Sr. Java Developer Job in Chicago, Illinois US
A leading source of information about risk, ISO provides data, analytics, and decision-support services to professionals in many fields, including insurance, finance, real estate, health services, government, human resources, and risk management. Using advanced technologies to collect, analyze, develop, and deliver information, ISO helps customers evaluate and manage risk. The company draws on vast expertise in actuarial science, insurance coverages, fire protection, fraud prevention, catastrophe and weather risk, predictive modeling, data management, economic forecasting, social and technological trends, and many other fields. To meet the needs of diverse clients, ISO employs an experienced staff of business and technical specialists, analysts, and certified professionals. In the United States and around the world, ISO helps customers protect people, property, and financial assets. For more information, please visit our website www.jobs-isofamily.icims.com .
• Help drive the technical strategy and lead team(s) in meeting strategic objectives.
• Fosters high performing technical teams.
• Designs complex systems at the component level, makes strategic technology choices, and directly supervises the quality of designs and implementation inside and between components.
• Collaborates effectively with peer architects and chief architect to solve complex problems spanning their respective areas and resolves technological disagreement with informed, rational debate.
• Arbitrates disagreements among engineers and make decisions where needed without damaging relationships.
• Coaches, mentors, and delegates to engineers to facilitate their development.
• Masters in Computer Science, or equivalent related experience.
• Ten+ years of experience designing and building applications, with a minimum of four years in Standard Java J2EE application systems architecture (WebSphere Application Server v5.1 6.1 knowledge a strong preference)
• Strong experience with object-oriented software development methodologies and practices including Agile J2EE design patterns UML.
• Strong written and verbal skills. Must be and to communicate in with various levels of management.
• Significant experience (3+ years) with J2EE and related technologies including:
o SPRING, Struts, WebWork (Servlets, JSP, JavaScript, HTML, JNDI), Linux (Z/Linux a plus)
o Hibernate
o JMS WebSphere MQ
o JNDI
• Strong experience with relational databases and SQL (DB2 for z/OS a plus)
• Exposure to SOA concepts and technologies (WebSphere Process Server and SCA components a plus)
• Exposure to Property and Casually claims processes a plus.
