Technical Lead

Cognizant

5 - 10 years

Chennai

Posted: 18/06/2025

Job Description



Job Summary

Mandatory Skills - Java Spring Hibernate Springboot Gitlab AWS REST and SOAP APIs Oracle DB

Desired Skills - React Lambdas Tosca


Responsibilities

Works with onshore and offshore teams to meet and deliver planned releases in an Agile environment

Gains business domain knowledge/expertise and application know-how by working with business and technical teams

Collaborates with other developers as well and technical leads architects business requirement analysts QA and Performance testers and project managers

Knowledge of Cloud Development (i.e. AWS Lambdas Containerization via Springboot etc)

Automate tests at the system level (Business Logic Contract Visual Accessibility Performance etc) using TOSCA

Work with the development and operations teams to debug testing failures

Improve maintain and execute automated testing

Decompose user stories/requirements to identify what tests need to be created and automated for system level testing (Business Logic Contract Visual Accessibility Performance)

Provides significant contributions developing solutions as well as resolving business client questions problems and addressing enhancement needs

Uses technical knowledge creativity and company practices guidelines and priorities to obtain simple solutions to complex problems

Interacts directly with offshore developers and business clients

Serves as a mentor to lower-level developers

Analyze requirements and user stories to help with defining the acceptance criteria for the features that are being developed

Work closely with the Product/Project team to understand their expectations of how a feature would function


Qualifications

Primary/Core Skills -

5+ years hands-on development experience with core Java J2EE (Servlets JSP JDBC JMS Spring MVC JPA Hibernate Log4J)

Experience with RESTful and SOAP web services in particular designing/developing web service APIs

Experience using automation tools (TOSCA)

Experience with Web front end design/development (JSP JavaScript XML HTML CSS3)

Experience decomposing user stories/requirements to create automated tests (Business Logic Contract Visual Accessibility Performance etc)

API automation using SOAPUI Groovy and Advance REST Client

AWS/Lambda knowledge

Apigee integration

Experience in application migrations to the cloud specifically AWS

Excellent debugging and troubleshooting skills for Java JavaScript Spring Hibernate and SQL using an IDE such as Eclipse and Oracle Developer

Experience developing Maven-based applications

Good working knowledge of version control tools such as Git/Gitlab

Experience with Apache CXF

Web service authentication

Experience with SQL development on an Oracle Database

Proficiency with Unix/Linux commands shell scripts and applications

Experience writing tests in the following programming languages- java J2EE

Secondary Skills

Familiarity with Oracle WebLogic Application Server (Admin Console configuration runtime)

Working knowledge of Oracle Coherence

Experience with single Sign-On (SAML)

Experience with WAR file deployment in WebLogic Admin Console

Experience with technologies like- BitBucket Jenkins Test Case Management tools (qTest)

Experience using other automation frameworks like UFT QTP/UFT Rational Silk Automation Anywhere

Nice to have

Ticket/Change Request creation and follow up with ServiceNow

Experience with offshore coordination

Solid understanding of design patterns (GOF patterns and preferably other Design/Architecture/Infrastructure patterns) as well as refactoring

About Company

Cognizant is a global leader in technology and consulting services, helping businesses transform their operations through digital solutions. Specializing in IT services, including software development, business process outsourcing, and consulting, Cognizant supports clients across industries such as healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, and retail. With a focus on innovation, Cognizant assists organizations in modernizing their technology, improving operational efficiency, and enhancing customer experiences. Headquartered in the U.S., it is consistently ranked among the most admired companies in the world and is a member of the NASDAQ-100.

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