As a member of the Application Development staff, the candidate would participate in the development and implementation of internal and mission critical external distributed applications. The position is for an advanced intermediate Application Developer who has very strong experience developing and implementing applications using the J2EE architecture. The candidate will be responsible for building distributed applications based on the established FRB system architecture and will be involved in the entire project life cycle (requirements gathering, development, deployment and maintenance). Participate in the detailed technical design of applications with the System Architect and Technical Leads by reviewing UML diagrams and other technical documentation Develop functions and application components in Java on Websphere platform. Integrate written components with frameworks and other common components Make recommendations towards the development of new code or reuse of existing code. Develop documentation artifacts Support testing (Unit, Functional, Performance, Access controls) Required Skills:Top 5-10 technical skills required for the job: J2EE Java JSPs JDBC JavaScript HTML Spring Framework At least 5-7 years of relevant work experience in Java/J2EE distributed application Development. Includes strong experience with various J2EE components and services At least 5 years of working experience with JAVA, J2EE, JSPs, JDBC, JavaScript, HTML. 3-5 years working with Spring framework and good understanding of AOP concepts. Strong analysis and design skills, including requirements analysis, OO design patterns, and UML. Knowledge of common JEE patterns, General knowledge of open source frameworks Experience with building and delivering mission critical, fault tolerant applications Minimum two years of experience with Messaging (MQ/JMS) based Integration applications. Strong understanding of Application resiliency, security, scalability and general performance concepts. Keen understanding of performance issues and end to end debugging capabilities. Proven working knowledge of the J2EE architecture Proven working knowledge of WebSphere or Eclipse IDE; Strong knowledge of SQL, stored procedures (PL/SQL) and database fundamentals (Oracle 11g). Strong multi tasking and collaboration skills. Strong verbal, written and presentation skills. Strong written, verbal and interpersonal skills. Ability to work independently and as part of a team. Ability to work on multiple assignments simultaneously and produce high quality products. Strong problem solving and analytical skills demonstrated by the ability to assimilate new information, understand complex topics and arrive at sound analysis and judgment. Critical Skills:see required Preferred Skills:Sparx EA, Freemarker, Jasper, Quartz, Hibernate/Orm, JAXB, JQuery, Subversion, Maven, Ajax, JUnit, Spring Batch framework, knowledge of Financial Services industry are a plus. Education/Certifications:Bachelor's or Master's Degree in a relevant field of work or equivalent work experience. Princeton Information is one of the nation's top five privately-held IT consulting firms, in business since 1985. Princeton Information services a clientele of primarily Fortune 500 companies nationwide. With annual revenues over $120 million, Princeton Information operates across the US from multiple regional offices. Our Commitment to Our Consultants As a privately held company, Princeton Information is solely committed to the success of clients and consultants - not to any shareholders. PI's success is grounded in the relationships we build with our consultants. We seek the best people; provide career path counseling; as well as the most challenging opportunities in business and in IT. As part of its culture of loyalty and commitment to its consultants, Princeton Information is committed to doing all we can to ensure our consultants have the best possible search, placement and work experience possible. Our Services Working with one Princeton Recruiter will gain you access to over 500 open requirements with the top clients in the US across all industries (finance, insurance, pharmaceutical, commercial, telecom, media, manufacturing) nationwide. Our local recruiters have in-depth knowledge of our clients and opportunities. They will work with you to find you the best possible opportunities for you and your career. Our Relationships Our relationships with our clients, as well as our consultants, are critical to our success! We have a robust sales organization that ensures that Princeton has the inside track on what attributes a person needs in order to be successfully placed and engaged at our clients. We know the technical and non-technical skills that our clients are looking for and we ensure that you are educated about the client prior to your interview with them. Princeton is committed to going above and beyond to ensure that each meeting you have with a client is a successful one!