Federal Java Developer

Accenture Federal Services; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services seeks an experienced Java Developer to join their team in Chantilly, Virginia. The role requires knowledge in JEE frameworks and Java development, focusing on high-quality application development using an Agile approach.

The ideal candidate will have at least 7 years of experience, including significant work with integration solutions and Rest Services. Additional skills in Hibernate and Agile methodologies are a plus. Join us in powering federal services that impact the nation.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience analyzing, designing and implementing integration solutions using Java/JEE.
• 4 years of hands-on experience developing Rest Services.
• Experience with a variety of testing tools including Junit.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain JEE applications following Agile practices.
• Perform automated unit testing and troubleshooting.
• Contribute to technical leadership and architectural decisions.

Skills

Java Development

JEE Frameworks

Agile Methodologies

Object-Oriented Development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

IBM Websphere

Hibernate

Gradle

Job description

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.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

Utilizes a working knowledge of JEE/Java Frameworks, programming experience and overall Java development techniques to perform daily Java development, automated unit testing, and troubleshooting responsibilities.

Design and develop JEE applications aligned with the overall architectural approach and platform being used by the team(s).

Utilize an Agile incremental delivery approach, supporting incremental development of high-quality and producing a fully tested JEE application component every two weeks.

Assist development/test teams in activities with acceptance testing, load testing, troubleshooting, and performance tuning as required.

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.

Writes clean, high-quality, high-performance, maintainable code.

Contributes to continual improvement by suggesting improvements to user interface, software architecture or new technologies.

Provides technical leadership into general architectural decisions and design stability.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or comparable experience.

7+ years of experience overall analyzing, designing and implementing integration solutions using Java/JEE, Spring and related technologies.

4 years of object oriented and domain driven development principle.

4 years of experience in developing Rest Services.

4 years hands-on experience developing message-oriented integration solutions with IBM Websphere.

Must be a US Citizen.

Desired Skills

Hands-on Hibernate experience with Oracle, MySQL or SQL Server a plus.

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 development, including experience with Continuous Integration, Automated Testing, User Acceptance Testing.

Experience using Gradle build tool a plus. Must be a team player and have excellent written and oral communication skills.

Self-Starter that has the ability to work under general direction.

Ability to balance work across multiple projects concurrently.