Senior Software Engineer

Accenture Federal Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Accenture, helps U.S. federal agencies build the government of the future. With 4,000 dedicated US employees, Accenture Federal Services is uniquely positioned to support federal agencies in shattering the status quo, achieving profound efficiencies and relentlessly delivering results. Accenture Federal Services is a long-time and trusted resource for the federal community. Every cabinet level agency in the United States-and 20 of the country's largest federal government agencies-have worked with Accenture Federal Services to achieve outcomes and move toward high performance. Join us and you can help our federal clients achieve what matters most, powering the services that touch the nation every day.

The developer is responsible for participating in the full agile application development life cycle for new development design, construction and testing of Java applications, Web Services (SOAP and REST), and reusable components to support overall project objectives. The Java Developer will also participate in peer reviews and unit testing, and must be adaptable to different responsibilities, possess strong communications skills, and have a passion for constantly improving the individual and team effectiveness.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop J2EE application that are aligned with the overall architectural approach and platform being used by the team(s)
• Familiar with agile incremental delivery approach which supports incremental development of high-quality, fully tested J2EE application component delivery every 2 weeks
• Familiarity with J2EE/Java Frameworks, programming experience and overall Java development techniques to perform daily Java development, automated unit testing, and troubleshooting responsibilities
• Adheres to, promotes, and helps maintain development standards and best practices; participates in regular code reviews
• Assist development/test teams in activities with acceptance testing, load testing, troubleshooting, and performance tuning as required
• Strong team player with good communication skills demonstrating the ability to work well with developers, QA team members and management to support all areas of the agile SDLC approach
• Proactively seeks opportunities to implement improvements in personal and team processes
• Contributes to an atmosphere of cross-functional teamwork within the organization; contributes to acceptance/functional testing duties and part of incremental feature development

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or comparable experience
• 7 years experience overall development experience analyzing, designing and implementing integration solutions using J2EE technologies or related technologies to include
• Experience with multiple programming technologies, including Java, XML/XSLT/WSDL, Spring/Hibernate, Web Services
• Hands-on experience in areas such as J2EE, XML, Web Services (SOAP and REST) and SOA
• Experience with AngularJS or Backbone

Preferred Skills and Qualifications:

• Hands-on experience developing message-oriented integration solutions with Java
  
• Familiar with using and managing change management tools including Git
• Experience with a wide variety of testing tools and techniques including JUnit
• Thorough understanding and proven delivery experience within a Scrum/agile project lifecycle approach to software develop
• Experience with HTML Web, JavaScript, and Ruby
• Hands-on experience with Oracle, MySQL or SQLServer a plus
• Phonegap experience
• Xcode or Android Development Kit experience
• Familiarity with 508 Compliance