Position: Lead Java Programmer
Location: Must Be Local to Baltimore (current COVID-19 Mandated telecommuting)
Position: Sr Computer Programmer (Java)
Status: Full time 40/hr. per week.
Work Authorization: US Citizenship/Green Card; Required

The Canton Group is a privately held family owned and operated company with over a 21-year track record of delivering award-winning web sites, software and digital solutions to Fortune 500 organizations, non-profit, State and Federal Government Entities. Located in the trendy waterfront neighborhood of Canton, Baltimore, we are part of a thriving residential and business community with numerous shops, restaurants, parks and other amenities.

Job Description:
We are seeking a detail oriented, passionate, and dedicated Java Developer to not only join our amazing team, but LEAD. Qualified candidates must be able to communicate and collaborate with a team of highly talented technicians and occasionally interact with the client.

Overview:
You will be providing new development and production support to existing Enterprise wide Java applications. The initial and main project(s) involve supporting one of our state government contracts and would involve fixing/troubleshooting issues in Java applications and writing SQL based queries. You will be involved in developing, testing, debugging integrating and implementing in this custom Java application. You will work and collaborate on a team of project managers, business analysts, developers/engineers, database administrators, and QA staff within an AGILE development environment. As a crucial member of our team, you will also be expected to interface with client representatives.

Translate application storyboards and use cases into functional applications
Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable Java code
Review code and provide feedback to members of the team
Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the applications
Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to these problems
Help maintain code quality, organization, and automation control

Required Skills:

Must be able to meet project deadlines and milestones while producing high quality work.
Must display a superior ability to communicate with co-workers for innovation purposes; clients for quality control and customer satisfaction purposes.
Proficient in Java, with a good knowledge of its ecosystems
Solid understanding of object-oriented programming
Expertise in Java based web development; framework is custom (UI and ORM)
Familiar with various design and architectural patterns
Basic front-end skills for basic HTML-5, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, jQuery
Familiarity with concepts of MVC, JDBC, and RESTful
Knowledge of Spring framework concepts
Knowledge of writing JSP pages and scriptlets
Familiarity with application servers like Weblogic and JBoss
Experience working with cloud-hosted environments (AWS preferred)
Knack for writing clean, readable Java code
Experience with relational databases (i.e. DB2) and SQL query development
Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
Basic understanding of the class loading mechanism in Java
Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes
Proficient in code versioning tools, Git (or TFS)
Familiarity with build tools such as Ant, Maven, and Gradle
Willingness to learn custom framework currently in use for user interface and object relational mapping
Basic understanding of Java RMI and Enterprise Java Beans (EJB)

Education/Experience Requirement:

A Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university with a major in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or other related scientific or technical discipline or three (3) years of equivalent experience in a related field. A Master’s Degree is preferred.
Must have eight (8) years of programming experience in software development or maintenance.
Must have five (5) years of experience in IT systems analysis and programming.