Java Application Engineer - Microservice Implementation

Responsibilities: ·     Work closely with the BA, infra, deployments and vendor teams. ·     Use and manage vendor augmented resources and ensure work assignments for high utilization and effective, quality outcomes while avoiding re-work ·     Drive technical innovation to enhance functional and technical capabilities of the platform ·     Build frameworks for configuration instead of code for each component ·     Communicate with technical and non-technical resources and work with limited direction while being highly productive ·     Apply standards and industry frameworks while leverage existing technologies and tools in the Bank ·     Implement solutions considering functionality, data, security, integration, infrastructure and performance. ·     Produce detailed design /low level design documents that communicate the system design effectively ·     Drive adherence to development, configuration management and deployment standards for solutions ·     Analyse performance test, vulnerability assessments and any other test related issues that arise during projects ·     Manage, address and resolve project-related technical issues in a timely fashion, ensuring necessary escalation and communication to stakeholders as necessary ·     Select, train, develop and manage technical team members in a conducive team environment ·     Lead multi-vendor teams to successfully deliver solutions ·     Guide the project team in issue resolution to meet the requirements and timelines Requirements: Education:

• Degree  with 8-10 years of current, hands on technical experience

Essential:

• Go getter attitude with strong analytical and problem solving skills

• Solid understanding of:

o   AIX O/S and/or RedHat platform and scripting skills o   Java and internet-related components  (i.e: JSON, XML) o   iPlanet, WebSphere, WebLogic, Database, Sql o   DevOps suite of products (i.e: Jenkins, GitHub, Sonar, Aldon, etc) o   Connect Direct, SFTP, basic UNIX commands o   Perf tuning and automation in general

• Working knowledge of microservice implementation, containers (Docker/Kubernetes), and Kafka.

• Experience of complete software development lifecycles – waterfall and agile project experience

• General understanding of banking and knowledge and application of banking technology and regulations/compliance

• Understanding of data security, privacy, data protection, regulatory and compliance procedures

• Strong oral communication and writing skills

• Strong team building, interpersonal and leadership skills

• Passionate and results orientated

Key Domain/ Technical Skills:

o   AIX O/S and RedHat platform and scripting skills o   Java and internet-related components  (i.e: JSON, XML) o   iPlanet, WebSphere, WebLogic, Database, Sql o   DevOps suite of products (i.e: Jenkins, GitHub, Sonar, Aldon, etc)

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• Connect Direct, SFTP, basic UNIX commands, Control-M

• Micro Services, OpenShift, Kafka