Lead Engineer - IT

Guardian

5 - 10 years

Chennai

Posted: 22/11/2024

Job Description

Job Description:

7+ years of experience in designing and developing Java/J2EE/Portal applications,
Excellent knowledge of relational databases (Oracle/Sqlserver/MySQL and/or IBM DB2/PostGres)
BE Degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent
Web application server side and middleware development experience delivering Java/J2EE applications using technologies; Spring, Spring Boot, Hibernate, JDBC, Servlets, JSP, JMS, React
Strong knowledge of release/build/configuration management practices
Demonstrable understanding of object-oriented design/development, functional programming, and service-oriented architecture
Ability to prioritize and manage work, adhering to critical and aggressive project timelines in a fast-paced environment.
Extensive experience in Software Development Life Cycle Management using Kanban, Scrum, or Scaled Agile is required.
Understanding of complex development issues including security, accessibility, concurrency and cross-browser/device compatibility.
Experience working in a rapid and agile development environment with frequent deliveries.

Qualifications:

Responsibilities:

Acts independently and as part of a team to translate business and technical requirements into well-engineered, tested, and deployed applications.
Contributing in all phases of the development lifecycle
Individual should have a proven delivery track record of on time delivery
Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable Java code
Individual must be independent and not require a lot of direction. They should have a positive attitude and be a good team player.
Individual should have maturity in assessing the urgency of an issue and understanding proper escalation along with anticipating issues and risks.
Ensures compliance with security, privacy, legal, infrastructure, and administrative/corporate processes and policies.
Responsible for conducting software analysis, programming, testing and debugging
Provides unique insight in the analysis of customer business requirements that may cross multiple functional areas and/or multiple technical platforms and understand the broad strategic implications.

Qualifications

7+ years of experience in designing and developing Java/J2EE/Portal applications,
Excellent knowledge of relational databases (Oracle/Sqlserver/MySQL and/or IBM DB2/PostGres)
BE Degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent
Web application server side and middleware development experience delivering Java/J2EE applications using technologies; Spring, Spring Boot, Hibernate, JDBC, Servlets, JSP, JMS, React
Strong knowledge of release/build/configuration management practices
Demonstrable understanding of object-oriented design/development, functional programming, and service-oriented architecture
Ability to prioritize and manage work, adhering to critical and aggressive project timelines in a fast-paced environment.
Extensive experience in Software Development Life Cycle Management using Kanban, Scrum, or Scaled Agile is required.
Understanding of complex development issues including security, accessibility, concurrency and cross-browser/device compatibility.
Experience working in a rapid and agile development environment with frequent deliveries.

Core Technical Skills:

Java/J2EE Technologies (JSP, Servlets / filters / Interceptors, JNDI, JMS)
Spring MVC/Spring Portlet MVC/ Spring Boot
REST and SOAP Based web services(CXF, AXIS or Spring web REST implementation)
WebSphere Portal/Portlets
IBatis/SQL/Oracle
REST API, Postman, Swagger, OAuth
WebSeal
AWS/ECS
Jenkins/CI CD
Junit, Mockito or Easy Mock, TDD
Git (Pull requests, branching)
Markup Languages like XML and JSON
Web Technologies like HTML, CSS, Javascript and JQuery a plus
Front End frameworks like React a plus

Location:

This position can be based in any of the following locations:

Chennai, Gurgaon

Current Guardian Colleagues: Please apply through the internal Jobs Hub in Workday

About Company

Guardian Life is a U.S.-based mutual life insurance company offering life, disability, and dental insurance products. The company focuses on helping individuals and businesses secure financial protection through its range of insurance solutions, with a strong commitment to customer-centric services.