Java Developer, Senior

The successful candidate will be responsible for configuring and customizing BillingCenter Guidewire solutions. This is a technical role which requires object-oriented programming skills, understanding of object-oriented analysis and design, J2EE or other comparable enterprise application architectures, SQL query development, Web services, and XML experience.

Job Responsibilities:

• Work closely with the solution analysts to understand business requirements and provide innovative solutions using BillingCenter Guidewire technology.
• Configure and develop business rules in the BillingCenter Guidewire platform.
• Develop, test, debug and document integration interfaces in accordance with architectural guidelines and practices.
• Understand and work from business requirements documentation (Use Cases, UML as well as traditional software specifications). 
• Apply industry standard object-oriented programming best practices and design patterns.
• Plan, initiate and conduct unit and integration testing of applications as well as facilitate system testing.
• Support and troubleshoot production implementations.
• Work to resolve complex technical issues and understand system performance associated with the solution.
• As a part of an agile project team, share technical and product knowledge with other team members.
• Participate in technology/tools evaluation and software technical proof of concepts.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to less senior developers. 
• Provide technical leadership on projects as necessary. 
• Provide accurate and reliable estimates.
• Consistently deliver work on time and of high quality. 

Required Skills and Experience:

• Bachelors Degree in related field required.
• Java or comparable object-oriented technology certification preferred.
• 7+ years of object-oriented development experience.
• Strong knowledge of object-oriented design patterns, software architecture concepts, and web application security.
• Extensive knowledge and experience with object-oriented programming languages (such as Java or C#) and object-oriented architectures. (such as J2EE or .NET)
• Strong knowledge and experience with SOA, including messaging and web services.
• Strong knowledge and experience with web development technologies, such as HTML, JSP, Struts, ASP.NET, .NET MVC, JQuery and other JavaScript frameworks.
• Knowledge and experience with HTTP and FTP. 
• Strong understanding of relational database technologies and experience writing SQL queries.
• Strong UML knowledge.
• Strong XML knowledge. 
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Experience working as part of a high pace Agile development team.
• Experience with BillingCenter Guidewire technologies a plus.

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