Senior Associate, Software Engineering: Java

Job Title: Java Developer (Contract) - Job#5063

Worksite: Chicago, IL- hybrid

Job Description:
This role supports and works collaboratively with business analysts, team leads and development team. A contributor in developing scalable and resilient hybrid and Cloud-based data solutions supporting critical financial market clearing and risk activities; collaborate with other developers, architects and product owners to support enterprise transformation into a data-driven organization. The Specialist, Application Developer will be a team player and work well with business, technical and non-technical professionals in a project environment.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each primary duty satisfactorily.

• Support the application development of real-time and batch applications for business requirements in agreed architecture framework and Agile environment
• Thoroughly analyzes requirements, develops, tests, and documents software quality to ensure proper implementation
• Follows agreed upon SDLC procedures to ensure that all information system products and services meet: both explicit and implicit quality standards, end-user functional requirements, architectural standards, performance requirements, audit requirements, security rules are upheld, and external facing reporting is properly represented
• Performs application and project risk analysis and recommends quality improvements
• Assists Production Support by providing advice on system functionality and fixes as required
• Communicates in a clear and concise manner all time delays or defects in the software immediately to appropriate team members and management
• Experience with resolving security vulnerabilities

Qualifications:
Required:

• 3+ years of experience in building high speed, real-time and batch solutions
• 3+ years of experience in Java
• Experience writing unit and integration tests with testing frameworks like Junit, Citrus
• Experience working with various types of databases like Relational, NoSQL
• Experience working with Git
• Hands-on experience with Java version 8 onwards, Spring, SpringBoot, REST API

Preferred:

• Working knowledge of DevOps tools. Eg Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Helm and CI/CD pipeline etc
• Experience with high-speed distributed computing frameworks like FLINK, Apache Spark, Kafka Streams, etc
• Familiarity with monitoring related tools and frameworks like Splunk, ElasticSearch, Prometheus, AppDynamics
• Experience with distributed message brokers like Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, Amazon Kinesis, etc.
• Experience with cloud technologies and migrations. Experience preferred with AWS foundational services like VPCs, Security groups, EC2, RDS, S3 ACLs, KMS, AWS CLI and IAM etc
• Experience developing and delivering technical solutions using public cloud service providers like Amazon, Google

Technical Skills:

• Java-based software development experience, including deep understanding of Java fundamentals like Data structures, Concurrency and Multithreading - Required
• Experience in object-oriented design and software design patterns - Required

Education and/or Experience:

• BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field required
• MS in Computer Science- Preferred

Certificates or Licenses:

• OCP Java SE 8 Programmer Certification
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Level