The Opportunity:

As a Java developer working within Accenture Technology, you will be responsible for Accenture’s growth and success across our technology business, delivery through the Global Delivery Network (GDN) and support for emerging technologies across our technology innovation, ecosystems and Accenture Software markets.  Accenture’s technology people implement innovative solutions to help clients stay ahead of the digital curve by:

• Creating & delivering custom-designed solutions for our clients’ most complex technology challenges.

• Driving & accelerating real business impacts through our alliances with SAP, Oracle, Microsoft, Salesforce, Cisco, HP and IBM.

• Incubating & piloting emerging technologies for clients based on our applied Research and Development.

To help drive forward the growth of our business and clients’ business, we are hiring for curious and ambitious Java Application Developers in two areas of our business –

Application Development – Here you will –

• Work with Business users to agree on requirements and specifications

• Document functional and technical designs for your area of work

• Write and design testable and effective code

• Gather requirements for system design – experience in this would be extremely desirable.

• Gain client engagement experience, collaborating with business users on project delivery

• Build prototypes, development of applications and building interfaces with legacy, enterprise resource planning and other enterprise systems

Application Maintenance – Here you will –

• Be responsible for responding to incident support tickets & identifying the causes behind any application failure.

• Identify root causes, immediate quick fixes, or work arounds to issues, gaining exposure to the manipulation of JSON / XML messages and/or database fields.

• Search and implement long-term code fixes for these failures, testing and including in appropriate builds.

• Have responsibility for maintaining and versioning code bases and providing valid and testable code.

As an Accenture employee you can make great ideas happen for some of the world's most dynamic companies. With broad global resources and deep technical know-how, we collaborate with clients to cultivate ideas and deliver results. Choose a career at Accenture and enjoy an innovative environment where challenging and interesting work is part of daily life.

• BSc in Computer Science, Software Engineering, IT qualification and/or relevant industry experience

• 4 - 6 years’ commercial experience in full life-cycle development, including design, coding, testing, rollout and support

• Experience in Core Java development in Eclipse in an Agile environment

• Proficient with Spring (Spring Web MVC, Spring REST, Spring Boot)

• Experience with NoSQL and SQL databases

• Experience with Hibernate

• Knowledge of SDLC and Agile Development

• Experience with GIT and JIRA

• Strong creative problem solving and analytical skills

• Team player

• Strong oral and written communications skills

• Strong client service skills

 Desirable

• Experience of front-end technologies such as Angular, HTML, CSS and JavaScript

• Experience with Kafka and Spring Batch are a plus

Does this appeal to you? If so, we wish to hear from you.

Please advise if you have any particular requirements, so we can look into arranging reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process. You can contact us at [email protected]

What’s in it for you:

At Accenture Ireland, in addition to a competitive base salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes pension, private health insurance, discounted gym membership, emergency caring facilities, and 2 days’ leave per year for charitable work of your choice! Flexible working arrangements can be discussed depending on the position.

Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries, we offer Strategy and Consulting, Interactive, Technology and Operations services — all powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. Our 674,000 people deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. We embrace the power of change to create value and shared success for our clients, people, shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at accenture.com.

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