Title: Lead Java Developer

Location:

Des Moines, IA

Alternative Locations:

Charlotte, NC

Duration: 12 months

Work Engagement: W2

Benefits on offer for this contract position: Health Insurance, Life insurance, 401K and Voluntary Benefits

Summary:

Lead complex technology initiatives including those that are companywide with broad impact. Act as a key participant in developing standards and companywide best practices for engineering complex and large scale technology solutions for technology engineering disciplines. Design, code, test, debug, and document for projects and programs. Review and analyze complex, large-scale technology solutions for tactical and strategic business objectives, enterprise technological environment, and technical challenges that require in-depth evaluation of multiple factors, including intangibles or unprecedented technical factors. Make decisions in developing standard and companywide best practices for engineering and technology solutions requiring understanding of industry best practices and new technologies, influencing and leading technology team to meet deliverables and drive new initiatives. Collaborate and consult with key technical experts, senior technology team, and external industry groups to resolve complex technical issues and achieve goals. Lead projects, teams, or serve as a peer mentor.

Responsibilities:

• Lead complex technology initiatives.
• Design, code, test, debug, and document for projects and programs
• Review and analyze complex, large-scale technology solutions for tactical and strategic business objectives, enterprise technological environment, and technical challenges that require in-depth evaluation of multiple factors, including intangibles or unprecedented technical factors.
• Collaborate and consult with key technical experts, senior technology team, and external industry groups to resolve complex technical issues and achieve goals.

Qualifications:

• Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.
• Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education.
• Core Java experience
• RESTful or SOAP web services
• Spring experience
• Oracle DB experience
• XML experience

Desired Qualifications:

• Knowledge and understanding of test driven and behavior driven application development.
• Ability to design, develop, and implement large scale/complex software applications.
• Knowledge and understanding of design and development of modern web applications.
• Experience working in an Agile environment.
• Experience with Kafka
• Knowledge of Microservices
• SDLC tools and processes including GitHub, Jenkins, Artifactory, Sonar, Maven or Gradle
• developing JUnit test cases
• Working knowledge of APM tools such as Splunk, ELK, Grafana, Prometheus etc.
• Working knowledge of Unix, Linux, DG queries, Postman
• Good written and verbal communication skills, experience with MS Office and Teams.