Java Enterprise Maintenance Engineer

The Elite Job; Cranberry Township (Butler County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Flexible work arrangements

Professional development opportunities

Remote or hybrid options where allowed

Paid leave and benefits

Career growth potential

Job summary

The Elite Job is seeking a Java Developer – Enterprise Application Maintenance to support the maintenance, enhancement, and reliability of enterprise‑level Java applications. You will help ensure stability, performance, security, and compliance while implementing new features across the existing codebase.

The role involves collaborating with software engineers, QA, DBAs, and DevOps to manage maintenance tasks, code optimization, testing, and production support.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred in CS/IT/Software Engineering; equivalent practical experience considered.
• Strong Java programming knowledge incl. OOP, exceptions, collections, generics, multithreading.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, support, and enhance existing Java-based enterprise applications.
• Investigate defects, analyze logs, identify root causes, implement fixes.
• Develop, test, and maintain Java code with established coding standards.

Skills

Java programming

Enterprise application maintenance

REST APIs

SQL databases

Debugging and root-cause analysis

Code reviews

Git workflows

Unit testing (JUnit/Mockito)

Spring/Spring Boot/Hibernate

Security basics

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/SE or related

Tools

Git

Maven/Gradle

Jira

Job description

The Elite Job is seeking a Java Developer – Enterprise Application Maintenance to support the maintenance, enhancement, and reliability of enterprise‑level Java applications. You will help ensure stability, performance, security, and compliance while implementing new features across the existing codebase.

The role involves collaborating with software engineers, QA, DBAs, and DevOps to manage maintenance tasks, code optimization, testing, and production support.