An exciting opportunity has arisen with one of our major Financial Services clients based in Chester, we're looking for an experienced Java / J2EE Developer with extensive experience of the following: Skills Required: * Web application development experience * Financial Services preferred * Comprehensive knowledge of Java, XML, XSL, CSS, HTML, J2EE, JDBC * Understanding of the Systems Development Life Cycle and methodologies. * Proven ability to deliver complex systems within agreed time-scales * Outstanding organisational skills and ability to multi-task. * Able to contribute as a member of the Ecommerce Technology team * Excellent oral and written communication skills. * A pragmatic hands-on approach and a strong focus on delivery. * Flexible, responsive, enthusiastic. Optional: * Knowledge of Web Service development using JAXRPC, WSDL, SOAP, HTTP * Educated to Degree level or equivalent qualifications/experience * Thorough working knowledge of one or more Structured Development Methodologies * Experience in a formal IT development environment, preferably in a n-Tier setting. * Understanding of Agile Development Process and Development Tools such as Jira and Perfoce * Experience with some of Spring, Hibernate, Oracle 10G, Unix * Knowledge of Web Security * RDBMS, SQL and stored procedure experience on Informix, Oracle. hy-phen.com Limited is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.