Job Description

Senior Java Developer

Location – Chicago, Illinois, 60661, United States 5 days onsite

Duration – Long term 18+ months contract W2 only

Job description:

Must-have:

• Java + Spring Boot (enterprise scale)

• Microservices + REST APIs

• IAM fundamentals (OAuth, OIDC, SAML, LDAP)

• Secure coding & vulnerability remediation

• Oracle DB (real experience, not checkbox)

• CI/CD pipelines

• Linux + containers

Top 3 Required Skills:

1. Enterprise Java & Spring Boot – building production-grade backend services that run continuously and safely at scale.

2. Identity & Access Management (IAM) – hands-on experience with authentication flows, OAuth/JWT, SSO, and access control systems.

3. Production Hardening & Compliance – strong logging, testing, CI/CD, and code quality practices suitable for regulated environments.

Secondary Skills - Nice to Haves

• ping identity

• ping tools

• cyber security

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop and be accountable for feature delivery.

• Apply enterprise standards for solution design, coding, and quality.

• Ensure solution meets product acceptance criteria with minimal technical debt.

• Responsible for compliance and security items and audit support.

• Act as a liaison for production activities/issues.

• Participate in work breakdown and execution.

• Play a team member role, as an individual contributor.

• Mentor other team members whenever required.

• Participate in planning & estimation, peer reviews and other engineering practices.

• Identify skill and role gaps, and work with Technology Manager to address them.

• Patriciate in creating resource contingency plans where required.

• Oversee detailed execution of assigned deliverable at every level - Requirements gathering, technical design, build and quality assurance.

Required Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in computer science, engineering, or a related field with 7+ years of experience in building large scape Java applications.

• Strong skills in design and developing robust RESTAPI and Micro Services. Proficiency in Spring/SpringBoot.

• Strong hands-on experience in Identity & Authentication technologies including OAuth2/OIDC, SAML, FIDO/WebAuthn, PKI, and LDAP. Working knowledge of digital credentials and digital wallet.

• Extensive knowledge and experience working with SQL, Stored Procedures, and Oracle DB data replication and performance tuning.

• Experience in building solutions using cloud-based services. Familiarity with cloud security.

• Working experience in remediating application security vulnerabilities, CVEs.

• Skilled in using CI/CD tool set (JIRA/Bitbucket/Jenkins/Artifactory/Ansible)

• Proficiency in development in Unix/Linux environment

• Proficiency developing in container-based architecture.

• Experience in UI development with React or similar framework.

• Self-motived individual with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to lead large & complex tasks including product upgrades and deployment of new capabilities and enhancements.

• Ability to work in a highly visible and fast-paced environment where business needs/priorities may change.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Skills:

• Familiarity with containerization, OpenShift, Kubernetes, Docker.

• Experience integrating with AI/LLM models into Java applications using the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Strong familiarity with vector databases, prompt design, context management within MCP ecosystems is highly valued.

• Experience in IAM platforms, such as Ping One, Ping Federate, Hypr, Okta, ForgeRock.

• Exposure to mobile development

Seniority & Positioning

• True senior individual contributor

• Operates with minimal supervision

• Owns complex features and production outcomes

• Mentors other engineers when needed

• Acts as a bridge between architecture and execution

Thanks & Regards

Satender Kumar(Sam)

Team Lead

P: +1 (214) 617-5426

E: satender@imcsgroup.net

9901 East Valley Ranch Parkway

Suite 3020 Irving, Texas – 75063

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