My client is based in Houghton and need a Senior JAVA developer to be based at a client in Midrand.  The company is a consulting firm and you might be expected to work at different clients in Johannesburg.  It will always be with a team of developers.  The company offers great learning opportunities ito in-house courses as well as tertiary studies which they will pay for.

Technical knowledge for Senior Java Developer

• Must have strong knowledge and capabilities in the following areas:
  • Java
  • Java EE (should not just be able to explain the advantages and disadvantages of using Java EE and a Java EE application server but also able to design and develop applications on it)
  • Web Services
  • JSF 1.2
• Good knowledge of generics, threading and networking (should be able to solve complicated problems).
• Excellent GOF design patterns knowledge (should have knowledge of all GOF patterns and be able to make tradeoffs between using which pattern in what context).
• Good Enterprise Application and Integration pattern knowledge.
• Good knowledge of design time and run time query optimization.
• Must have knowledge of CSS.
• Any of the following will be very advantageous to this project:
  • Knowledge or any experience in Weblogic
  • Knowledge or any experience in ADF
  • Knowledge or any experience in Portal and Portlet
  • Strong knowledge and capabilities in CSS

Qualifications

• Degree or related qualification

Essential attributes and technologies

• 6 – 8 years of Java Development experience
• Should have excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Should be able to be a mentor to the development team.
• Should be able to explain difficult technical concepts to business in order to ensure their buy-in into the architecture.