Software Engineer, Associate II at Freddie Mac in McLean, VA

Summary: Freddie Mac is committed to making home possible and has been serving families since 1970. They are seeking a motivated developer to collaborate with project teams in developing business rules application artifacts and to provide production support while ensuring top code quality and performance. Responsibilities: - Understand Business needs and processes; identify solutions, present and work with project team/sponsors in identifying best solution - Participate in Requirements Analysis; design Applications based on System Requirements; promote top code quality and solve challenging issues related to performance tuning and scalability - Provide production support that includes evaluate defects, investigate cause and come up with solutions to address defects - Implementation of software application changes with aggressive deployment timelines - Execute department processes in a high-quality, efficient and team oriented manner Required Qualifications: - Minimum of 1 – 3 years of experience in software development - Strong development experience with Spring frameworks, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Hibernate, JSON, and web services (REST/Soap) - Experience in packaging services using Docker and configuring & deploying on Kubernetes platform or with some of the tools like GIT, Jenkins, Maven, JUnit, Docker, JMeter, Artifactory - Position requires strong analytical skills, software engineering process skills, and the understanding of XML and creation of XML test data - Experience with REST based Web services - Experience with JMS enterprise messaging technologies such as ActiveMQ or AMQ - Experience with static analysis (e.g., Fortify, SonarQube) and remediation - Proficient in documenting and communicating ideas clearly - Ability to resolve issues in a non-confrontational manner - Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills - Experience with UML, SQL and UNIX Shell Script Preferred Qualifications: - College Degree in Computer Science or Information Technology or related discipline or equivalent experience - Preferred 2 years of relevant experience and specialized training or certification in the following technologies: J2EE, Java, Web Development and SQL - Experience with SOAP based Web services - Familiarity with JSON, Jenkins, Maven Builds - Experience with Agile or Waterfall software development project methodologies Required Skills: Java, J2EE, Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Hibernate, JSON, REST Web services, SOAP Web services, SQL, Docker, Kubernetes, GIT, Jenkins, Maven, JUnit, JMeter, Artifactory, XML, JMS, ActiveMQ, Static analysis, Fortify, SonarQube, UML, UNIX Shell Scripting, Agile methodology, Waterfall methodology, Analytical skills Benefits: Competitive compensation, Market-leading benefit programs, Eligible to participate in the annual incentive program