Enterprise Java Developer at Smile Communications

Role Description

• This is a full-time on-site role for a Enterprise Java Developer based in Lagos.
• Understanding business requirements through working with business units, process analysts and business analysts across Smile operations.
• Architect, Design, Develop and Test functionality on Smiles various Java based platforms
• Day to day maintenance, administration and support of Smiles Java based platforms. (Smile has a model where developers are responsible for Level 2 and Level 3 Operations of the systems they are involved in)
• Working closely with external parties such as web development agencies, payment partners and App developers to allow for integration of external systems into Smiles systems through SOAP and REST API’s.
• Working closely with other IT team members to create a productive and fun working environment where all team members are passionate about technology and the systems they are working on.
• The mission critical nature of Telecoms systems and financial impacts of errors, bugs and downtime necessitates that candidates must have an acute attention to detail and be able to work effectively under pressure.
• The role will directly impact the products and services offered by Smile in its operations. To perform this function, the candidate is expected to work closely with Senior Management at Smile including the marketing, finance and product management teams.

Qualifications

• Three Years IT-related Degree

More than 3 years experience on Enterprise Java development using the following development technologies:

• Netbeans / Eclipse
• JAX-WS
• JAX-RS
• JPA
• HTML / HTML 5 
• CSS
• Javascript
• JSP + JSTL
• EJB 
• BPEL
• Ant
• Subversion
• GIT

More than 2 years’ experience operating enterprise Java systems running on the following technologies:

• Java Enteprise (essential)
• MySQL 5 (essential)
• Linux (essential)
• OpenESB (preferable)
• VMWare (preferable)
• Smile utilises the following open source libraries/frameworks and prior expertise would be favourable:
• SLF4J
• Stripes web framework
• Activiti
• Apache Commons
• Hazelcast
• AngularJS
• Jackson
• Javassist
• Jersey
• Jira
• Memcached
• Mobicents
• Prior Mobile Telecoms and/or ISP experience preferable
• Service Oriented Architecture
• Development of highly concurrent low latency real-time systems
• Smile uses Linux as the IT desktop environment. Candidates must be comfortable on a Linux desktop. Ubuntu is candidates choice.

Essential

• A self-motivated/self-driven individual who is passionate about all facets of IT and who take’s initiative in their job
• Flexible. Ability to work in an environment in which there is substantial ambiguity; things change rapidly and often, and you need to adapt to new ways of thinking.
• Must work well in team environments and be able to lead by example
• Be willing to go the extra mile
• Self-organized. Ability to naturally get a lot of high quality work done to completion without being micro-managed.
• Communication. Take input from many sources; think through that information, and present concise, clear recommendations to technical and non-technical people.
• Involved in the Java community through forums, open source projects etc.
• Enquiring mind with a love for Programming and problem solving