IS Technical Specialist (Backend Java Dev)

Key Responsibilities

Design and deliver high-quality software solutions in agile or waterfall environments.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver technology that drives value for colleagues, customers, and the business.
Analyze business requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
Communicate effectively with business and technical stakeholders.
Serve as the primary technical owner for assigned projects and deliverables.

Duties

• Analyze, design, and develop systems based on user specifications.
  
• Provide technical support for resolving software or hardware issues.
  
• Maintain strong knowledge of development tools, frameworks, and industry trends.
  
• Serve as project leader for designated initiatives.
  
• Complete additional tasks as assigned.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
  
• 5+ years of relevant experience developing business/technical solutions using:
  • Java, WebSphere, REST APIs, Spring Boot, Fuse, GCP, Kafka, JSON
  
  
• 5+ years of experience with:
  • DevOps, CI/CD, container-based development, and cloud deployment architectures

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong organizational, analytical, decision-making, and problem-solving skills
  
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities
  
• Experience supporting cross-business initiatives
  
• Deep understanding of agile concepts (Scrum, Kanban)
  
• Strong communication skills for interacting with leadership and cross-functional teams
  
• Experience with fraud technology solutions
  
• Hands-on expertise in Java, OOP, J2EE, REST, Spring Boot, and full web development lifecycle
  
• Experience with SQL and RDBMS (Oracle, MySQL)
  
• Hands-on experience with Google NoSQL databases (Bigtable or MongoDB)
  
• Experience with with Cloud SQL (MySQL/PostgreSQL) on GCP
  
• Proven ability to troubleshoot and debug complex applications
  
• Experience building microservices (Spring Boot), and working with Jenkins, Kubernetes
  
• Experience with JAX-RS, Swagger, and API documentation/testing tools
  
• Experience with Git/SVN/CSV repository strategies and code migrations
  
• Strong SQL skills (queries, stored procedures, triggers) with Oracle and DB2
  
• Knowledge of data structures and algorithms
  
• Experience with JWT for authentication/authorization
  
• Proficiency with Maven build automation
  
• Experience with GCP (Cloud Run, Terraform, Big Data, BigQuery)
  
• At least 3 years of experience leading development teams

Compensation Range

$70,000.00 - $140,000.00 USD Annual