Senior Java Development Lead

Job Objectives: . Drive standardization, best practice adoption, and consistency to implement a sustainable platform to rollout to regional countries . Take accountability to deliver the scope on-time, within budget with high quality. Exercise judgment, take initiative and make decisions. . Deliver solutions that meet and exceed the functional, non-functional/technical, infrastructure and security requirements . Lead and collaborate with cross-functional and technical teams including business analysts, technical teams, testing teams and other Host technical teams to design and deliver solutions . Mentor and train technical team members with the potential to grow into Technical Leads . Work effectively with the business users and with the internal IT and Security Teams to ensure efficiency of the solutions implemented to support the business. Key Responsibilities: . Work closely with the Business Analyst, infra, deployment and vendor teams. . Use and manage vendor augmented resources and ensure work assignments for high utilization and effective, quality outcomes while avoiding re-work . Drive technical innovation to enhance functional and technical capabilities of the platform . Build frameworks for configuration instead of code for each component . Communicate with technical and non-technical resources and work with limited direction while being highly productive . Apply standards and industry frameworks while leverage existing technologies and tools in the Bank . Implement solutions considering functionality, data, security, integration, infrastructure and performance. . Produce detailed design /low level design documents that communicate the system design effectively . Drive adherence to development, configuration management and deployment standards for solutions . Analyse performance test, vulnerability assessments and any other test related issues that arise during projects . Manage, address and resolve project-related technical issues in a timely fashion, ensuring necessary escalation and communication to stakeholders as necessary . Select, train, develop and manage technical team members in a conducive team environment . Lead multi-vendor teams to successfully deliver solutions . Guide the project team in issue resolution to meet the requirements and timelines. Key Requirements Must have Degree with more than 10 years of current, hands on technical experience Solid understanding of: o AIX O/S and/or RedHat platform and scripting skills o Java and internet-related components (i.e: JSON, XML) o iPlanet, WebSphere, WebLogic, Database, Sql o DevOps suite of products (i.e: Jenkins, GitHub, Sonar, Aldon, etc) o Connect Direct, SFTP, basic UNIX commands o Performance tuning, optimization and automation o Root cause analysis and production support Experience of complete software development lifecycles - waterfall and agile project experience Strong domain knowledge in Credit Origination business process and workflow Good understanding of banking and knowledge and application of banking technology and regulations/compliance Good understanding of data security, privacy, data protection, regulatory and compliance procedures Go-getter attitude with strong analytical and problem-solving skills Strong oral communication and writing skills Strong team building, interpersonal and leadership skills Passionate and results orientated