Senior Java Developer

Praesignis (Pty) Ltd; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Praesignis (Pty) Ltd in South Africa’s banking sector seeks a Java Developer to join the team for end-to-end Java application development, architecture, and deployment.

The candidate should have strong Java, Spring, microservices, REST/XML/SOAP, and DevOps experience, with Docker/Kubernetes, CI/CD, and experience in high-volume environments. SQL/NoSQL databases and cloud platforms (Azure/AWS) are preferred.

Qualifications

• Strong Java software engineering background with hands-on development experience.

Skills

Java

Spring Framework

Microservices

REST/JSON

SOAP/XML

Docker/Kubernetes

CI/CD

DevOps tooling

SQL/NoSQL

Java Application Servers

Problem solving

Self-motivation

Git

Maven

IDE (Eclipse/IntelliJ)

SonarQube

Nexus

Azure DevOps

Tools

Eclipse/IntelliJ

Git

Maven

SonarQube

Nexus

Azure DevOps

Job description

Our client in the banking industry is looking for a Java Developer to join their team!

Required Technical Knowledge:

• Strong technical/ software engineering background (‘hands-on’)
• Strong application/software development or programming background in Java
• Good experience in system, application architecture, design, development, implementation and deployment (end-to-end), development automation.
• Ability to work on different tiers of the application
• Object orientedDesign
• Solid experience on Spring Framework, Sprint Boot, JPA, Hibernate, Micronaut Frameworks
• Solid experience with SOA-Architectures, Microservices Architectures and related integration protocols (e.g. Web Services (SOAP/XML), REST & JSON, and MQ), as well as the related security requirements/models.
• Experience with application database management practices in a high volume Java environment (SQL, DB2, and NoSql – Cassandra/MongoDB).
• Java Application Servers experience.
• Experience with deploying and running Java applications in orchestrated container environments (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes, AWS/Azure)
• Solid CI, CD, DevOps and related tooling experience, build/test/deploy through automation
• Performance and troubleshooting of Java Applications
• Good experience with integrated system environments
• Practical experience in a high volume environment. (E.g. application clustering, scaling, multi-threading, session management, etc.)
• Proven ability as a problem-solver
• Self-driven, self-starter, technology leader, and able to work independently.
• Must have working experience on the following tools/IDEs
  • Eclipse or InteliJ
  • Git
  • Maven
  • Code quality tools e.g. SonarQube
  • Experience with artefact repository e.g. Nexus
  • Azure DevOps

Required Exposure:

• Development experience
• Exposure to agile delivery Scrum, Kanban and or SAFe
• SOA / API
• SOAP and Rest
• HTML & CSS
• Devops toolsets for software releases
• JWT / Java Web Tokens
• SSL’s
• Solid experience on Spring Framework, Sprint Boot, JPA, Hibernate, Micronaut Frameworks
• Solid experience with SOA-Architectures, Microservices Architectures and related integration protocols (e.g. Web Services (SOAP/XML), REST & JSON, and MQ), as well as the related security requirements/models.
• Experience with application database management practices in a high volume Java environment (SQL, DB2, and NoSql – Cassandra/MongoDB).
• Develop, deploy and test automation
• Performance monitoring and optimisation tools