Direct Client Java Developer Jobs in District of Columbia

SENIOR JAVA DEVELOPER

Job Title

Senior Java Developer

Vacancy

1

Work Arrangement

Onsite

Location

Washington, DC 20003

Employment Type

Contract

Engagement Type

W2 or 1099 only; no C2C

Final Interview

In person

The Senior Java Developer position requires in-depth knowledge of Java and J2EE background using Spring Technologies framework, design, and architectural styles / APIs (REST/RPC) and Agile methodologies for the development of application programs.

Dhaka Technologies Limited is hiring on behalf of a client, a District of Columbia government agency, that will be modernizing its Enterprise Application "Destiny" project to leverage new digital technologies such as cloud computing, data analytics, artificial intelligence, and mobile that are required to create a modern experience for the agency’s customers and partners. Modernizing the Enterprise Application Destiny helps the agency improve its services to citizens and enhance government operations while strengthening the overall data security. To address these challenges, the client team is looking to hire highly skilled individuals to rapidly connect the Enterprise Destiny Application with modern technology while minimizing disruption to the existing systems.

The role will require you to design, develop, and test using Java technologies which will facilitate application development and implementation from development to QA to production. You will work to gain an understanding of the current system infrastructure, security needs, network considerations, and methodologies.

In this role, you will primarily focus on Java programming and supporting the ecosystem for the organization.

The Senior Java Developer position requires in-depth knowledge of Java and J2EE background using Spring Technologies framework, design, and architectural styles / APIs (REST/RPC) and Agile methodologies for the development of application programs. The Senior Developer will be writing clean, scalable code using Java programming languages, refactor and debug code, improve existing software, test, and deploy applications and systems. The resource will be required to develop documentation throughout the lifecycle of the development process and provide technical support to the team.

• Ensure that the technologies are updated with current, stable, and compliant architecture and applications that meet enterprise standards.

• Collaborate with internal teams to produce software design and architecture.

• Develop, test, and deploy applications and systems.

• Revise, update, refactor, and debug code.

• Improve existing Java applications and systems.

• Proactively monitor and report performance utilization of assigned technologies.

• Troubleshoot software and/or hardware issues/failures.

• Manage problems or escalated tickets and tasks and out-of-cycle requests from systems/software owners.

• Determine the best course of action for meeting business needs and provide consultative expertise to customers on how to best use systems.

• Proactively monitor and identify broader, more complex issues across multiple, integrated, connecting technologies and communicate as appropriate.

• Provide technical knowledge and support to District agencies, personnel, and additional stakeholders.

• Perform other related duties as assigned.

• May coordinate activities of application developers.

• Able to identify best practices and standards for the use of the product.

• Deliver support and design for industry-specific applications that require integration with statewide systems or applications.

• Interact with executive-level business users or technical experts.

• May function as a niche technical SME (Subject Matter Expert).

1. Demonstrates expertise in conveying technical and functional concepts for a specific technical specialty.

2. Identifies improvements to project standards to achieve high quality services/products. This is a professional position which may require subject matter expertise consistent with demanding and rare technological skills.

3. May require coordination of programming activities being conducted by the application development team.

4. Confers with other business and technical personnel to resolve problems of intent, inaccuracy, or feasibility of computer processing and project design.

5. Works with necessary personnel to determine if modifications are necessary with interested personnel to determine necessity for modifications or enhancements.

6. Leverages excellent written and verbal communication skills to develop new business process and programming solutions as directed by business and technical stakeholders.

7. May coordinate activities of application developers.

8. Able to identify best practices and standards for the use of the product.

9. Proven track record of hands-on technical design and code work within large complex systems.

10.Proven hands-on technical work with a variety of technologies.

11.Demonstrated technical expertise integrating a variety of diverse technical environments and cross-platform technologies.

12.Delivers support and design for industry-specific applications that require integration with statewide systems or applications.

13.Interacts with executive-level business users or technical experts.

14.Advanced experience in the required technical subject matter.

15.May function as a niche technical SME (Subject Matter Expert).

16.Has proven experience across large and complex implementations and systems.

• Bachelor's degree in IT or related field, or equivalent experience.

Skill

Required / Desired

Amount of Experience

Experience with core Java development with strong back-end development

Required

10 Years

Java – Annotations, Generics, Reflection, Inheritance, OO Design, NIO, Bean Validation

Required

5 Years

Spring Boot application development experience

Required

3 Years

Spring – Java Config, Dependency Injection, Autowiring concepts

Required

3 Years

Spring Integration development experience

Required

3 Years

Spring Web Services development experience

Required

3 Years

16+ yrs. preparing complex technical documentation

Required

3 Years

Synchronous and Asynchronous programming experience – Callbacks, Future, Timeout and Error Handling

Required

3 Years

Experience with Maven project build

Required

3 Years

Experience with Git version control repository

Required

3 Years

Experience with Tomcat / Jetty / Undertow application servers

Required

3 Years

Experience with Linux working environment

Required

3 Years

Experience with JIRA issue tracker

Required

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16+ yrs. conveying technical and functional concepts for a specific technical specialty

Required

16 Years

16+ yrs. preparing complex technical documentation

Required

16 Years

Must have enough experience to qualify for a Master Level position

Required

—

Red Hat OpenShift container-based application development and deployment experience

Desired

1 Year

Working with mainframe CICS containers and channels using JCA connectors

Desired

1 Year

Knowledge of Continuous Integration and Continuous Development (CI/CD) practice

Desired

1 Year

Interested candidates who meet the qualifications should send their resume to talent@dhakatech.us