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Job Title:
Senior Java Developer
Reports to: Practice Head: Java Solutions
ROLE OVERVIEWRolverview
DVT requires the long-term services for an Innovative Senior Java Developer with experience in building high performing, scalable, enterprise-grade applications.
You will be part of a talented technology driven software team that works on mission-critical applications. You will be responsible for Java/Java EE application development while providing expertise in the full software development lifecycle, from concept and design to testing.
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
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Java systems development experience using core Java Enterprise edition -
5+ years’ java development experience -
Knowledge of OO design principles and enterprise design patterns. -
Profound insight of Java and JEE internals (Classloading, Memory Management, Transaction management, etc) -
Agile environment -
Experience in developing web applications using at least one popular web framework (JSF/Primefaces, AngularJS, Wicket, GWT, Spring MVC) -
Experience with XML/XSD/JAXB and Web Services (Soap & Rest). -
Experience in the Spring Framework, EJB3 -
Javascript, CSS and HTML etc. -
Excellent knowledge of ORM technologies (JPA, Hibernate) -
Solid working knowledge of Relational Databases, SQL and Data Model -
Experience with Test-Driven Development (TDD) -
Agile/Scrum background experience would be a value add -
Unit testing and mocking frameworksAbility to conceptualise and simplify complex problems
COMPETENCIES
competencies
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Passionate about technology and development. -
Results oriented with the ability to work under pressure and juggle multiple concurrent projects with changing priorities and deadlines -
Strong analytical and problem solving skills. -
Able to deal with complexity and migrate between detailed and high level requirements. -
Self-starter who takes ownership, is accountable, and is able to work with minimal supervision. -
Communication Skills (written & verbal) -
Listening Skills -
Planning, organising and execution skills -
Work under pressure -
Innovative
ATTITUDES
ATTITUDES
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Passion for people -
Enthusiastic and committed -
Work in a team environment -
Ability to work under pressure -
Delivery focused -
Work to achieve tight deadlines -
Professionalism (conduct and appearance) -
Motivated -
Show initiative -
Awareness of the environment
RESPONSIBILITIES
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Develop Java application software -
Assist with the production of technical specifications and designs -
Design and develop high-volume, low-latency applications for mission-critical systems, delivering high-availability and performance -
Contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle -
Write well designed, testable, efficient code -
Ensure designs are in compliance with specifications -
Prepare and produce releases of software components -
Support continuous improvement by investigating alternatives and technologies and presenting these for architectural review -
Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders
QUALIFICATIONS
alQualificationsifications
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Preference: BSc/ BSc Hons/ MSc degree in Computer science, Software engineering or a related field of study -
Matric, A or O levels
TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL NEED:
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Hands-on experience with Spring Cloud -
Good understanding of microservices, event-based architectures -
Hands-on experience with Netflix OSS (Eureka, Ribbon, Hystrix, Feign) -
Hands-on experience with Batch processing using Spring batch -
Strong experience working with various JEE based Application Servers (Weblogic, Websphere, JBoss etc.) -
Good understanding of web security (OAuth2, JWT, OpenID) -
Good understanding of AWS cloud ecosystem (Cloud Practitioner Certified) -
Hands-on experience with Spring security -
Hands-on experience with UI frameworks like Angular or React -
Hands-on experience with NoSQL DBs (MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Hazelcast etc)
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