Contract Duration: 2 months
FTE Opportunity: No
Extension Opportunity: Yes, starting in Jan once the new funds are available
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30 AM-5 PM (7.5 hours/day)
Positions Required: 1
Typical Day in Role:
• Participate in daily stand-ups to provide updates and identify risks and blockers.
• Work with business analysts to define the backlog and user stories
• Develop the user stories and support integrated testing cycles
• Deploy changes and manage bug fixes as required
• Generate technical specifications to design or redesign complex software components and applications.
• Act as an expert technical resource for modeling, simulation and analysis efforts.
• Leverage industry best practices to design, test, implement and support a solution.
• Assure quality security and compliance requirements are met for supported area.
• Be flexible and thrive in an evolving environment.
• Adapt to change quickly and adjust work accordingly in a positive manner
Candidate Requirements/Must-Have skills:
• 10+ years of experience designing and developing large-scale projects in Java and J2EE, with at least 3 years using Java 17/18 and Spring Boot 3
• 8+ years of hands-on experience with Spring Framework (Sprint Boot, Spring Cloud, Spring Security,
• 8+ years of hands-on experience with microservices architecture and REST/SOAP-based web services
• 5+ years of experience in building public and internal REST APIs
• 5+ years experience with KAFKA and event-driven architectures
• 2+ years with GCP services, including Cloud Storage, Dataflow and Big Query
Nice-To-Have Skills:
• 2+ years of experience with Python for scripting and data processing
• 2+ years’ experience with Apache Airflow for orchestrating workflows
• 2+ years of SQL/PLSPL with relational database (Oracle)
• Experience with front-end technologies like Angular, JavaScript, and Node.js
• Experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes
• Certifications such as Sun Certified Java Programmer (SCJP) or equivalent
Soft Skills:
• You are a creative, self-starting, results-oriented, and highly motivated individual with very good analytical skills that you apply to resolve complex problems.
• You possess very good interpersonal and communication skills that you use to effectively work with stakeholders and members of the project team.
• You are a voracious learner who likes to take on new challenges, while simultaneously taking pride in the continuous improvement of existing software products, to provide an outstanding service for our customers.
• You have a knack for deriving insights out of data and applying them to address business opportunities.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Best vs. Average Candidate:
• The best candidate is someone with experience building and launching applications from design to implementation. The best candidate is someone with Java experience, microservices architecture, and REST/SOAP-based web services.
Education:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, IT, or a related field.
Candidate Review & Selection
1 round
1st round – Hiring Manager and Senior Developer – 30 mins– MS Teams Video – Panel Interview – The first 10 mins is for Introduction, project overview, and what we are looking for, and the next 20 mins to assess with questions previous experience related to building end-to-end applications. No coding is required. No technical assessments are required.
The targeted start date is Dec 2nd or earlier If the laptop is delivered on time.