Job Description :
Job Title: Technical Lead
Location: Alexandria, VA
Duration: 6+Month
Key Skills: J2EE, SOAP UI, REST, SQL, Unix Commands, Remedy, Splunk log monitoring, Data Analysis and strong communication skills; Experience managing of small team.
TYPICAL EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Bachelors degree with 5-8 years’ experience or equivalent.
Job Description: The candidate must be able to lead a team of 3-5 developers supporting a large, cutting edge J2EE application and web application system in a production environment. Responsible for managing team schedule and coordinating task between all 3 shifts, ensuring support is available from 7:00 AM - 9:00 PM. Candidate will conduct root-cause analysis of the reported issue and provide detail description of the analysis. In addition, the candidate will use SQL skills to update and execute data quality scripts and conduct root-cause analysis when data-quality falls below 99.9%. The candidate will monitor for system outages and escalate, as required. The candidate will be responsible for triaging with different teams to resolve issues. Candidate will also be responsible for requirements analysis and must demonstrate analytical capabilities, strong writing skills, and excellent interpersonal skills. The candidate must have strong organizational skills, an eye for quality, and ability to communicate with a wide range of individuals (e.g., government executives, program experts, product owners, and technical experts He/she must possess the ability to work effectively with system architects, developers, and testers. The candidate will be serving as a direct liaison between the support team and the customer.
REQUIRED SKILLS:
5+ years overall experience developing complex J2E web applications
Experience managing teams of 4 or more developers/support staff
1+ year in experience with Help Desk /Customer support
Experience with one of the following ORM tools: Hibernate, iBatis, JPA
Experience developing RESTful web services.
Experience with the following configuration management tools: Subversion and build automation tools such as Jenkins.
Experience authoring SQL queries and stored procedures
Experience with Data analysis, Linux Commands
Ability to work on different shifts and on weekends
Good to have: Experience authoring and performance engineering SQL queries and stored procedures on MySQL, experience in ticketing system such as Remedy; and log reporting tools such as Splunk