J2EE Developer

The position is located in Northbrook, IL

 

The purpose of the department is Ownership and Delivery of Enterprise Technology Services for Allstate. To provide new capabilities around enterprise common component support as well as application environment and configuration support.

 

The mission of the Enterprise Technology Services (ETS) department is to enable Allstate to rapidly develop core technology aligned competencies, leverage those competencies against business-aligned initiatives and assist in continually updating reference architectures.

 

The scope of this job is Application Developer-J2EE.

 

As part of the ETS-Component Delivery team, we are looking for an experienced WebSphere Portal developer to assist us with our intranet site(s) migration to the WebSphere Portal platform. The developer will also be responsible for delivery of the Allcorp J2EE application framework. This includes analysis of technical client requests, framework/method design/test/rollout of new features/enhancements to support enterprise wide application team development efforts. Additionally, this developer will contribute to the J2EE development efforts for the myDesktop Employee Portal project.

 

The individual will be responsible for

 

1. Analyzes and reviews business, functional, and high level technical requirements. Designs frameworks. Provides input into detailed project estimates and workplan. Programs / develops code for system changes or new modules. Participates in code reviews. Plans and conducts module and basic integration testing. Performs production support and troubleshooting, and maintenance. Prepares and packages code elements for production deployment.

 

2. Specific Responsibilities: Reviews and understands detailed business, functional and high level technical requirements. Participates in creating detailed design documents that support interface and technical design. Participates in design reviews. Provides/confirms detailed estimates for assigned work units. Generates and codes work units for simple to intermediate changes, enhancements, and modules according to specifications and standards.

 

3. Specific Responsibilities: Accurately documents design, code, other work. Prepares and conducts structured code review. Prepares accurate test plan and data and tests modules. Participates in testing reviews. Tracks and resolves simple to intermediate defects. Assists in production support activities by determining the nature, impact and extent of the problem. Provides Technical Assistance. Makes specified changes.

 

4. Specific Responsibilities: Moves and packages production-ready code to delivery channels. Communicates and coordinates among developers, clients and other personnel.

 

The skills required are:

 

1. Advanced - Implementing Portal using current version of IBM WebSphere Portal 5.X

2. Intermediate - Using RAD development tool(s)

3. Intermediate - Using WebSphere Portal Personalization engine

4. Intermediate - Using secure web services with .NET applications

5. Intermediate - Implementing Themes and Skins

 

Experience Required: Knowledge using Portal on Windows and UNIX platforms. Implemented JSR168 compliant Java Portlets using Struts framework Experienced and knowledgeable in .NET architecture and integration of .NET applications into WebSphere Portal Has extensive understanding of the limitations and issues of using WebSphere Portal

 

Computer Proficiency:

IBM WebSphere Portal 5.X, Java, J2EE, EJB, Rational Enterprise Suite, (Rose, ClearCase, XDE), JUnit, HTML, JavaScript, XML.

 

Education:

College Degree  - Preferred

Major preference: Computer Science/technology degree preferred