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# Java Web Developer

- **Company:** Solvex Solutions
- **Location:** Portsmouth, UK (Remote available)
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Apache Tomcat, Server Applications, Oracle WebLogic Server, Software Debugging, Apache IBATIS, IBM Websphere Application Server, Java Database Connectivity, Java Servlet, Apache Struts, Javaserver Pages, JavaServer Pages Standard Tag Library, Oracle Databases, Software Vulnerability Management, Web Application Frameworks, Java Application Server, Enterprise Software Applications, Technical Debt
- **Published:** September 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2902059686-java-web-developer

## About the Role

* Java 1.4-8
 * WebSphere, WebLogic, and Tomcat
 * Struts and Spring
 * JSP / Servlets
 * iBatis
 * JDBC
 * Oracle Database
 * EAR / WAR / JAR deployments
 * Legacy Java application development and support
 * Legacy application modernisation
 * Vulnerability remediation and security fixes
 * Troubleshooting, maintenance, and enhancement of enterprise applications, * Experience working with traditional enterprise Java application servers including IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS), Oracle WebLogic and Apache Tomcat.
 * Strong knowledge of legacy web application frameworks and technologies including Struts 1.x, Spring 1.x/2.x, JSP, JSTL, Servlets, Velocity.
 * Experience with iBatis, JDBC and Oracle database integration.
 * Comfortable working with EAR, WAR and JAR deployments and complex dependency chains.
 * Able to analyse, debug and remediate issues in large, long-lived codebases with significant technical debt and obsolete third-party libraries.
 * Experience supporting technical upgrades, vulnerability remediation, framework upgrades and application migrations.

## Description

* Strong experience supporting and enhancing legacy Java applications, ideally across Java 1.4 through Java 8.


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