Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Technical Lead Java/J2EE Developer in New York, NY
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
U.S. Citizenship or Legal Permanent Residency Required. Candidates without this qualification will NOT be considered. Our client is a high-visibility television and entertainment production company seeking a Technical Lead Java Developer with the knowledge, motivation and energy to help build robust and flexible business applications. This immediate, full-time opening is inside a team that works on Contract and Production Administration tools that are essential for managing the company's intellectual property. These applications are integrated with several other systems and involve extremely complex logic, with one area focused on SOX compliance. This Technical lead will mentor a team of Software Engineers. Technical leads must have skills that combine business acumen with technical expertise. In addition, this position requires extensive experience with ORM tools and a strong understanding of multi-layer development. An ideal candidate will be an extremely proficient Java/J2EE developer, comfortable handling new challenges involving emerging technologies and leading teams through the full SDLC. Primary Responsibilities: Meet with business clients to help drive the analysis and design of software systems. Help shape system requirements, and develop analysis-level documents that reflect the requirements. Maintain system and design documentation, and prepare materials for project reviews. Plan, prioritize and monitor work for team members working on multiple projects. Plan and monitor the unit testing, implementation, and production release of a project. Actively create, refine, and evangelize processes and technical standards for the dept. Work with client groups directly and manage points of contact between IT and clients, and between groups within IT. Supervise the maintenance of software systems. Experience: Technical Skills: 5+ years Java J2EE with complex multi-layer applications 3+ years experience with Spring/Hibernate, (strong ORM expertise) 7+ years heavy backend database development (Oracle preferred) with SQL and entity relationship modeling Current knowledge of and experience with application servers such as Weblogic Excellent object-oriented design & programming skills, including strong working knowledge and experience in using UML and design patterns 2+ years leading complex development projects 5-7 years strong foundation in methodologies and architecting complex large scale software systems. IDE - 4 years Ant / Ant Maker / CVS-2 years Rose (or some UML tool)-4 years Expertise architecting applications based on business requirements Strong understanding of standard software development lifecycle methodologies Software development ability, experience, speed, and qualityOverall Skills: Bachelor's Degree or advanced degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or a related field Strong communications and critical thinking skills Experience designing the architecture and then managing the development of multi-year, multi-staff projects Strong understanding of all aspects of corporate software development; strong client, server, database, and reporting skills Full understanding of systems composed of multiple related applications, from both software and business perspectives Ability to weigh business and technical requirements to produce project plans and estimates Strong time management and multitasking skills with ability to handle changes in business requirements and priorities across multiple projects Business and negotiation skills to work with clients and business analysts to determine what features the project team will deliver, given constraints of staff, time, and quality Ability to lead complex tasks, such as partitioning an application across tiers, establishing transaction boundaries, and selecting integration technologies like message passing and directory services Experience in data migration between systems and work flows Legal U.S. Residency REQUIRED To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here