leading code reviews and design sessions
Writing business documents that demonstrate command of language, clarity of thought, and orderliness of presentation
Expressing oneself and communicating effectively with others verbally
Desirable, but not required:
Work experience in the insurance industry ( Nice to have Agencyportal experience)
Working knowledge of ACORD standards
Experience with automated testing tools