Specialty Development Consultant/Expert

Description

Position Description Advanced Software Engineer Develops software with a paired partner to deliver user stories that contribute to a valuable working software product, often operating as the lead partner.Develops automated unit tests with working software, to confirm software functionality conformance to functional and nonfunctional requirements.Develops automated functional tests to confirm user story acceptance and to detect regression defects.Reviews continuous integration build status and fixes build failures.Improves continuous integration tooling by automating manual processes within the delivery pipeline and improving quality gates based on past learnings.Reviews ongoing production software operations and troubleshoots production issues.Implements tooling that monitors application performance metrics and automatically notifies team when a failure occurs in production.Active participant in all team agile ceremonies Skills Required Interact with business customers when resolving support issuesMay be required to define business requirements with the customer on new development at timesShow leadership in analysis of development and support tasks to drive to a quick implementation and resolutionCode, test and implement application components in Java, web services and Java related technologies using Ford Credit FrameworksPractitioner in at least 2 coding languagesComfort level developing in all tiers of application software frontend, mobile, backend and database.Advanced knowledge of software design patternsKnowledge and practical experience of agile deliveryDemonstrated ability to delivery product roadmap milestonesProvide Agile artifacts associated with application components Skills Preferred Strong analytical and problem solving skillsWillingness to continuously learnHighly motivated professional (selfstarter and results oriented).Strong interpersonal and communication skillsTeam leadership and supervisory experienceAbility to work as a member of a team Experience Required 8+ years JAVA/J2EE Application development experience5+ years using AGILE Development methodologies5+ years WebLogic/WebSphere Application server5 years DB2 or Oracle8+ years HTML, javascript, XML server side Java based developmentExperience with Linux, Windows Operating SystemsExperience in all components of software delivery Experience Preferred Paired programming and Testfirst/Test Driven Development (TDD).Familiarity with Spring Cloud and deploying to cloud platforms, preferably Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF).Exposure to Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery tools and pipelines such as GIT hub, Jenkins, Maven, Gradle, etc. Additional skills desired with SpringBoot and Angular JS Education Required Degree in computer science / engineering or programming experience (java, HTML, SQL, javascript) Education Preferred J2EE certifications a plusAWS CertificationsPCF Certifications a plus