Java Architect

Role Summary:

This job takes the lead in providing more complex application development services typically as part of a project team or in an application support role. Developers analyze, design, code, test and implement more complex systematic solutions to meet customer requirements that adhere to Highmark IT standards and policies. Developers provide general support to maintain more complex applications that meet the service levels, system availability, performance and quality levels required by their customers. May mentor less experienced team members.

Essential Responsibilities

• Takes a lead role for analyzing, designing, coding, testing and implementing more complex application enhancements, as well as providing general production support, meeting defined scope, target dates and budgets with minimal or no defects.
• Utilizes and participates in the more complex full system development life cycle, per current Highmark SDLC standards.
• Takes a lead role in collaborating with customers, business analysts, partners, and IT team members to understand business requirements that drive the analysis and design of quality technical solutions. Concentrates on providing innovative solutions to more complex business needs.
• Takes a lead role in providing required technical support, including release implementations, on-call and 24x7 supports when necessary.
• Performs work in compliance with all Highmark and Highmark IT standards, policies and procedures.
• Actively takes a leading role and participates on project teams in various project roles, including, but not limited to, Developer, Technical Lead and Project Manager, based upon level of experience.
• Effectively communicates with team members, customers, partners and management, including assisting with or conducting more complex technical walkthroughs, reporting project status, enabling vendor solutions and providing accurate and concise documentation.

Role Specific Expectations:

• Looking for Java Architect / Associate Architect experience candidates.
• 14 + Years of experience strong proficiency in OOPS concepts with JAVA and knowledge of RESTful APIS Architecture.
• 8+ years of experience with Spring, Spring Boot, Spring Security, Spring Data, Spring MVC along with Unit Testing, Integration Testing and BDD Testing.
• RDBMS knowledge and/or exposure to MS SQL server database.
• Authoring of technical documentation that communicates in a clear and detailed fashion the proposed technical solution.
• Very good understanding of Security aspects, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), OWASP guidelines.
• Experience in Performance Analysis and applications tuning.
• Excellent understanding of design patterns and microservice architecture.
• Hands on experience in Enterprise Integration Patterns (EIP); Exposure with Apache camel or spring integration is considered a plus.
• Hands on experience with Kubernetes and exposure in no-SQL databases is considered a plus.
• Modeling experience for the design diagrams using Visio, Draw IO preferred.
• Exposure Archimate specification is an additional advantage.
• Work Model: WFO (Hybrid) & General Shift