Java Backend at Alpharetta, GA

Job Title : Java Backend
Location : Alpharetta, GA
Salary : $120K - $130K
Fulltime

Technical Skills:

Backend
Professional experience using Core Java, Java Restful APIs, Gradle, Spring, Spring Boot, IBM WebSphere MQ Series and related frameworks.
Solid understanding and experience with Object-Oriented design and development
Strong Core Java (Collections / Data Structures, OOPS Concepts, Generics, Lambda, Multi-Threading) Java 8
Experience in Java and Spring Framework like Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Resources, Spring JDBC and Hibernate.
Good Communication skills and positive attitude
Good understanding of integration frameworks technologies (Messaging / Streaming (MQ / Kafka), Web Services (REST / SOAP), Batch Processing (Spring Batch)
Some experience or understanding in JavaScript, HTML 5
understanding of Web based architectures and understand various type of authentication mechanisms [e.g. Cookie based authentication, Token based authentication, etc] and authorization mechanisms
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
Experienced with JUnit, Test Driven Development (TDD) using Concordion framework, and Behavior Driven Development using Cucumber and Gherkin.
Competency with source control (preferably Git) and Continuous Integration tools such as Jenkins.
Practiced understanding of Agile development methodologies and understanding of DevOps Integration

Database
SQL Server, MySQL, MS SQL, Mongo DB

Others:
Solid understanding and experience with Object-Oriented design and enterprise design patterns.
The ability to write reusable, optimized and maintainable code that is well documented and follows industry-standard best practices.
Practical knowledge of Agile development methodologies and DevOps Integration.
Working knowledge of Agile tooling such as JIRA or other ALM tools
Practiced understanding of Agile development methodologies & understanding of DevOps Integration
Experience of working with geographically dispersed teams across different time zones
Good communication and presentation skills: ability to communicate in a clear and concise manner, across all stakeholder groups and with staff from junior to senior levels
Understanding of requirements of large enterprise applications (e. g., security, entitlements, etc.).
Ability to communicate in a clear and concise manner, individually or in front of a group.