Role:
Research, design, develop, operate and maintain web applications through the integration of technical and business process. The position is a hands-on engineering position. Solutions may include 3rd party and/or in-house developed applications and the procurement of solutions in the most cost effective method possible. Support specification, installation, testing and monitoring of systems within established standards and guidelines to deliver operational excellence.
Responsibilities:
Research, design, develop, operate and maintain applications including frontend development, backend services and native mobile.
Design, develop and maintain customized applications, based on business and technical requirements established by the team leader using coding standards including IT Standards for Security & Compliance.
Support highly complex Web based systems and assist with level 2 support for enterprise Web based systems.
Responsible for the development of new web applications, including mobile technology.
Exercise significant independent judgment within broadly defined policies and practices to determine best method to accomplish tasks and achieve objectives. Apply advanced industry and subject matter knowledge to complex business issues.
Provide after hours problem resolution during on-call rotation period.
Manage ticket life cycle by monitoring, tracking and closing resolved tickets. Deliver assigned application development tasks and projects.
Respond to trouble tickets and calls related to Web based systems.
Recognize system deficiencies and implement effective solutions. Utilize monitoring tools and techniques to ensure optimum system availability by the early identification of equipment or software warnings and the proactive scheduling of preventive maintenance.
Partner with vendors to schedule and implement recommended maintenance updates. Ensures key performance indicators and interconnections with other systems are operational and do not exceed established thresholds. Search for issues and provide solutions to prevent problems from occurring in area of responsibility.
Identify potential escalations and alert management. Develop superior and innovative team solutions to complex problems. Independently implement efficient and logical databases required for enterprise systems of significant complexity. Prepare detailed specifications from which new systems or major enhancements will be developed. Manage highly complex and high-risk changes to critical business systems.
Perform complete testing of Web applications, engaging users as necessary. Assess functional needs to develop specifications for purchases and follow-up with procurement staff to purchase required hardware or software.
Frequently contribute to the development of new ideas and methods. Demonstrate technical leadership and exerts influence outside of immediate team.
Provide mentoring and guidance to other team members. Frequently represent the organization to external customers and vendors. Review and develop operational standards. Maintain technical expertise in most areas of Web technologies, databases and computer hardware.
Experience and Skills:
EXPERIENCE: Minimum 6 years of experience with relational databases and developing systems under the MVC Framework. Minimum 6 years of experience in Web technologies in structured environment with increasing levels of responsibility and complexity. Minimum 3 years leading other software developers, designing and architecting solutions including mobile technologies.
KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS: Ability to understand and debug large and complex code bases, Advanced Knowledge with Mobile tools, Apache, HTML, XML, Java (Andriod, J2EE), JavaScript, Ruby, Scala, Objective C, PHP, Drupal, MySQL, Oracle SQL server. Experience working with unstructured (noSQL) databases such as (MongoDB, CouchDB, Endeca, Redis, Cassandra). Significant knowledge of client server and Internet systems architectures along with experience maintaining and/or developing high-performance systems. Creates well designed, reusable objects and understands the benefits of the various programming languages.
Possesses demonstrated work experience with more than one relational database management system. Ability to think beyond code to architecture and user experience. Computer Science leadership in algorithm design, problem solving, and complexity analysis. Experience with analytic environments and tools, for both structured and unstructured data. Strong understanding of modeling software and data manipulation techniques. Knowledgeable about application performance, caching and scalability concepts. Familiar with Agile software development practices. Understanding of QA / Testing methodologies. Good verbal and written communication skills with a strong commitment to excellent customer service. Strong initiative, priority setting, and collaboration skills. Ability to lead, motivates, influence and generate enthusiasm among team members. Ability to work on-call work rotations in order to provide after-hours support.
