Java Technical Lead (Quality Engineering & Automation) # 26-13348

Duration: 12 Months Contract with possible extension

Summary: We are seeking a hands-on Java Technical Lead to drive the development and delivery of robust, Java-based applications within an Agile environment with 7 years of experience. In this role, you will bridge the gap between high-level architecture and hands-on implementation, ensuring that our software meets rigorous quality and performance standards. You will lead a diverse scrum team, engage with Architects and Product Owners to refine requirements, and research technical solutions to meet evolving business needs.

Responsibilities:

• Technical Leadership: Lead day-to-day system development and maintenance. Manage complex assignments with long-term business implications and guide teams through bottlenecks and choke-points to meet sprint velocity SLAs.
• Strategic Planning: Develop technical roadmaps and prioritize stories across quarterly PI planning sessions. Partner with Solution Architects to drive implementation flows and lead code grooming/review sessions.
• Quality Engineering & Automation: Drive QE methodologies by maintaining daily automation regression suites. Ensure comprehensive coverage across Unit, System, Integration, and Performance testing.
• Process Improvement: Conduct Quality Inspections and walkthroughs across the SDLC (Requirements, Architecture, Design, and Security). Identify opportunities to improve effectiveness and time-to-market.
• Mentorship & Team Growth: Mentor junior engineers, provide technical training, and host "Brownbag" sessions on emerging technologies and frameworks.
• Production Excellence: Lead production incident management, including root cause analysis (RCA) and remediation.
  
  

Skillsets:
Core Development:

• Languages: Java (Advanced OOP concepts)
• Frameworks: Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud (Cloud Config, Cloud Foundry) — Must Have
• Build/Version Tools: Maven (goals, dependencies, versioning), BitBucket (Git)

Quality Engineering & Automation:

• API Automation: BDD framework using JBehave
• GUI Automation: Selenium WebDriver
• Testing Tools: Insomnia, SoapUI, and Postman (Manual REST/SOAP testing)
• Database Testing: DBVisualizer (PgSQL and Oracle)
• Unit Testing: Junit

Infrastructure & Management:

• CI/CD: Jenkins
• Defect Tracking: Jira / ALM
• OS: Unix (RedHat, Mint)
• Industry Experience: Proven experience delivering secure solutions within the Financial Services Sector is highly preferred.
• Methodology: Advanced understanding of Software Engineering Methodologies and Quality Engineering principles.
• Testing Specialty: Experience testing Network Management Systems (NMS) and operating as a Software Engineer in Test (SET).
• Agile Expertise: Experience leading Agile scrum teams through the full SDLC.
• Environment: Must be comfortable working in a matrix-based, geographically distributed team.
  
  

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

About US Tech Solutions:
US Tech Solutions is a global staff augmentation firm providing a wide range of talent on-demand and total workforce solutions. To know more about US Tech Solutions, please visit www.ustechsolutions.com.
US Tech Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
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