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DCV Sabenza IT and Recruitment

Senior Java EE Developer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment

DCV Sabenza IT and Recruitment

  • R Undisclosed
  • Contract Senior position
  • Johannesburg
  • Posted 15 Dec 2025 by DCV Sabenza IT and Recruitment
  • Expires in 25 days
  • Job 2629567 - Ref 878000014413299
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About the position

We are looking for an experienced Senior Java EE Developer with 7+ years of hands-on enterprise Java development experience. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in building secure, scalable, and high-performance backend systems within complex enterprise environments. You will contribute to solution architecture, lead development efforts, and collaborate across multidisciplinary teams to deliver robust business applications.


 


Key Responsibilities:


  • Design, develop, and maintain enterprise-grade backend applications using Java EE/Jakarta EE standards.
  • Build and optimize APIs, microservices, and integration layers using frameworks such as Spring / Spring Boot, JAX-RS, JPA, EJB, Hibernate.
  • Develop and maintain high-performance server-side components and batch processing workflows.
  • Implement unit tests, integration tests, and ensure code quality through best practices and standards.
  • Participate in solution architecture design sessions for new and existing systems.
  • Contribute to the design of scalable, modular, and resilient backend architectures.
  • Identify performance bottlenecks and recommend system improvements.
  • Work with relational databases such as PostgreSQL, Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server.
  • Develop efficient SQL queries, stored procedures, and ORM mappings.
  • Ensure data integrity, performance, and security.
  • Integrate systems using REST, SOAP, JMS, Kafka, or other messaging platforms.
  • Develop and maintain middleware components and enterprise integration patterns (EIP).
  • Work with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, etc.).
  • Build containerized services using Docker; experience with Kubernetes is a plus.
  • Experience deploying Java applications in AWS, Azure, or on-premise environments.
  • Familiarity with infrastructure automation/configuration tools is considered an advantage.
  • Implement application security best practices (authentication, authorization, OWASP standards).
  • Work with identity providers (OAuth2, SSO, JWT, Keycloak, Azure AD, etc.).
  • Lead development streams and mentor junior developers.
  • Conduct code reviews and enforce development standards.
  • Work closely with business analysts, testers, and product owners.


Requirements
  • 7+ years enterprise Java development experience (required).
  • Strong experience in Java EE/Jakarta EE, Spring, Spring Boot, and ORM frameworks.
  • Solid understanding of REST APIs, microservices architecture, and enterprise integration.
  • In depth AWS experience with experience encompassing services like API Gateway, EC2, Lambda, etc.
  • Strong SQL and database design experience.
  • Experience with message brokers (JMS, Kafka, RabbitMQ) and service-oriented architectures.
  • Experience with Git and CI/CD automation.
  • Experience deploying and monitoring Java applications in cloud or hybrid environments.
  • Experience with Kubernetes / OpenShift, Apache Camel, MuleSoft, or other integration frameworks
  • Monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Splunk)
  • Caching frameworks (Redis, Hazelcast)
  • Cloud certifications (AWS, Azure, GCP) are beneficial.


Desired Skills:

  • Java
  • EE
  • AWS
  • Api Gateway
  • EC2

Desired Qualification Level:

  • Degree

About The Employer:


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DCV Sabenza IT and Recruitment

About the agency

Dedicated to the recruitment of IT professionals Sabenza iT is a South African registered business focusing on Finance, Engineering, SAP and general iT recruitment. We have over 18 years' experience in recruiting in South Africa, Australia, Europe, South America and Asia and have worked with a number of large companies offering the best service. We at Sabenza iT understands the changing market and we mold our services around each of our client's needs to offer a personal service. Sabenza iT has forged strong relationships with both Clients and Consultants by ensuring both parties get the most out of every placement. Our Head Office is based in South Africa and we have a satellite office in the UK so that we can keep in contact with expats who may consider returning to South Africa and so that we can offer our services globally for Consultants looking to go to South Africa and Consultants who are looking for opportunities abroad. We at Sabenza recognize the difference it makes to maintain good client relationships and we are keeping our client base niche and manageable in order to give the best service possible. We have gained a good reputation in the market place and have built a very large network and database of consultants that we draw from for each role. We are able to send applications within 24 hours of receiving a role profile or spec. We use one of the best Database software tools available to keep our database up to date and very fast to search. Sabenza iT does not only use job-sites, we headhunt and we use our network to find our clients the right Candidates. We have a strong Facebook presence and we have over 12,000 LinkedIn connections. For further information, please visit our website www.sabenzait.co.za or call me at any time on Tel: 0330040131.

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