Job Description Summary:

Our Client is looking for its next passionate, highly-skilled, self-motivated, experienced Lead Java/Drools Developer to join our team as we continue to partner with New York State of Health (NYSoH) to provide comprehensive health coverage to more than 4.3 million New Yorkers.

Our Client State & Local LLC team provides NYS with innovative and agile health benefit exchange (HBE) solutions that deliver the functionality required to comply with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and provide the flexibility needed to easily scale up to support the future requirements.

Here's where you come in:

You’ll join our talented Development Team. Our project is a large scale Java web services environment. It is a three-tiered application (web, application, and database server) with multiple levels of security between each tier. Our software is written with Java, utilizing Spring 5 Framework, a very heavy dose of JavaScript and UI moving towards Angular. Redesigning code to smaller bases with Microservices and REST APIs. Other technologies are in play for rules management, DROOLS, and BPM workflow, Activiti.

We are looking for people who want to make an impact to the project.

Here’s what You’ll Do:

Analyze – Systems and program requirements for design, creation and testing of programs

Design – Write and deliver well designed, testable, efficient code ensuring designs are compliant with specifications.

Build –Highly complex Java/J2EE applications using relational databases while providing expertise in the full software development lifecycle, from concept, design, and documentation to testing.

Improve – Support continuous improvement with creative and efficient technical solutions. Develop and suggest alternative approaches to problem resolution. Assist in resolving production support issues.

Here’s what You’ll Bring to the Table:

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or related field

Languages

• Nine (9) years of programming experience with solid understanding of Core Java Concepts such as Object-Oriented Programming, Java Collections API , Exception Handling, Multi-Threading is required plus a very good understanding of J2EE Concepts, Architecture and Technologies


• Seven (7) years of extensive working experience in J2EE technologies such as JMS, Java Server Pages, Java Servlets, HTML, Jasa Script, SML, XSD, XSLT, Xpath with a good understanding of JAXB & JAXP.


• Three (3) years or more of Drools Tools experience with a good understanding and working experience in writing business rules using DROOLS/JBRMS and Integrating with Java/J2EE Applications


• Ability to write simple and complex SQL Queries, preferably with DB2 SQL syntax including PL/SQL


• Extensive experience in writing and executing Junit test cases & debugging Java/J2EE applications

Frameworks

• Seven (7) years of practical hands-on experience in Basics of Spring Framework.


• Seven (7) years of extensive experience in using various Spring Modules such as Spring MVC, Spring Batch, Spring Security, Spring DAO/ORM, Spring Transaction Handling etc.

Application Server

• Seven (7) years of knowledge and experience in Webservices concepts such as WSDL, SOAP, UDDI, RDF


• Experience implementing RESTful and/or traditional web services using technologies such as JSON, SOAP, XML


• Application Server experiences such as JBoss and WebLogic

Development Tools

• Seven (7) years of demonstrated experience on ORM Tools, preferably Spring Hibernate with strong conceptual knowledge of JPA


• Seven (7) years of extensive experience in Build Automation Tool, preferably Maven & related concepts such as Project Object Model, Plugins, Build Life Cycle

Databases

• Five (5) years of Relational Database experience


• Ability to understand the database design, table structures, indices etc. in order to develop effective and efficient code

Here are the Bonus Points:

• Extensive experience with front-end development tools and technologies such as Angular 2 or higher


• Extensive experience with back-end technologies like Hibernate, JDBC, JDO


• Good understanding of Java, J2EE Applications Profiling and Application Tuning


• Solid understanding and practical experience of applying JQuery concepts such as handling Events, AJAX through JQuery, selecting and traversing DOM objects is a plus.


• Working knowledge in Web-based Application Development and related tools and technologies such as Eclipse, any Application Servers (Preferably WebSphere or JBoss), and SOAP UI etc.


• Good understanding and working experience in writing business rules using DROOLS and Integrating with Java/J2EE Applications


• Two (2) years or more of EDI X12 834 transaction experience

Here are the Attributes for Success:

• Track record of building and maintaining high-volume, large-scale, scalable, maintainable and extensible software on a Java stack following SDLC practices.


• Contribute to all phases of the developed lifecycle.


• Hands-on. Passionate. Persistent. Creative. A Doer. A Team Player.

Thanks & Regards,

Paul Walker

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