Sr. Technical Lead / Java Developer

Dublin, Ohio
Dedicated Tech Services, Inc.
Dedicated Tech Services, Inc. (DTS) is an award-winning IT consulting firm based in Columbus, OH. We now have an opening for a Sr. Technical Lead/Java Developer in Columbus, Ohio.

US Citizens and those authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor at this time.

Direct applicants only, no corp-to-corp candidates, third parties, or agencies, please.

This is a potential contract-to-hire position with our client.

Required Skills And Experience

• Minimum of 7 years of hands-on development using Java EE technologies that provide web services, and incoming/outgoing file processing. Spring Boot and Java version 8+ required.
• Excellent communication, design, documentation, analytical, and SDLC skills.
• Experience working with Docker, Kubernetes or other container orchestration technology.
• 3 years delivering software using agile methodologies.
• Work independently and with minimal supervision.
• Hands-on experience with GIT, Maven, Jenkins, JSON & SOAP xml.
• Bachelor’s Degree
• Excellent technical leadership skills and ability to mentor other developers, testers and analysts.
• Ability to see the larger picture for a project’s technical delivery and the perseverance needed to carry out decomposition of that overall technical work and see it through completion.
• Excellent teamwork and ability to influence colleagues in other technical teams including but not limited to infrastructure, databases, networking.
• 3 years of cloud-native development using one or more of cloud offerings.
• Hands-on experience with delivery of significant application changes into production for business-critical high-volume application.
• Solid understanding of Design Patterns and related terminology.

Desired Skills And Experience

• 5+ years using Spring Boot, IBM WebSphere/MQ/DB2/SQL Server (or other relational database)/FTM and Unix/Linux commands.
• Experience in 1 or more of the following: Wires, ACH, Zelle, TCH RTP, or Bill Payments.
• Experience using monitoring tools like Dynatrace, Zenoss, Splunk, and log files to evaluate the health of mission critical production applications and to identify root causes for performance and functional issues.
• Experience with Payment Engines, Payment Hubs, or IBM FTM (Financial Transaction Manager) is a definite plus.
• Hands-on experience with test driven development (TDD or TFD) and other modern software development best practices.

Job Description

We are hiring an experienced Sr.Technical Lead/Java Developer to work for us as a direct, W2 salaried or hourly employee, and the selected candidate will work on an engagement for our client that is a potential contract-to-hire position with the client. You will work in the client’s development team to build and support consumer payment origination and processing (external ACH transfers, for example). The application is highly available and handles high volume payment origination, processing, and settlement capabilities for customer and colleague-facing applications. You will also:

• Ensure that assigned deliverables are planned and completed, i.e. planning/scope estimates, detailed design, development, unit testing, defect fixes, implementation planning/execution, change controls, and production support/incident resolution.
• Track and report on the development progress completing deliverables (code, documentation, estimates, etc) using systems like TFS, Azure DevOps, ServiceNow, and IBM case management.
• Contribute to design reviews, code reviews, and unit testing strategy.
• Provide partnership and guidance to testers, analysts, and stakeholders.
• Diagnose root causes to complex technical problems like performance, availability, internal and external application integrations, database, middleware (webserver, application server, WebSphere, MQ, IIB), network, etc.
• Provide L3 production support 24/7/365 spread across the team.
• Research and facilitate the monitoring, high availability and support methodology for our production environment.
• Maintain evergreen system documentation containing design content, developer guidelines, onboarding procedures, and troubleshooting guides.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring of other developers and testers on the team.
• Carry overall technical implementation responsibilities for a project that makes significant changes to or builds new modules of the application and requires months of development.
• Produce technical detail level designs that aligns with the overall architectural roadmap for the application platform.
• Carry out division of major functionality into smaller technical deliverables that provide value and are testable.

Why DTS?

We’re inclusive; celebrate your role, grow in your position, feel the freedom to explore, trust the commitment, experience the opportunity. We’re growing, and we need great people to grow with us! Simply put, we’re enabled to hire the best. Our Project Delivery, Enterprise Support, Information Security, and Development Services practices are led by DTS consultants who help select our employees and then guide them. What’s in it for you? A collaborative, supportive environment where high standards, quality, and excellence are the norm.

Why Columbus?

It has an exciting Information Technology market, a reasonable cost of living, a low unemployment rate, and a strong quality of life! It’s the 14th-largest city in the United States and is home to fifteen (15) Fortune 1000 companies which are all very dependent on IT.

Our Vision

By building a clear sense of purpose and strong relationships within Dedicated Tech Services, the staff and leadership team can then aspire to be the technology service provider whose quality services set the standard by which others are measured and that our clients ask for by name.

Our Benefits

In addition to the opportunity to work for a caring and supportive company, DTS offers health, vision, and dental insurance, a 401K plan, bonus options, and more! Please visit our web site for more information

Dedicated Tech Services, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Employment Type: Full Time
Years Experience: 5 – 10 years
Bonus/Commission: No