Lead Java Developer

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES (other duties as assigned):

• Leads large multi-resource projects to successful completion, preparing project estimates, directing, and coordinating development and technical installation of information systems by defining technical design and development work to be completed.  Establishes work plans for completion of assigned projects and coordinates technical work efforts across IT areas for assigned projects, ensuring solutions comply with architectural standards and established SDLC methodologies that meet Sarbanes-Oxley requirements.
• Supports and develops Application Developers by providing technical advice, coaching and mentorship in accordance with best practices.  Provides work direction, information on technical dependencies, and issues and risk management to vendor developers.
• Manages system integrations, conversions and Go-Live cutovers.
• Analyzes functional requirements, identifies options for meeting those requirements, and recommends a course of action.
• Implements application changes that consider business functionality, optimal application performance and the current technical operating environment.
• Builds code, plans and successfully performs unit and integration testing of software to ensure proper and efficient execution as well as compliance to the business and technical requirements.
• Uses system traces and debugging tools for problem determination and system tuning.
• Participates in structured technical and functional walkthroughs of specifications and programming logic with project team members.
• Collaborates with stakeholders and other IT functions to analyze current operational procedures, identifies problems, and understands requirements.
• Identifies opportunities to learn and leverage new technologies to provide better solutions to business and provide required support.
• Develops and fosters business relationships and integrates activities with others to support project efforts.  Serves as a lead participant in business workshops to understand requirements, identify the integration points and work with the required resources from other teams to create detailed system design documentation.  Coordinate teams for integration testing.  User Acceptance testing and also identify all resources and steps required for production cut over and Go-Live.
• Follows and ensures procedures are followed for change control in a manner that ensures that production systems are not adversely affected by development and test activities.  Participates on the Information Technology Change Advisory Board.
• Identify opportunities to learn and leverage new technologies to provide better solutions to business and provide required support.
• Collaborates with other IT personnel and business users to investigate and resolves application issues and coordinates work efforts.

SCOPE & IMPACT: 

Responsible for working on large highly visible cross-functional projects. Leads in the absence of the IT Manager, providing indirect leadership to the team.  Responsible for giving work direction to less experienced developers. 

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:  

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, with 6-8 years of relevant work experience or equivalent.
• 1-3 years supervisory/leadership experience.
• Experience in discipline related to position.
• Experience using JAVA technology.
• Excellent critical thinking skills.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Ability to effectively work with both technical staff and business process owners.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Teamwork & Interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage multiple complex tasks simultaneously and independently.
• Up to 15% travel.

PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS: 

• Experience in more than one applicable development language/utility: HTML, SQL, Eclipse, SVN, DROOLS, React, Spring boot, GitHub, Kubernetes, VMWare Tanzu and Microservices.