Senior Java Developer at Discovery Limited

Job description

Key Areas of Responsibility:

• The Senior Java developer must have a competent understanding of:
• The system development life cycle and can explain the Java developer role in each stage
• The defined system development tools, processes and workflows
• The distinction between business, functional and non-functional requirements and how to implement them
• The importance of delivering high quality source codes and how to achieve it
• The technologies used and the systems components structure
• The domain and business terminologies and link them back to system implementations
• The Senior Java developer should be able to demonstrate that they can:
• Develop, test, and maintain the deployed application software with high quality
• Analyse, maintain and enhance existing application and troubleshoot issues with efficiency
• Perform accurate development estimation
• Produce technical specifications and designs.
• Analytical and problem solving skills
• Self-starter who takes ownership, is accountable, and is able to work under minimum supervision
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Can help with quality assurance and provide comments
• Present to senior stakeholders
• Offer support and guidance to junior and intermediate Java developers
• Perform analysis at a strategic level and understand principles of business, technical and enterprise
• architecture
• Passionate about technology and development.
• Results oriented with the ability to

Personal Attributes and Skills

Minimum:

• 5 years Senior Java systems development experience.
• Java EE knowledge and experience.
• Experience with XML/XSD/JAXB, SOAP & Restful Services
• Unit testing and mocking frameworks.
• Experience with industry standard Application Servers (preferably WebLogic).
• Knowledge of OO design principles and development patterns
• Preferred
• Strong Java developer who not only understands the fundamentals of OO principles and
• methodologies but further knows how to apply them. APS require strong Java candidates to join an
• exciting and dynamic team.
• 5+ years Java systems development experience
• Java EE
• Deep understanding of Spring framework, specifically (Spring Core, Spring MVC, Spring Web Services,
• Spring Security, etc.)
• Maven
• ORM/Hibernate/JPA experience
• JMS, Tibco experience
• Oracle and PL/SQL knowledge
• Presentation layer development
• JSP
• HTML5
• CSS
• JavaScript
• jQuery
• Angular
• Spring MVC
• Exposure to Agile principles and methodologies, including Continuous Integration and Test Driven
• Development
• Unit testing, automate testing using different testing frameworks
• Exposure to source control systems (GIT / Stash, etc.)

Advantageous

• Linux and load balancing (Apache, LVS, F5) knowledge
• Technical lead experience
• Behavioral Characteristics