Technical Specialist - Java

Job Description

About the opportunityDepartment OverviewThe Institutional DC business comprises of Fidelity s institutional business units in the UK and other parts of Europe and is a strategic area targeted for growth over the coming years. Systems have been acting as the key enablers for the business in achieving their goals. There are several upcoming Iarge and complex institutional projects, e.g. Strategy, PV Migration, and SCV which have been approved as part of the Strawman and require Java as a key skill set. As part of this drive, we need to fill an open position in India with Java skill set.Job Description The position is for a Technical Specialist for DC to work in partnership with other members of the team and the business areas, to develop, implement and support the web solutions.Responsibilities will include:
• Manage the technical solution and design implementation within one or more DC projects
• Should be able to work across multiple technologies and across the DC portfolio
• Work closely with Architects and Delivery teams to identify and remove pain-points and bring efficiencies
• Develop a good understanding of the DC architecture and apply own understanding of architectural principles to improve the overall DC architecture
• Should be able to provide solution to complex problem and then implement it with utmost high quality and inspire the team
• Play Individual Contributor role in the projects.
• The developer models and interprets user requirements, and converts them into prototypes and deliverable code, using the business requirements documents and interaction with the technical leads as initial input.
• Develops system code according to the system design and standards. Reviews the developed code
• Develops and execute unit test plans that thoroughly test applications and allow for quality implementations of new or modified applications and reviews results (preferably TDD or BDD)
• Prepares and maintains documentation of applications
• Demonstrates continuous effort to improve operations, decrease turnaround times, streamline work processes, and work cooperatively and jointly to provide quality seamless customer service.
• Reviewing personal work and that of others.
• Raising issues & risks in a timely fashion.
• The candidate is expected to display professional ethics in his/her approach to work and exhibit a high level ownership within a demanding working environment.
Competencies
• Consistently exceeds/sets high expectations around timeliness and quality of work within a familiar project context, even for complex assignments.
• Code quality is generally superlative and can be treated as reference implementation for other developers in the team. Contributes to the standards / best practices.
• Is a mature hand in designing even the complex modules within a project. Design generally stands good upto to both functional and non functional considerations. Seen as very effective in performing design reviews.
• Is an expert with coding and related tools on a language/technology platform. Demonstrates the maturity/comfort irrespective of the module/author of the same. Is quick to identify the refactoring/improvement opportunities and is able to implement them.
• Sets up automated/CI build pipelines & deployment pipelines. Sets up the automated smoke & regression test suites. Implements the branching/merging policies.
• Is a go to person on a technology/platform within a project context. Demonstrates ability to address complex technology problems like performance tuning, container configuration, integration etc. Can traverse technology boundaries much more comfortably and programme/develop against more than one platform.
• Proactively highlights any missing/misinterpreted requirements. Is highly capable of producing/reviewing designs that meet given requirements. Irrespective of complexity, deliverables are of high quality (defect free).
• Demonstrates ability to practice Test Driven Development and in the process creates effective safety nets through good coverage via unit and integration tests.
• Shows proficiency in identifying more complex issues related to program logic, ability to meet requirements, optimisation/performance, maintainability, thread safety/concurrency, usability etc Scope of coverage is generally wide across the project rather than few modules.
• Can independently own the estimation and execution plan for modules and can provide useful inputs to peers and developers, where asked to review. Brings up issues/risks to the notice of leads/PMs where schedules are unrealistic and suggests action needed. Beyond coding tasks as well, is mature in estimating even build/release/automation tasks.
Experience/Qualifications/Personal Qualities:Must Have Skills are:
• Core Java ( JDK 7/8), Spring Framework (Spring boot, Spring Core, Spring AOP ), Hibernate / Spring JPA, Spring - Restful Services, JSON, XML, HTML5, JQuery, AJAX, CSS3 technologies.
• Basic understanding in Java script technologies like ReactJS.
• TDD / BDD approach for unit testing.
• Junit, Mockito frameworks for unit testing.
• CI tools like TeamCity, Bamboo etc. and good knowledge in DevOps model.
• Web MVC frameworks like Struts2, Spring MVC.
• Working experience in Oracle/MySql/No Sql DB.
• Working experience in Micro Services Architecture.
• Working experience in SVN/GIT.
• Knowledge around Web Servers and Application servers like Tomcat, Websphere/JBoss/WebLogic.
• Proficiency in code quality frameworks like SONAR and more quality centric approach.
• Good communication skills.
• Good analytical and problem resolution skills.
• Individual Contributor.
Good to Have Skills are:
• Working experience in AWS cloud based services (Lambda, API Gateway, S3, Dynamo DB, RDS, SNS, SQS, Cloud Watch, Cloud Trail) including the knowledge around Docker containers.
• PAAS Platform as a Service.
• Experience in integration with REST / SOAP Web Service based interface.
• Familiarity with leading Javascript frameworks AngularJS/ VueJS including RxJS
• Exposure to agile development methodologies like Scrum
• Swagger documentation for API s.
• Delivery and results focused.
• Automation first thought process.
• Ability to work under pressure.
We are looking for motivated and confident individuals who have a co-operative approach. They must have good initiative and be able to work unattended. The candidate must be well organised and thorough. A disciplined and conscientious approach is required, problems must always be seen through from start to finish.About you About Fidelity InternationalFidelity International offers investment solutions and services and retirement expertise to more than 2.5 million customers globally. As a privately held, purpose-driven company with a 50-year heritage, we think generationally and invest for the long term. Operating in more than 25 countries and with $739.9 billion in total assets, our clients range from central banks, sovereign wealth funds, large corporates, financial institutions, insurers and wealth managers, to private individuals.Our Workplace & Personal Financial Health business provides individuals, advisers and employers with access to world-class investment choices, third-party solutions, administration services and pension guidance. Together with our Investment Solutions & Services business, we invest $567 billion on behalf of our clients. By combining our asset management expertise with our solutions for workplace and personal investing, we work together to build better financial futures.Our clients come from all walks of life and so do we. We are proud of our inclusive culture and encourage applications from the widest mix of talent, whatever your age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, social background and more.As a flexible employer, we trust our people to perform their role in the way that works best for them, our clients and our business. We are a disability-friendly company and would welcome a conversation with you if you feel you might benefit from any reasonable adjustments to perform to the best of your ability during the recruitment process and beyond. Data as at 31 March 2021. Read more at https://www.fidelityinternational.com/Applying to this Job Role: Please note you are only required to upload your CV/Resume to the application screen.,

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