Application Developer (WebSphere Portal developer)

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About the Job

Our client has a requirement for a WebSphere Portal for 6 month contract opportunity.  The position is located in Toronto.

Requirements:

Working as a member of the Business Portal project team, the Websphere Portal Developer will assist in extending the client Portal platform as well as any associated portlets. The Developer will be responsible for writing Java code for the purposes of building the Portal. They will also be responsible for integrating to back end systems. Portal Development experience is a must, experience with webMethods and OpenText Web Experience Management is a desirable.  You will be responsible for design and development of the clients Portal Platform, with a focused
delivery on the development of reusable components for other projects.
You will be responsible for custom portlet creation i.e. forms portlet, alert portlet, booking/scheduling portlet. You will be responsible for portal integration to backend systems via Enterprise Service Bus layer, participating and contributing in technical code reviews and documentation and responsible for Unit test cases, integration test cases and expected results.

Qualified Candidates will have:

• 5 years in a portal environment as portal developer, specifically Websphere Portal.
• Worked on a project that developed re-usable portal components.
• Worked on a project that implemented portal as part of a Services Oriented Architecture (SOA).
• Implemented portal/portlet’s in at least 2-3 Portal projects end to end.
• Worked on portlet wiring, WCM portlets, JSF in any of the projects, virtual portal, portal security, remote portlet integration, themes & skins.
• Desired candidate will have experience in developing a portal platform geared towards external service delivery.
• Strong interpersonal and communications skills, and the ability to work in a team environment and work collaboratively with others.
• 5+ years experience with a background in architecture/development of portlets in Websphere Portal in a medium to large-scale environment.
• 5+ years of developing in the following: Java 1.4 (and above), J2EE, JSR168, JSR286, JSF Portlets.
• Web Service and Integration Development: XSLT, XML, XML Schema, XMLMessaging.
• Experience with webMethods and OpenText Web Experience Management is desirable. 

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