Senior Portal Applications Developer

Established in 1991, Collabera has been a leader in IT staffing for over 22 years and is one of the largest diversity IT staffing firms in the industry. As a half a billion dollar IT company, with more than 9,000 professionals across 30+ offices, Collabera offers comprehensive, cost-effective IT staffing & IT Services. We provide services to Fortune 500 and mid-size companies to meet their talent needs with high quality IT resources through Staff Augmentation, Global Talent Management, Value Added Services through CLASS (Competency Leveraged Advanced Staffing & Solutions) Permanent Placement Services and Vendor Management Programs.

Collabera recognizes true potential of human capital and provides people the right opportunities for growth and professional excellence. Collabera offers a full range of benefits to its employees including paid vacations, holidays, personal days, Medical, Dental and Vision insurance, 401K retirement savings plan, Life Insurance, Disability Insurance.

The Senior Portal Applications Developer is responsible for developing portal applications. The position will require working closely with business requirements and design analysts to implement front-end portal applications using IBM Websphere Portal software. Experience with JSR 168/286 Portlets Development is key. The position will also include designing portals that are compliant with Section 508 accessibility requirements. The position will require environmental setup, configuration support, application deployments, and application migrations.

It will include providing technical assistance in resolving production system problems, and investigation of technologies and recommending solutions to meet business needs.

• At least 10 years of general IT related experience, with 2 years being specialized in Websphere Portal application development in a Systems Life Cycle team environment.
• Ability to use Websphere Portal tools to develop portlets that meet the JSR 168/286 standard.
• Experience with Section 508 accessibility requirements desired.
• Experience with J2EE, JSP, and Java Scripts especially Dojo Toolkit and Dynamic HTML required.
• Experience with GUI design and development is a plus.
• Experience developing Java J2EE Components including, JSPs, and Servlets.
• Experience with IBM Websphere Application Server.
• Strong Unix/Linux experience in an enterprise environment is required.
• Prior experience with Websphere, Java, UML, and other technologies including: JMS; XSLT, Xpath, LDAP, ANT, JACL scripting a plus, IBM HTTP Server, and XML configuration.
• Also desired are best practices for load balancing and fail-over support.
• Experience with Apache and PHP is highly desirable.
• Knowledge of web application performance is a plus.
• Good team player with strong verbal and written communication skills.

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