Senior Java Developer

Provider of end-to-end talent management solutions. Based in NE Ohio, Maverick Direct delivers solutions and resources that help our client link business and talent strategies to accelerate the realization of their vision, mission and goals. Maverick Direct helps clients cultivate greatness by designing, building, and attracting the targeted talent to accelerate their business.

Our client, headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, generates annual revenue of approximately $1.9 billion, and its products can be found in retail outlets worldwide.

Will lead a team of developers that support the enhancement and maintenance of Java/J2EE-based Internet and Intranet business related applications. Applications cover various business disciplines such B2B, manufacturing, sales, order processing, content management and package solutions. This individual will not only be required to be a hands-on developer, but also mentor and develop existing team members.

Will provide technology leadership for application development utilizing IBM Web Sphere and JBoss Technologies. Provide design and implementation leadership on both new and existing custom development efforts, packaged product implementations and system integrations. Will be asked to participate with the refinement and development of current Java/J2EE standards, frameworks and testing methodologies.

Candidate is required to have 4-5 years of hands‑on experience with:

Object Oriented Analysis and Design, Object Oriented Programming, J2EE/Java/JSP/Servlet/GWT/AJAX Application Development, experienced with Eclipse IDE development environment. Back end database at is SQLServer and DB2 . Must have experience and an understanding of how to implement applications using Model-View-Presenter (MVP) with GWT, Model View and Controller (MVC) utilizing the Struts framework, and must have a working knowledge of the Hibernate technology for persistence management.

The candidate must also be able to demonstrate competence with UML (Use case diagrams, activity diagrams, sequence diagrams and class diagrams) along with having working knowledge of both Waterfall and AGILE software development lifecycle approaches. The candidate will be expected to communicate with technical staff and various business clients to aid in the gathering of new requirements and to identify root cause of application issues.

Candidate must have the ability to multi‑task and should have 2-3 years minimum experience as a technical lead that required the need to mentor and coach others in the area of UML, OOP, system development, and Java/J2EE‑related technologies. Future efforts will also likely involve the implementation, integration and maintenance of packaged products beyond the support of custom solutions, so the candidate must have good general technical engineering skills, strong technical aptitude, and a desire for such flexibility.

Ideal candidate will possess the Sun Certified Developer certification and one of the advanced Sun certifications. (Sun Certified Web Component Developer, Sun Certified Business Component Developer, Sun Certified Developer for Java Web Services, or Sun Certified Enterprise Architect)

• B.S. in Information Technologies.