Application Development Manager

Role

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

(c) Level 3 support

(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 onsite and 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:

• Bachelor Degree
• Minimum 5 year experience in Information Technology