We are currently seeking to fill a Programmer/Analyst position for our client in Chicago, IL. We invite you to review the position requirements below and apply today if your skills match our need.



Responsibilities:

- Analyze, design, and develop new website functionality according to business specifications and technical design. Will work closely with business users to better understand requirements.

- Must keep abreast of current and emerging technologies in the area of web development, and make recommendations for management consideration of emerging technologies.

- May be responsible for the defining technical design requirements and communicating those requirements to the business owners. Candidate will participate in user interface design sessions.

- Develop estimates for completion of development tasks and communicate and/or document those estimates for both the business community as well as other team members. May be asked to defend those estimates by communicating development approach.

- Prepare and execute unit test scripts.

- Analyze, document and present test results.

- Responsible for ensuring that developed code meets functional requirements prior to meeting with, or presenting to, business users.

- Convert business requirements into program specifications.

- Analyze impact of proposed solutions on business applications.

- Develop, implement, and maintain application systems and programs.

- Ensure satisfactory functioning through testing, analysis of results, and correction of deficiencies according to business requirements.

- Provide application assistance to support, technical, and operation areas.

- Travel may be required.



Required Qualifications:

- Strong analytical and problem solving skills

- Has initiative and is self-disciplined

- Knowledge of business and technical environments

- Hands on experience with all layers of website development

- At least 2 years hands on experience with J2EE development including development for external facing web applications

- Experience with Hibernate, Struts, HTML/DHTML, XML and SQL



Preferred Qualifications:

- Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related field

- Familiarity with JUnit, Rational RUP, Spring Framework, Java Server Faces (JSF) and AJAX a plus

- Familiarity with HP/UNIX is a plus

- Oracle DBA experience a plus

- Experience working with BEA WebLogic a plus

- Experience with PVCS a plus



Education/Years of Experience:

- Minimum of 5 years IT experience, with the following specific experiences: 2 years of J2EE programming experience; 2 years of Struts experience; 2 years of HTML/DHTML programming experience; 1 year of UNIX

- Minimum of 2 years experience working in a large organization

- Bachelors degree in Computer Science or Information Systems, or equivalent work experience

- Must be able to work some weekends, nights, and holidays



Apply now if your skills and experience are a good match for the position and remember this: At Harvey Nash, the door to opportunity is always wide open.

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