Java Developer, Senior

The successful candidate will be responsible for configuring and customizing BillingCenter Guidewire solutions. This is a technical role which requires object-oriented programming skills, understanding of object-oriented analysis and design, J2EE or other comparable enterprise application architectures, SQL query development, Web services, and XML experience.

Job Responsibilities:

Work closely with the solution analysts to understand business requirements and provide innovative solutions using BillingCenter Guidewire technology.

Configure and develop business rules in the BillingCenter Guidewire platform.

Develop, test, debug and document integration interfaces in accordance with architectural guidelines and practices.

Understand and work from business requirements documentation (Use Cases, UML as well as traditional software specifications).

Apply industry standard object-oriented programming best practices and design patterns.

Plan, initiate and conduct unit and integration testing of applications as well as facilitate system testing.

Support and troubleshoot production implementations.

Work to resolve complex technical issues and understand system performance associated with the solution.

As a part of an agile project team, share technical and product knowledge with other team members.

Participate in technology/tools evaluation and software technical proof of concepts.

Provide mentorship and guidance to less senior developers.

Provide technical leadership on projects as necessary.

Provide accurate and reliable estimates.

Consistently deliver work on time and of high quality.

Required Skills and Experience:

Bachelors Degree in related field required.

Java or comparable object-oriented technology certification preferred.

7+ years of object-oriented development experience.

Strong knowledge of object-oriented design patterns, software architecture concepts, and web application security.

Extensive knowledge and experience with object-oriented programming languages (such as Java or C#) and object-oriented architectures. (such as J2EE or .NET)

Strong knowledge and experience with SOA, including messaging and web services.

Strong knowledge and experience with web development technologies, such as HTML, JSP, Struts, ASP.NET, .NET MVC, JQuery and other JavaScript frameworks.

Knowledge and experience with HTTP and FTP.

Strong understanding of relational database technologies and experience writing SQL queries.

Strong UML knowledge.

Strong XML knowledge.

Strong written and oral communication skills.

Strong interpersonal skills.

Experience working as part of a high pace Agile development team.

Experience with BillingCenter Guidewire technologies a plus.

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