Physicians Mutual is looking for a Senior Software Engineer Distributed Systems in our Enterprise Technology Group. A successful candidate will be able to design, develop and test components in accordance with the project's adopted standards for integration into larger subsystems.

Job Responsibilities:

• Designs, develops and tests.
  
• Will be responsible for other Java related development for integration into larger subsystems.
  
• Designs part of the system, within the constraints of requirements, architecture, and development process for the project.
  
• Creates unit test cases to support testing.
  
• Understands and adheres to the design model.
  
• Writes program source code for JEE WebSphere applications and implements components, services, and/or modules.
  
• Performs unit testing of source code and works to resolve defects found while performing integration and regression tests.
  
• Works closely with Business partners and other software engineers and architects to ensure project objectives are met and frameworks are followed.

Job Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field or equivalent work experience with five or more years experience.
  
• A strong working knowledge of the following is required: Java/JEE on WebSphere, SOA eventing paradigm using JMS/MQ Series, UML, XML/XSD, JSP/Java Servlets, GOF/JEE Design Patterns, JUnit, Relational DBMS.
  
• Experience with one or more of the following is strongly preferred: JPA frameworks (Hibernate, OpenJPA), Java Server Faces, WebServices, iterative and test driven approaches.
  
• Experience with any of the following is desirable: SOA technologies such as Business Process Management tools and service choreography or mediation concepts using Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), Insurance Application Architecture (TAA), IBM WebSphere Portal.