Here's a variant on aaron's solution, in Java (vs Groovy). This solution also avoids the HttpClientWrapper class (where does that come from?), and loads the proxy's certificate directly. It is written against HttpClient 4.2 (but I think it should work with 4.0).
As an added bonus it includes an example of proxy authentication for a Windows proxy such as Microsoft ForeFront TMG.
Have you tried using the global -Dhttp. ProxyHost=proxy.host.com -Dhttp. ProxyPort=8080 when launching your java process to verify that the SSLSocketFactory isn't falling back to proxyless communications.
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