Hello,
Please let me know if you have any good candidate for this position.
Websphere Developer
Hoffman Estate, IL
Contract
Client is seeking an energetic and talented developer to deliver innovative customer facing solutions for several eCommerce initiatives. We are looking for a front-end Java Developer for the development and design of web components to introduce new capabilities and services for our online customers on a highly scalable eCommerce platform. As a member of the team, you will have the chance to work in a fun environment on unique and innovative solutions on a multi-tiered platform.
The online channel is a key focus area for the company and is growing at an aggressive rate, creating an exciting workplace and environment where you can utilize your skills and potential. If you love technology and want to work in a place where you can practice the art of good software design, this is a great opportunity to explore.
Responsibilities/Skills/Experience
Design and Engineering Practices
• Design & Develop eCommerce solutions using Java 1.5 and above, JAVA J2EE technology, IBM's WebShpere Commerce, and other web technologies
• Drive innovation and new ideas throughout the delivery teams
• Analysis of business requirements and subsequent creation of high level technical design documents and technical specifications
• Design scalable features
• Create feature designs that fit into the overall system architecture
• Create designs that are adequately scalable or that appropriately enable scenarios
• Clearly communicate comments on code, specifications, or design so that others can adequately review work
• Consistently follow group standard practices
• Consistently create maintainable code that follows standard
• Communicate gaps in business and technical functionality and assess impact to timelines
• Work with other internal IT teams to complete project activities, such as Infrastructure, Architecture and Database teams.
• Maintain current technical knowledge to support rapidly changing technology, always on a look out for new technologies and work with management and development team in bringing new technologies.
Implementation
• Analysis and identification of technical areas of improvement within existing web applications.
• Create code that stabilizes quickly in builds
• Create stable features that do not require last-minute rewriting
• Proactively provide status updates
• Provide updates to others that are clear, concise, and complete
• Write unit tests for each function for a feature that effectively exercise the code; identify bugs or design issues
• Create code that does not break the build
• Proactively develop automation tools or techniques to test code
• Submit complete bug fixes
• Proficient in debugging techniques and tools
• Unit and system testing of application code, as well as execution of implementation activities.
Customer and Business
• Consistently prioritize customer/partner or support requests
• Address customer/partner feedback that requires significant work, rather than dismissing reported issues as not reproducible
Leadership and Influence
• Participate and provide input in feature reviews with other developers or teams
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED TO PERFORM ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Education/Training
Bachelor's degree – preferably in computer science – or equivalent experience
Experience
Working experience in developing applications using Java 1.5 and above, IBM's WebShpere Commerce versions 6 or 7. Experience with JAVA J2EE applications with emphasis on: JDBC, Servlets, JSPs, JSPFs, Java Beans, EJBs, HTML, Java Script, CSS, jQuery & HTTP protocol
1-2 years experience in the following:
• Experience including analysis, design, coding and implementation of large-scale Java object oriented applications.
• Knowledge on OO design including extensive design patterns & their applicability.
• Working Experience in DB2 or other relational databases.
• Unix/Linux: Knowledge of basic commands and shell scripting.
Role specific abilities/skills
• Awareness of activity in the open source world. Contributing back to open source is a big plus.
• Good written/verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment.
• Strong analytical skills
• Adapt to changes that are necessary for the success of the architecture
Minimum Years Experience
2 - 5 Years Experience
Preferred Minimum Education Bachelors Level Degree
Regards
Aman Bhattacharya
abhattacharya@dsrminc.com
