J2EE - Websphere Portal - Engineer

Location
Alexandria, VA

Seeking qualified individuals to help support a dynamic government agency focusing on quality coding. The open position is in support of a high profile, public facing, custom-developed J2EE application.

Must be able to pass a Minimum Background Investigation (MBI)

Essential Job Functions
Participates in application design and development discussions with clients and management to determine client needs and ensure that product adheres to established specifications and standards. Identifies issues and recommends alternative courses of action.

Reviews development, modification and testing of applications software by less experienced employees to ensure that product efficiency and cost effectiveness are achieved.

Guides revisions and ensures adherence to standard procedures.

Performs complex modification, testing and debugging tasks on vendor supplied utilities and packages to ensure fit with current operating environment.

Reviews and edits program and user documentation for all applications developed within the department to ensure that client access to product is efficient and user-friendly.

Recommends additional modifications as necessary and implements them as approved.

Designs, codes and maintains complex applications to ensure applications are efficient and updated on a regular basis; may review work of less senior programmers and provide suggestions to improve product quality.

Coordinates activities with personal computer support staff to ensure that appropriate support is provided on application issues. Resolves issues through coordination with team members.

Provides leadership and work guidance to less experienced personnel.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Bachelor's degree in business, computer science or related field preferred
• Seven or more years of systems programming experience
• Experience working with appropriate application programming, programming languages and analysis procedures
• Experience working with software, systems, applications and network markets
• Experience working with business environment, market needs and competition
• Experience working with company software and hardware products and client software needs and hardware equipment
• Experience working with data warehousing standards, strategies and tools, and company testing methodologies and other relevant technical procedures

Other Qualifications

• Six or more years of application programming in an Object Orient design environment and development with J2EE
• Six or more years of application  programming  in an Oracle  environment with some or all of the following: HTTP and XML based services, TIFF/PDF handling, Web-based components (JSP, XSLT), Portal, Portlet design components, WebSphere, WebSphere Portal and Java JINI services, Struts, Swing, Spring, Apache, Tomcat, Java Design Patterns (GOF), etc.
• Experience working with appropriate application programming, programming languages and analysis procedures
• Experience working  with software, systems applications  and network markets
• Experience working with the business environments, market  needs and competition
• Experience working with company software and hardware products and client software need and hardware equipment
• Experience working with data warehousing standards, strategies and tools, and company testing methodologies and other relevant technical procedures
• Strong interpersonal skill to interact with customers and team members
• Strong communication skills to interact with team members and support personnel
• Ability to work in a team environment
• Ability to lead others on the project team

Quotient is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. Quotient, as an employer committed to a diverse workplace, maintains a current Affirmative Action Plan which is available for review anytime between 8:30 am - 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday at our corporate office or by contacting us.