The Senior Java Developer will be working on the design and development of applications with state-of-the-art technologies, including SOA architecture, messaging, ILOG JRules, Enterprise Service Bus and Web Services; providing technical leadership in the development team; delivering quality software products based on project plans. This position is located in Raleigh, North Carolina. Functions Include: Design and develop applications on WebSphere in Java / J2EE Design and develop efficient batch jobs for transferring large volumes of business data Provide performance tuning for business applications based on Service Level Agreement (SLA) Deploy applications to Rule Execution Server and WebSphere Application Server To qualify, you must have the following requirements: Significant hands-on experience with full lifecycle project development Significant hands-on experience with SOA, Web Services Significant hands-on experience with WebSphere Application Server v7; any Web Application Server is OK Significant experience with Spring, Hibernate, Struts, Maven, Ant and CVS is desired Significant hands-on experience with developing SOA services preferably with WID v7 Significant integration experience with any ESB Significant hands-on experience with Java, J2EE, EJB, JMS, JDBC, SQL, XML, JSP, and JMS (preferably MQ) Practical application debugging and troubleshooting skills Plusses Include: Clustering, Cloud computing, different SOA stack, WS specifications, jBPM, and Drools Must be highly motivated and results-oriented with strong technical leadership skills Great team player and effective communicator with different types of people Excellent documentation skills Able to work in multi-tasking way and prioritize tasks reasonably A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related fields is preferred 8 years of professional software development experience 5 years of professional Java / J2EE experience WebSphere Integration Developer (WID) experience is preferred WebSphere Application Server Certification is preferred Working experience in financial services or real estate industry is a big plus