Java Technical Lead – Contract

Java Technical Lead – Contract

Our Client has an excellent opportunity for a Java Tech Lead for an initial 6 month contract. You will take ownership for the delivery and support of a high-profile, business critical, front-office application. The Production Support for the application is executed using a Dublin-based team of business implementation experts, and an off-shore development and quality assurance team. You will work in close partnership with the off-shore technical team and local Business Analysts and Support Manager, as well as managing an on-site systems analyst.

Technologies involved are Java J2EE middleware (IBM WebSphere, Tomcat), relational database systems (Oracle, Sybase), messaging systems, and others.

Responsibilities:
* Provides high level technical expertise in the diagnosis and resolution of issues, including the determination and provision of workaround solutions
* As the code owner, you are responsible for all code delivered to Production. It is your responsibility to put in place all necessary measures to ensure the technical approach and design of all solutions delivered from Offshore team are fit for purpose.
* Taking full ownership and responsibility for all technical decisions.
* Engage with infrastructure teams on hardware and O/S issues
* Develop and in-depth understanding of the business drivers behind the system function
* Responsibility for production system performance, stability and availability.
* Responsibility for data integrity and security
* Lead and mentor the off-shore technical development team in system design and configuration.
* Review and approval of designs for system enhancements/modifications.
* Provide expert knowledge of application architecture, infrastructure architecture, and consults to business, operations and technology teams

Requirements:
* 5 years technical lead experience in a production support environment
* 3 years relevant experience in analysis, design, development, and application deployment of large scale Java-centric enterprise application systems
* Strong technology skills in Java (J2EE) and SQL
* Ability to solve complex technical issues and lead others through the process
* Excellent knowledge and deep experience of owning source code and implementing best practice in relation to code changes
* A broad high-level understanding of distributed application development across Unix/Windows, Java, and databases
* An understanding in delivering and supporting large-scale, global enterprise systems
* Experience of management of full life-cycle of IT projects or multiple simultaneous small projects
* Experience of Vendor management in an off-shore capacity
* Good communication skills
* Knowledge of Workflow / BPM tools and / or business rules engines preferable
* Proven people management skills
* College degree, specialized training, or equivalent work experience
* Strong analytical, problem solving, decision-making, organisation and communication skills

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