Java Applications Development Senior Programmer Analyst

Job Qualifications

• Qualification:
• Graduate/Post Graduate degree in engineering or computer science streams
• Demonstrable analytical and quantitative skills
• 10-12 years of hands on experience in technical design and delivery of enterprise applications especially in the Cards and Payments space
• Demonstrable experience of having led and directed engineering teams
• Core Technical competencies :
• Past roles as a technical/engineering lead with demonstrable experience having led and directed software development teams in a cards or retail bank eco-system
• Engineering talent with working knowledge and experience integrating and/or transforming enterprise Mainframe systems to modern event driven, distributed & cloud technologies, forward-compatible and open to continuous learning will be a big plus
• Extensive experience in having led technical teams, implemented innovative solutions and been responsible for delivery of enterprise solutions in any one of the following technologies:
• Core Java (1.7 or higher), J2EE, Spring framework, Spring boot, RHEL OpenShift
• IBM z/OS, COBOL, JCL, CICS, VSAM, DB2 with hands on experience in a SYSPLEX/CICSPLEX environment and experience with modernizing Mainframe applications
• Hands on experience wiring with microservices architecture, API gateway.
• Good exposure to various Database technologies (DB2/Oracle/MongoDB)
• Experience in designing applications that produce/consume SOAP/Rest web services and/or Open APIs
• Experience working with modern messaging pub/sub technologies like, Kafka, Solace etc.
• Proficiency with version control systems (e.g., Git) and modern CI/CD practices.
• Hands-on knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, deployment tooling and automated testing.
• Agile Methodologies: Solid experience working in and practicing Agile development methodologies.
• AI and Prompt Engineering: Wide exposure to and practical experience with smart AI tools and the ability to seamlessly embed AI tooling in daily workflows.
• Experience working with enterprise transaction processing systems with focus on recovery, stability, reliability, scalability and performance
• Experience in performance tuning of complex applications with significant volumes
• Other desired Traits:
• Working Knowledge and Experience with automating development processes, various levels of automated testing
• A good understanding of the cards & payments industry fundamentals and ongoing payment industry trends
• Ability to work with remote teams across geographies and organization lines
• Strong team player able to motivate team to respond to multiple demands and able to manage changing priorities and meet challenging timelines
• Collaborative and adaptive, with good communication skills. Prior experience working in a large Agile teams using scrum methodology is desirable
• Ability to own delivery responsibilities end to end and be accountable for driving results for the team
• Strong interpersonal and articulation skills (spoken and written)
• Strong team orientation and commitment to overall team success; willing to go above and beyond to ensure team success; intense customer focus and commitment to driving quality
• Logical thinking, High analytical and problem solving skills; innovative and solutions oriented
• Enthusiastic and quick-learner in a rapidly changing environment.
• This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.
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