SUMMARY:

Our client, located in downtown Chicago, and a leader in the technology industry, is looking for a Senior Java Engineer on a permanent basis. The position is within our development teams, responsible for participating in all stages of the software development lifecycle in an Agile/Lean environment.  Using current programming languages and technologies to write code and perform testing and debugging of applications.  Interact with product management and users to define system requirements and/or necessary modifications and assist with systems integration.  The successful candidate will have the ability to work in a highly collaborative manner.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

·         Collaborates with Product Management and development team to ensure user stories are created and estimated

·         Works closely with development team to identify and resolve issues

·         Software design and review

·         Software development of application or system components

·         Requirements definition and analysis; unit testing of developed code

·         Investigation and root cause analysis of software and system defects

·         Maintain and run tools and processes that support and automate software product release

·         Understand the technical aspects of the products used to support the configuration management activities of the development process

·         Adapt configuration management tools for the complex needs of the development teams or the management of the development process

·         Generate, monitor and maintain Baseline Audit, and Configuration Item Version Control

·         Publish release packages and records

·         Deploy the development artifacts to a staging area for release to production

·         Enforce process compliance

·         Create and execute approved test plans and analyzes and report results

·         Decompose requirements for testability and provide feedback to the requirement gathering process

·         Interact with product management and customers/users to support software acceptance process and act as a liaison between development and user community

REQUIREMENTS:

·         Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Management Information Systems

·         5+ years of engineering experience

·         Proficient in Java / J2EE Development, Spring, XML

·         Knowledge of Perl, Python or other scripting languages

·         Experience designing Java applications that interact with databases in a scalable way

·         Experience with MySQL, postgress or Oracle

·         Automated Unit Testing using JUnit or similar tools

·         Proficient with Unix/Linux

·         Proficient in a Configuration Management tool (e.g., Subversion or CVS)

·         Knowledge of agile development techniques such as TDD, Pair Programming, Refactoring, Continuous Integration

·         Proficient oral and written communication skills

·         Must be a team-player with the ability to work within a collaborative environment

·         Thorough understanding of the software development lifecycle

·         Proven ability to work independently with limited supervision

·         Creative, resourceful and innovative problem solver

·         Self-taught and self-teaching, with a demonstrated aptitude for acquiring knowledge and skills

Highly Desired Skills

·         Excellent knowledge and proven, multi-year experience in Agile/Lean (Scrum, XP and Kanban) development environments