Java Development Lead

Cognizant Digital Engineering practice is looking to hire a motivated and energetic Full Stack Java Lead Developer (with AWS experience).

Cognizant Digital Practice helps clients reinvent products, experiences, and business models to create new value, differentiation, and drive revenue in the digital economy.We take an Experience centered approachwhich uses human insights to take ideas from vision to outcome and building end to end experience led solutions that enables brands to transform their customer and employee experiences using design, marketing, and commerce capabilities.

Location: Trenton, NJ (Remote Opportunities Available)

Day-To-Day Responsibilities:

* Responsible for providing team oversight in all phases of the software development life cycle

* Be a hands-on engineering leader, designing, building and Supporting APIs for corporate systems

* Provide team leadership and ensure code and performance quality of team members both onshore and offshore

* Contribute to the generation of solution architecture proposals

* Contribute to and run with project implementations decisions

* Collaborates with stake holders, product owners and engineers (both internal and external)

* Assist client in documenting operating processes and changes

* Code and maintain complex components of information systems.

* Operate as the point of escalation for internal software engineers on the project.

* Other responsibilities include attending stand ups, System Architecture Design, API development, participating in refinement and planning meetings, deploying to AWS environments and production support.

* May participate in talent acquisition and interviewing activities

Key Qualifications:

* 10+ years Development Experience with J2EE technologies: Java, JSP,, JAXB, JDBC,

* 8+ years Development Experience with Spring Framework, Spring Boot

* At least 5 years' experience developing and deploying AWS cloud technologies to include: EKS, ECS, Lambda, Event bridge, Elastic Beanstalk and DynamoDB

* 5+ years experience utilizing MongoDB,Azure SQL DB, Oracle, Object/Relational Mapping, Query performance tuning.

* Ideal candidate will have obtained "AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate" certificate.

* Strong experience with API concepts and technologies such as REST, JSON, XML, SOAP, YAML, and Swagger

* Experience with Angular(frontend development)

* Strong knowledge of container systems and tools such as Kubernetes and Docker

* Knowledge of GitHub Actions and/or Jenkins automation

* Experience leading and mentoring onshore/offshore team engineers, exemplifying best practices, review code and help solve complex technical problems.

Cognizant is always looking for top talent. We are searching for candidates to fill future needs within the business. This job posting represents potential future employment opportunities with Cognizant. Although the position is not currently available, we want to provide you with the opportunity to express your interest in future employment opportunities with Cognizant. If a job opportunity that you may be qualified for becomes available in the future, we will notify you. At that time you can determine whether you would like to apply for the specific open position. Thank you for your interest in Cognizant career opportunities.

Salary and Other Compensation:

Applications will be accepted until 6/1/2024.

The annual salary for this position is between $145,000 - $165,000 depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

This position is also eligible for Cognizant's discretionary annual incentive program and stock awards, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant's applicable plans.

Benefits:

Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Disclaimer: Benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

Why Choose Cognizant?

It takes a lot to succeed in today's fast-paced market, and Cognizant Technology Solutions has become a leader in the industry. We love big ideas and even bigger dreams. We stand out because we put human experiences at the core.

Our associates enjoy robust benefits and training opportunities from our industry recognized, award winning Academy team. You will have access to hundreds of technical trainings to keep your skillsets fresh and have opportunities to obtain certifications on the latest technologies.

If you're comfortable with ambiguity, excited by change, and excel through autonomy, we'd love to hear from you!

About Cognizant

Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer provider and committed to creating a diverse environment. Headquartered in the U.S, Cognizant is a member of the S&P-500, Nasdaq-100, Fortune 200, and recently ranked as the #1 Fastest Growing "All Star" by Fortune Magazine. Cognizant demonstrates a highly flexible business model, a detailed global delivery network, and deep domain expertise to deliver to a long list of outstanding companies that are leaders in their own space.

Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at or follow us @Cognizant.

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Employee Status : Full Time Employee

Shift : Day Job

Job Posting : May 01 2024

About Cognizant

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