Choose Credera for a rewarding career that provides a range of opportunities and challenges that allow you to play a key role in solving problems for top Fortune 1,000 companies… a place where you will have the chance to work with cutting edge technologies alongside the brightest technical minds in the industry. Choose Credera for the chance to work with leaders who desire to equip and encourage you both in your personal and professional growth…for the privilege to work for an organization that requires minimal travel because our genuine desire is to enable our employees to maintain a healthy work-life balance.

Those selected for this position will join a high performing team of individuals who endeavor to live out our core values of humility, integrity, excellence, and professionalism.  If you would like to be associated with a rapidly growing firm that passionately believes in providing excellent client service, then please consider joining our professional family.

Job Overview

The primary focus for this position is to provide functional and/or technical expertise to solve business problems.  The position requires the ability to gather requirements, design and build software, and test and implement solutions meeting project objectives. The person will work with a project architect and/or technical lead to confirm and substantiate functional and technical designs, collaborate on class and sequence diagrams, perform peer code reviews, learn and deploy new technologies as needed, and be able to communicate development efforts and concerns with the architect and project lead.  The person will make and communicate technical decisions to their clients in a manner conveying authority.

Reports to: Java Practice Leader

Travel: We are looking for candidates who are open to travel, with the understanding that our goal is to keep travel to a minimum.  Many projects do not require travel.

Responsibilities

As a Java Development Consultant, you will be responsible for contributing in a team-oriented environment, prioritizing multiple tasks in order to consistently meet deadlines and solve problems creatively and analytically.  Engagements range from 100% custom application development to Enterprise Portal design and implementation, eCommerce (i.e., B2B and B2C), Mobile solutions, Enterprise Application Integration/SOA, and more. Candidate should be self-motivated, enthusiastic, a quick learner, detail-oriented and possess a high degree of initiative.  The successful candidate should be able to adapt in a dynamic and collaborative work environment where people, technologies, processes and industries can change between engagements. The candidate will be called upon to lead small teams and make independent decisions.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or related field of study
• Minimum 1 year of hands on experience with Java technologies
• Object oriented development skills
• Excellent communication and organization skills
• Demonstrated leadership skills through a variety of activities 

Candidate must have at least one of these preferred skills

• Previous consulting experience
• Java EE technologies (EJB, JMS, Servlet, JSP)
• Spring Framework (dependency injection, Spring MVC, transaction management)
• ORM experience with JPA or Hibernate
• Relational database modeling and design 
• Alternate JVM languages (groovy/grails, scala, etc.)
• Front end development (CSS, JavaScript/jQuery)
• Mobile development for iPhone, Android, HTML5, or tablets

Competencies

The ideal candidate is energized by new challenges, thrives in a fast-paced dynamic environment, collaborates well in a team-oriented environment, and has the ability to lead in a client-facing role where delivering solid work that exceeds high expectations is a measure of success. Below is a specific breakdown of some of the competencies expected for a Consultant/Senior Consultant in the Java Practice:

• Client Service: On-time delivery of assigned tasks and deliverables with high quality; Effective communication with senior client personnel (i.e., business and technical) in order to develop lasting business relationships.
• Technical Skills: Maintain deep expertise in one or more focus areas of specialization through training, seminars, and technology groups; Understand and articulate the various technologies available to solve business problems; Support the development of detailed plans to move a business/organization from where they are today to the future vision.
• Consulting Skills: Possess effective analytical skills and the ability to determine underlying meaning of analysis while developing insightful and creative conclusions; Effectively contribute to client reports, presentations, and other written communications. 
• Business Development: Maintain an understanding of the company’s service offerings and capabilities, reference and participate in developing white papers; Be known as an outstanding professional within client situations.
• Company Development: Understand and manage billability requirements; Participate in company activities; Contribute high-valued and reusable intellectual capital; Act on feedback received; Define, communicate and pursue personal career goals that support company objectives; Recruit individuals with similar skills and values to join Credera.

Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Credera may not be eligible for consideration. All applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Credera is an equal opportunity employer.

Company Description

Credera is a management and technology consulting firm with offices in Dallas, Houston, Austin, and Denver. We work with clients ranging from Fortune 1,000 companies to emerging industry leaders, and provide expert, objective advice to help solve complex business and technology challenges. Our deep capabilities in strategy, organization, process, analytics, and technology help our clients improve their performance. Clients depend on our ability to anticipate, recognize, and address their specific needs. Credera’s consultants work with some of the world’s best known brands in a variety of industries, including GameStop, Interstate Batteries, National Geographic, Neiman Marcus, Pep Boys, The Container Store, and many more emerging industry leaders around the country.

Along with a great company culture, Credera provides an outstanding compensation package including a competitive salary, excellent performance-based bonus program, and a comprehensive benefit plan (e.g., medical, dental, disability, matching 401k, PTO, etc.). Credera is proud to be a Microsoft Gold Certified Member. We are also honored to be considered one of the Top 100 Places to Work by The Dallas Morning News, one of the Fastest Growing Companies in America according to Inc Magazine (Inc. 5000), and we were most recently recognized as one of the Best Companies to Work for in Texas. More information is available at www.credera.com.

How To Contact Us

If your values, goals, and objectives are in line with ours, please submit your resume to careers@credera.com or check out http://careers.credera.comfor more information on working for Credera! Also, read what employees are saying about working at Credera at http://www.glassdoor.com. We look forward to hearing from you.