Senior Java Cloud Developer
Frisco, TX

Job Description

The Software Engineer IV serves as a technical consultant and lead to provide and support software applications that meet or exceed business needs. The Software Engineer IV is expected to possess strong technical expertise as well as strong leadership and mentoring skills. The incumbent typically works on complex computer programs and defined segments of highly complex programs. The Software Engineer IV is familiar with a variety of the field's concepts, practices and procedures; and performs most complex applications development related tasks without guidance. The incumbent is a key contact for Project Managers, advising on project sizing and estimation. The incumbent will also direct the work of others and is expected to proactively contribute and offer recommendations. May play the role of Subject Matter Expert in relation to one or several applications.

Primary Responsibilities

* Engages with system users and business analysts to identify system enhancements and/or new applications to meet business needs.
* Actively contributes to the development of solutions and ideas that add value.
* Develops elegant and simple solutions.
* Creates quality design documents to illustrate how the system works.
* Writes clear and detailed technical specifications for development of the application.
* Adheres to �big picture view� of how various connected system designs should be consolidated or affected.
* Produces products on schedule and elegant and efficient designs, high performance, and scalable code that will allow for easy extension to future needs.
* Produces code of high quality and reliability - strong quality code metrics.
* Effectively performs code walk-throughs.
* In conjunction with Quality Services. Proactively performs extensive system testing to ensure that the systems work efficiently and are developed following the applicable development methodology.
* Unit tests to ensure accuracy.
* Tracks record of identifying largest risk areas and driving resolution of these issues.
* Leads the design, development and implementation of complex systems.
* Provides accurate and timely input to Project Manager regarding status of technical tasks for self and team.
* Effectively and actively plays the role of technical advisor for projects, providing advice on tools, process and design to others.
* Shows initiative to initiate and actively facilitate meetings and issue resolution, involving the right individuals.
* Ensures project goals make sense and overall development objectives are being met.
* Serves as a contact person in support of more serious production problems/issues.
* Designs and develops high quality, scalable and efficient solutions and products on schedule.
* Performs other duties as assigned.

Any combination of relevant education and experience and/or related professional designations/certifications in this field is highly desirable.

Education

* Minimum Required: Bachelor of Science in computer science or a related technical field or equivalent combination of post-secondary education and work experience

Experience

* 7-10 years of increasingly responsible systems development experience on multiple platforms.
* 5-7 years' experience in the development environment commensurate with the assigned area of responsibility.

Essential Skills

* Demonstrated ability to gather requirements, design and develop systems.
* Demonstrated ability to effectively lead requirements gathering, design and development of complex systems.
* Ability to track record of designing and developing high quality, scalable and efficient solutions and products on schedule.
* Effective team leader on diverse and different teams.
* Strong leadership and mentoring skills.
* Knowledge of proper architectural disciplines.
* Ability to accurately identify root cause of technical problems.
* Strong project management skills.
* Excellent communication skills; verbal and written.
* Ability to adapt to change.
* Strong negotiation and/or influential skills.
* Experience programming with Java, JEE, XML, Web Services.
* Experience with full stack Java-based enterprise technologies and tools using Java, Node.js, Javascript, Microservices architecture, Spring, Apache Kafka, Apache Camel and REST.
* Must be able to code in prevailing technologies including Java, Spring, SQL including hands-on expertise with cloud native solutions from Google or AWS.
* Solid application design, coding, testing, maintenance and debugging skills and strong experience with Java 8/J2EE distributed application development, REST, and domain model Microservices, Spring Boot, API gateway, etc.
* Proven abilities delivering CI/CD development methodologies.
* Experience with modern development tools (ideally Intellij, Git, Maven, CI servers, Confluence (or other wikis), JIRA (or other trackers), code review tools, SCA tools).
* Design and development expertise in BRMS (Business rules Management System) solutions primarily using IBM ODM v8.x or JBoss Drools.
* Expertise in IBM ODM tools: Designer, Decision Server, Decision Center or good experience with JBoss Drools and DRL (Drools Rule Language)
* Hands on rules design and development with experience in optimal structure of rules repository and potential optimization of rules.

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