J2EE Lead (Weblogic Expert)

MissionStaff is currently ISO of a Lead Consultant to assist our Center City Philadelphia client in a major upgrade from Weblogic 8.x to Weblogic 10.

Senior J2EE Engineer

The Sr. J2EE Engineer is responsible for all aspects of application upgrade analysis and recommendations on Weblogic Platform. The Engineer will assist in the code analysis, application architecture and estimation of man hours related to upgrade of Weblogic 8.1 to 10.2. The individual will concentrate on application code, java version upgrade, user and security configuration and third party products to client applications running on Weblogic.

· Evaluate assigned Java applications at the code level and make recommendations on changes to make home-grown Java applications compatible with latest version of Weblogic (10.2)

· Evaluate and document the extent of code changes required to upgrade application with new version of Weblogic and shift to alternate 3rd party products.

· Evaluate applications for user access and security implementations.

· Determine level of effort and provide estimates to implement solutions

· Write and maintain technical documentation (Run Books and Release Notes).

· Provide and create application user assignments and user security.

· Provide support for application upgrades, security and performance tuning.

· Alignment with Infrastructure, BSPs (Business Segment Partner) and other related groups.

· Comply and maintain application security practices across computing platforms.

Required Skills

· J2EE Certification required (Any certification in Weblogic is a plus)

· At least ten (10) years of overall IT experience (SDLC)

· At least three (3) years experience in Weblogic and J2EE platform

· Must have working knowledge of the UNIX (HP-UX)/LINUX (RHEL) & Windows operating system

· Experience in SQL and vendor extensions of SQL (PL/SQL, TSQL, etc)

· Knowledge of Documentum and/or Siteminder is a plus.

· Solid understanding of key application security concepts, including authentication, access control and group access.

· Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.

· Familiar with mortgage business processes a plus.

**Local, direct candidates only.