Senior Java Developer - DV Eligible

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Senior Java Developer

Skills and experience

* 7+ years relevant experience with a proven track record of delivering full life cycle software projects to time, cost, quality and meeting customers' expectations and requirements using a recognised methodology

* Experience of developing scalable, high volume, high availability, enterprise- wide business systems

* Proven experience of common development tools, for example Ant, Gradle and Eclipse

* Strong understanding of the Enterprise Java Stack with a proven expertise in using JEE technologies such as EJB, JMS, Web Services

* Unit test tools and frameworks

* Familiarity with common development best practices (e.g. TDD, Agile, Scrum)

* Experience with various operating systems e.g. Windows, Linux (Red Hat)

* Knowledge and experience of MapReduce, Hadoop and BigData

* Ideally knowledge of any of the following programming languages C#, XML, XSLT, HTML, VB.NET, CSS, UML

* Experience of design methods OO, UML, Rational tool set

* Experience of Relational Database and Non-Relational Database technology e.g. Oracle, SQL Server, MongoDB and NoSQL)

* Knowledge of continuous integration tools e.g. Jenkins and Hudson

* Experience of working in an agile project delivery environment

* A strong knowledge of the OpenSource software communities and their products

* A good knowledge of Scripting languages (Java, Shell, Perl, Python etc.)

Role and responsibilities

* Undertake Java Development within the team to help tackle both minor and major projects

* Work with the Project Managers to ensure the delivery of accurate project documentation and designs

* Follow a fast, iterative agile development approach

* Produce detailed technical design specifications and documentation

* Work with the technical Team Lead and the Product Owners to implement requirements during the development life cycle

* Work closely and collaboratively with the test team (knowledge and understanding of testing best practices)