Application Development Manager

CLS; Woodbridge Township (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

CLS Technology is seeking a hands-on Java-focused engineer to lead end-to-end application delivery, including design, development, testing, and deployment. The role combines development with team leadership across onsite and offshore teams in a financial services context.

You will own components, ensure SDLC governance, mentor peers, and drive improvements in security, performance, and maintainability, while coordinating with business analysts and technology vendors.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of information technology experience.
• Experience delivering end-to-end application platforms/services.
• Leadership experience or team mentoring.
• Experience with financial applications and integration is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own designated application components from conception to delivery and support.
• Collaborate with BAs, Architects, Developers, QA, and vendors for design, development, testing, and maintenance.
• Lead onsite and offshore developers and ensure CLS SDLC governance and compliance.
• Plan delivery milestones and ensure timely delivery.
• Improve business processes and support critical business strategies by managing development, implementation and maintenance of business application systems.
• Provide solutions using design patterns and industry best practices for usability, performance, security, resiliency and compatibility.
• Proactively recognize system deficiencies and implement effective solutions.
• Participate in and assimilate changes and requirements traceability.
• Apply knowledge of industry trends to improve CLS practices and services.
• Provide Level-3 support and training to Level-2 teams.

Skills

Java server-side (JDBC/JPA, Hibernate)

SQL & DBMS (IBM DB2 / Oracle)

Messaging (IBM MQ / JMS)

DevOps tools (JIRA, Git, Maven/Ant)

Security & secure coding

Eclipse IDE

Tools

Eclipse IDE

JIRA

Git

Maven/Ant

Job description

This position is with CLS Technology. The primary responsibilities of the job will be

(a) Hands-on software application development

(b) Team leadership

(d) End-to-end application delivery and systems integration

Duties, Responsibilities, and Deliverables:

• Undertake full and complete ownership of designated application components all the way from conception and design to delivery and support
• Collaborate with Business Analysts, Application Architects, Developers, QA, Engineering, and Technology Vendor teams for design, development, testing, maintenance and support
• Lead, guide and mentor onsiteand offshore developers on technical direction and ensure that the CLS SDLC process and governance requirements are fully adhered to and are in compliance
• Plan, implement and ensure that delivery milestones are met
• Improve business processes and support critical business strategies by managing the development, implementation, and maintenance of business application systems
• Provide solutions using design patterns, common techniques, and industry best practices that meet the typical challenges/requirements of a financial application including usability, performance, security, resiliency, and compatibility
• Proactively recognize system deficiencies and implement effective solutions
• Participate in, contribute to, and assimilate changes, enhancements, requirements (functional and non-functional), and requirements traceability
• Apply significant knowledge of industry trends and developments to improve CLS in-house practices and services
• Provide Level-3 support. Provide application knowledge and training to Level-2 support teams

Experience Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in end-to-end application platform/service delivery with at least 2+ years of team leading experience
• Expert of server side Java including JDBC or JPA (e.g. Hibernate), JAXB, multi-threading, Exception handling, logging and Spring.
• Expert of hands-on experience with SQL and with at least one DBMS such as IBM DB2 (preferred) or Oracle.
• Hands-on knowledge of application maintainability, resiliency, performance, and technology risk management is a strong plus.
• Strong knowledge and experience in secure coding practices.
• Hands-on knowledge of messaging such as IBM MQ (preferred) or any JMS related.
• In Java, knowledge of file manipulation, XML/DOM/SAX, transaction, JSon, Reflect, date/time manipulation, Junit/TestNG, XA and File Watcher is a preferred plus.
• Knowledge of Python, UNIX commands and UNIX shell scripting is a plus.
• Knowledge of Enterprise Best Practices, SDLC, SOA, UML, JEE patterns and Design patterns is a plus.
• Knowledge of FIN/WIFE, SWIFT/SAA, payments processing and FX business domain is a plus.
• Hands-on knowledge of Eclipse and certain DevOps tools such as JIRA, GIT, Maven/Ant, … .
• Knowledge of app security (such as Digest/Hashing, AES, Signature, Certificate, secret key/public key/private key; password protection; SSL; SFTP, SCP; truststore, keystore, keytool) is a minor plus.
• Knowledge of setting Failover/Load balancing and Disaster Recovery is a minor plus.
• Hands-on knowledge of MS Office toolset including Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Visio.
• Proven track record of successful application delivery to production and effective Level-3 support.

Success factors: In addition, the person selected for the job will

• Have strong analytical, written and oral communication skills with a high self-motivation factor
• Possess excellent organization skills to manage multiple tasks in parallel
• Be a team player
• Have the ability to work on complex projects with globally distributed teams and manage tight delivery timelines
• Have the ability to smoothly handle high stress application development and support environments
• Strive continuously to improve stakeholder management for end-to-end application delivery and support

Qualification Requirements:

• Minimum 5 year experience in Information Technology

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