Senior Backend JAVA Developer + Oracle/PL-SQL

Project Description:

Our client is a US subsidiary of a global financial house working in multiple markets and asset classes.

The client has a requirement to migrate a big number of applications/systems running on hundreds of Windows/Unix servers (prod/non-prod) and components marked as EOL (End-of-Life) - Win 2012/2014, UNIX RHEL6, SQL 2016, Java 8, etc. to modern versions.

The scope of activities will include migration of applications (including DB/MW) and underlying infrastructure layer (OS, ESX, storage) to the latest (stable) infra stack: (Win 2012/2014 -> Win 2019, Unix RHEL6 -> Unix RHEL7), SQL 2016 -> SQL 2019, Java 8 -> Java 11. The project also involves some application technology stack modernization

We are currently looking to build a distributed ~20 strong team of functional analysts, infrastructure and DevOps specialists, test engineers and developers led by an on-site project manager to assume full responsibility for project delivery.

Anticipated project duration is ~ 1 year. Luxoft is proposing permanent employment, competitive salary and benefits package and possibility to move to different projects within Luxoft upon the project completion.

The intent is to operate in WFH mode mostly, working from the office is possible upon request.

Responsibilities:

• Communicating with client on requirements

• Proposing the solution and providing estimations, being able to discuss different options

• Programming in Java, PL/SQL, Shell scripts

• Implementing and modifying functional and unit test

• Fixing bugs and providing hot fixes

• Preparing release notes

• Interacting with project management, reporting status

Mandatory Skills:

• At least 5 years of Java/J2EE

• Experience with Oracle & PL-SQL

• Shell/Batch/Perl scripting

• Swift messaging

• XML parsing

Verbal and written communication skills in English are essential.

Nice-to-Have Skills:

• JIRA/Confluence

• Control-M

• Microsoft Message Queue (MSMQ)

• Experience in finance/capital markets

Languages:

• English: B2 Upper Intermediate