Technical Support SpecialistLocation: Hybrid - Tuesday through Thursday - McLean, VA Assignment Type: Contract Only Duration: 6 Month DurationResponsibilities include:Employ extensive professional experience and creativity to resolve complex technical problemsProvide L3 Production Support for I&CM core applicationsProvide solutions to technical issues, including “hands-on” code enhancements and defect fixing to the applications in the portfolioDrive for tactical outcome to increase development team’s efficiency and productivityEngage with the business users, application owners and other affected parties during problem resolutionDocument lessons learned, help maintain knowledge databaseCoordinate end to end application onboarding to productionQualifications:Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, related field or equivalent work experience5 - 7 years of application development and support coupled with infrastructure experience5 years of collective experience with databases (Sybase, DB2, SQL Server, Oracle)5 years of hands on experience with scripting language: UNIX Shell5 years of strong support skills in middleware technologies (WebLogic, Web Methods, Apache, Tomcat, MQ, IIS, etc.) in UNIX and/or Windows environmentSound proficiency with Java based technologies, hands on experience in design patterns and UML design toolsExperience in using GIT, TeamForge, Jenkins and ArtifactoryStrong Knowledge of Java, J2EE, JSF, JPA, JSP, Web Services, HTML, XML, JDBC, SQL, OOA and OOD