Software Engineer (J2EE)

Thomson Reuters is a global leader in providing essential information to the world's businesses and professionals in Law, Financial Services, Tax & Accounting, Media, Healthcare and Scientific Research. With our deep expertise and understanding of these professions, we are able to offer our customers a broad range of innovative products and services. The relevant, insightful information and intuitive supporting systems we provide enable our customers to be successful. Thomson Reuters has operations in 93 countries around the globe. More information about Thomson Reuters and its financial performance can be found on www.ThomsonReuters.com The Healthcare business of Thomson Reuters provides insights -- information, benchmarks and analysis -- that enable organizations to manage costs, improve performance and enhance the quality of healthcare. Location: Evanston, Illinois.Project Description The CareDiscovery product, launched in December 2006, is a critical and valuable component for improving the quality of healthcare in the United States.  Created using the latest reporting, web delivery and date integration tools and technologies, CareDiscovery provides reporting insight to hospitals and health care facilities into potential areas of performance improvement.   Now approaching its third major release in the past two years, CareDiscovery continues to provide information with even greater depth and value – information that can help reduce a patient’s hospital stay, prevent harmful complications, and ultimately, save lives.   As a lead member of the CareDiscovery team, your ideas, insight and enthusiasm will directly impact the next release of the product.  The CareDiscovery team encourages proactive, innovative and pragmatic thinking in a results-driven culture.  This can be demonstrated by the following:  Our choice of tools and partners - CareDiscovery is built on industry standard, powerful core platforms – J2EE, Cognos and WebSphere Portal. We have implemented and encourage the continued use of advanced web technologies such as AJAX and Web 2.0 concepts.  Additionally, we continue to incorporate numerous open-source technologies, including Hibernate, JSON and the Google Web Toolkit. Our team remains nimble and manageable (8-10 members max) with continual cross-team learning. Our team has delivered high quality releases on-time, in-scope and on-budget, and we continue to hit all our milestones. By joining the CareDiscovery team, you will not only be a part of an exciting and challenging project, but you will be directly improving healthcare in the United States!Responsibilities  Perform hands on development and coding of application components using Java/J2EE, WebSphere Portal, Oracle, AJAX, Hibernate and Cognos. Adhere to product engineering methodology while working collaboratively with a variety of product teams (data integration, quality assurance, configuration management, product management). Perform detailed documentation of design, development, testing and deployment activities necessary to ensure team knowledge sharing. Transform business requirements into comprehensive solutions using the appropriate methods, tools and technologies.Requirements Outstanding communication skills (oral, written and presentation) and strong interpersonal skills.Must be driven and eager, with an ability and willingness to learn and implement new technologies and software development techniques. 2-4 years of practical experience building web applications using Java/J2EE technologies, including JSP, Servlets, JDBC, EJB, JMS and web services. Experience developing with the IBM WebSphere family of products, specifically WebSphere Portal, is a strong plus. Experience with SQL and relational databases, particularly Oracle and SQL Server. Excellent knowledge of web client-side technologies (HTML, XML, DHTML/Javascript, CSS). Experience with Java development tools including Struts, log4j, Ant and JUnit. Experience with software design methodologies including RUP, UML and OOA/D. Experience with UNIX is a plus. Experience with all phases of the software development life cycle (requirements, design, development, testing, deployment, support). Experience with business intelligence tools such as Cognos or BusinessObjects a plus. Healthcare industry experience is a plus. BS or MS in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.The H-1B visa cap has been fulfilled for fiscal year 2008 which begins October 1, 2007 and therefore Thomson Reuters is unable to sponsor new (first-time) H-1B visas. Thomson Reuters employees take pride in providing our customers around the world with information that is timely, accurate, unbiased and trusted. We have a profound respect for the professions and customers we serve and define our success in terms of their success.  Our work environment is dynamic, innovative and entrepreneurial. We have a result-oriented culture that demands excellence, agility, and the desire to move quickly and precisely to seize opportunities. Our environment is both challenging and supportive – we give employees the opportunity to develop their skills and do their best work. Thomson Reuters values diversity of culture and thought and seeks talented, qualified employees in all its operations around the world regardless of race, gender, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age or any other protected classification under country or local law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.   Company: The Thomson Corporation Location: Evanston, IL 60201 Job Status Full Time, Employee Job Category: IT/Software Development Career Level: Experienced (Non-Manager)