Software Development Specialist III

What you'll be doing...

The work you'll be doing is to support mission and business-critical applications within Verizon. You will be enhancing the customer experience and building world-class solutions. Under the mentorship of a technical lead who would be supporting you on delivery, you will also work as a team member on various projects and mentor junior resources. You will help develop, implement, and maintain this important application.

• Designing, developing, and maintaining applications and databases by evaluating client needs, analyzing requirements, and developing software systems.
• Testing and coordinating all user interface changes of Responsive Web Design.
• Executing full software development life cycle (SDLC) concept, design, build, deploy, test, release and support.
• Ensuring the application development sprint cycle is on track and adjusting the plan to meet release timelines.
• Acting independently, at the same time displaying excellent collaboration within and between various teams.
• Understanding the domain knowledge and adapting to an agile environment.
• Building reusable code and libraries for future use in front-end and back-end technologies.

Where you'll be working...
In this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes work from home and assigned office days set by your manager.

What we're looking for...

You are curious about new technologies and the possibilities they create. You enjoy the challenge of supporting applications while exploring ways to improve upon the technology. You are driven and motivated, with good communication and analytical skills. You're a sought-after team member who thrives in a dynamic work environment. You have a thirst for working on cutting-edge technology with the drive to change the status quo.

You'll need to have:

• Bachelor's degree or four or more years of work experience.
• Three or more years of relevant work experience.
• Three or more years of experience in Java & Spring Boot.
• Experience in Cassandra database
• Knowledge of streaming platforms like Kafka
• Knowledge of ELK stack
• Knowledge of SDLC and Agile Development
• Experience in deploying enterprise apps in a Linux environment
• Knowledge of cloud-native application development.
• Effective code review, quality, and performance tuning experience.
• Strong analytical, and debugging skills.

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• Good communication and presentation skills.
• Relevant certifications.
• Experience with UI framework.
• Ability to understand Agile and DevOps tools and technologies.
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills.
• Experience with OWASP rules and mitigating security vulnerabilities using security tools like Fortify, Sonarcube, Blackduck, etc.
• Experience with application performance monitoring New Relic