Endeavour recruitment has a fantastic contract opportunity working for a large client in the finance sector.

Tasks and Responsibilities

• Contribute to and enhance the IT architecture.
• Design IT solutions that meet business requirements in line with the IT architectural principles.
• Write functional and technical specifications of applications or data
• Write technical documentation for tender procedures.
• Work with colleagues and users to collect requirements, analyse and evaluate proposals, conduct negotiations and implement specifications according to defined architectural standards.
• Manage the Test environment for all applications.
• Deployment of applications into the Test environment.
• Integration of applications, middleware and components.

Education and qualifications:

• University or college degree in computer engineering, computer science, physics or mathematics or a related discipline or
• Professional experience and qualification in IT architecture methodologies

Core Knowledge and skills:

• Excellent JEE Skills (including Spring, JSP)
• Good Unix scripting skills
• Good integration experience

General Knowledge and skills:

• Good knowledge of SQL, XML, LDAP and SSO solutions.
• Strong knowledge of state-of-the-art IT methodologies and tools.
• Proven ability in translating technological issues in a business context
• Identifying technical solutions for business requirements.
• Experience in team/group facilitation, project management and training would be an advantage

Very good analytical skills.

• Ability to work under pressure and to deliver to agreed deadlines.
• Proven ability to generate a range of possible, also innovative, solutions and to assess the implications of these solutions.
• Good interpersonal skills, in particular communication and negotiation skills, and the ability to work in a team and co-ordinate own activities with others.
• Very good command of English with proven drafting ability.

Java Developer / Luxembourg / Contract / €360 per day

Endeavour Recruitment has an exciting opportunity for a Java Developer to join our leading European public sector client based in Luxembourg on an initial 12-month contract with further extensions.

This is an English speaking role on an international site, a second language would be desirable but not essential.

Skills: Java, Hibernate, JBoss, Spring and Oracle PL/SQL

Desirables: GWT or JSF or ExtJS

Start date: ASAP (Can be flexible).

Duration: 12 Months initially plus further extensions

For further information regarding this exciting long term contract, please don't hesitate to apply.

Are you looking for an excellent new contract opportunity to join a large European client based in Paris?

Tasks and Responsibilities

• Contribute and enhance the IT architecture.
• DesignIT solutions that meet business requirements in line with the IT architectural principles.
• Write functional and technical specifications of applications or data. Participate in writing technical documentation for tender procedures.
• Work with peer colleagues and users to collect requirements, analyse and evaluate proposals, conduct negotiations and implement specifications according to defined architectural standards.

Core Knowledge and skills:

• Excellent JEE Skills (including Spring, JSP)
• Good Unix Scripting skills

General Knowledge and skills:

• Good knowledge of SQL, XML, LDAP and SSO solutions.
• State-of-the-art IT methodologies and tools knowledge.
• Experience translating technological issues into a business context.
• Identifying technical solutions for business requirements.
• Experience in team/group facilitation, project management and training would be an advantage.

Education and qualifications:

University or college degree in computer engineering, computer science, physics, mathematics or a related discipline or

Professional experience and qualification in IT architecture methodologies

Please get in touch for further details in this not to be missed contract opportunity.

Java Spring Developer

Endeavour Recruitment has a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Software Engineer with Java and Spring experience to work with our Publishing Client in Norwich.

The experienced Java Spring Developer will be working with the development team in Norwich.

Key Responsibilities of the Java Spring Developer include:

• Software Development
• Ensuring code passes Unit testing
• Maintenance and support of existing code
• Keeping up to date with latest technologies

Key Skills required of the Software Engineer:

• Java, J2EE, JSP, JSTL
• Spring, MVC
• Web Services (RESTful and SOAP)
• JMS
• SQL

Desired skills and experience:

• HTML, CSS, Java Scripting, JQuery
• XSLT
• Semantic Web (Apache Jena Framework)
• Publishing experience
• Sun Java qualification

What’s in it for you?

• Opportunity to work with a leading Publishing client
• Salary: Between £45,000- £60,000, depending on experience
• Chance to live and work in Norwich

If you are an experienced developer with Java and Spring experience, then please do not hesitate to apply!