It Consultant Jobs

Location: Columbus, OH
Position Type: Contract
Position Term: 12+ Month
Responsibilities:
Act as a lead developer for the Ohio SACWIS Java application
Gain a deep Understanding of the applications to provide strong development and design for best business outcome
Participate in requirements and design sessions
Develop Java Code according to approved requirements and technical design
Support Java applications and develop new Java applications based on desired requirement specifications
Interact with prospective customers during product demos/evaluations
Research and fix code issues in the mobile and application segments
Enhance efficiency of development, test and release process; develop tools, frameworks
Participate in the full lifecycle development process
Ability to work in both agile and waterfall projects
Provide first level of quality assurance on new code functionality
Consults with clients to define requirements and recommend solutions
Generate, identify and qualify methods of incorporating technology with the standard industry practices
Study technical trends and how to affect these acquired information with the purpose of upgrading the systems
Serve as an advisor on industry alternatives, options, perils, and provide data on the advantages against the disadvantages of the same on the business processes and procedures
Provides support for ongoing and recurring IT security audits of system
Consults with program/project management to develop appropriate technical solutions
Advise on options, risks, costs vs. benefits, impact on other business processes and system priorities.
Required Experience:
7+ years’ experience in designing and developing scalable web-based applications or relevant industry experience.
7+ years Hands-on programming and debugging skills on Java, JavaScript, JSP/Servlet, J2EE design patterns
Hands-on programming skills with PL/SQL
Service Integration Concepts (especially with RESTFUL services/ SOAP based web services/ IIB integration)
Experience using Git to manage code
Experience with Maven
Experience using JIRA
Design and develop solutions for Non-Functional Requirements (Performance analysis & tuning, Benchmarking/load testing, Security)
5+ years Oracle experience in database design, creating stored procedures and performance tuned sql for quality execution
Knowledge of XML, XHTML, prevalent XML parsers and related technologies
Good knowledge of JSON, XPath
Strong Communication Skills
Leadership skills, some experience managing others
5+ years’ experience in Ohio SACWIS preferably in the Financial area
2 years of experience in IT with consulting experience preferred
2 Years
Preferred skills:
Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering or a related technical discipline
Understanding of standard protocols such as HTTP/HTTPS and session management concepts
Experience in handling enterprise application deployment architectures, environments and providing solutions to problems in scalability, performance, availability, reliability, security etc.
Working experience with one or more Java EE servers such as WebSphere and WebLogic application server, JBOSS or Tomcat
Good SQL knowledge and experience with at least one of the leading Databases like Oracle, SQL Server
Project Delivery: Estimation, Co-ordination and Client Communication
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Research & Innovation: Proof of concepts