Full Stack Java Developer

Fort Worth, TX company is seeking a Full Stack Java Developer to join their team for a contract opportunity.

Leverage the latest technology to solve business problems in a collaborative environment at this Fortune 500 transportation giant. Top technical resources are retained on long-term contract engagements.
Responsible for leveraging cutting edge technology to solve business problems by participating in all phases of the development process from inception through transition, advocating the agile process and test-driven development, using object-oriented development tools to analyze, model, design, construct and test reusable objects, and making the codebase better.

Contract Duration: 8 Months

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Technology, Information Systems (CIS/MIS), Engineering or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience/training.
• 5+ years of Java experience.
• 5+ years of experience with AngularJS/Angular.
• Experience with Azure Cloud.
• Exposure to cloud-based deployments, CI/CD deployment pipeline.
• Experience working with Selenium.
• Demonstrated experience in the following:
• Strong coding skills and concepts in Java.
• Java EE Technologies, Spring Framework, Micro services Architecture, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), JDBC, JNDI, JTA/JTS, JMS.
• Rich Internet Applications (RIA) - React/AngularJS, JavaScript, jQuery, NodeJS, RESTful Services, JSON, AJAX, Git, Gulp, Webpack, Linux, Responsive Design, CSS/HTML5.
• Application Monitoring with Dynatrace and LogInsight.
• Responsive design and grid frameworks (i.e. Bootstrap), including cross browser compatibility.
• Web Servers & Application Servers IBM WebSphere/Tomcat/tcServer.
• Integration & Collaboration Tools Subversion, GIT.
• Web Services WSDL, SOAP, JAX-WS, XML RPC, JAXB, RESTWS.
• Java Database Frameworks - Hibernate, Java Persistence API (JPA).
• Relational databases and SQL like Oracle RDBMS or SQL Server. NoSQL databases like MongoDB, CouchDB or CosmosDB.
• Messaging Layer - RabbitMQ, IBM MQ.
• 5 years of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) experience.
• Experience with developer testing practices (i.e. JUnit, etc.) and understands the differences between unit, functional and system tests.
• Experience with agile software development methodologies.
• Experience with and is willing to initiate sharing knowledge with others.
• Ability to quickly learn and practically apply new concepts or principles which can be confirmed by experience.
• Experience supporting a production application.

What You Will Be Doing

• Develop and modify complex, deadline-intensive and/or mission-critical applications using advanced programming tools.
• Document all code using standard forms and procedures and review others work as appropriate,
• Assist others in the use of programming tools and recommend tools to best meet application needs,
• Recommend process, methodology and tool changes in conjunction with Architects and QA to best meet the needs of the department and client.
• Work with Quality assurance to participate in unit, system and user acceptance testing based on an understanding of the development lifecycle.
• Participate in architectural recommendations/decisions and work with other infrastructure groups as applicable to determine and implement complex system hardware requirements that may involve multiple platforms, databases, peripherals or other technology.
• Provide the highest level of technical production support for applications, assists others with complex problem resolution and responds with solutions to both functional and technical issues in a timely manner.
• Work with Business System Analysts, Project Managers, or other management to recommend process or system enhancements.
• Work with DBAs, Architects, and other team members to ensure logical and physical data models and relationship diagrams are completed and executed according to methodology and user requirements.
• Assist project management in estimates as requested.