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Kaiser Permanente · 4 months ago

IT Applications Engineer IV - Java

Atlanta, GA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

6+ years exp

Kaiser Permanente is a leading healthcare provider, and they are seeking an IT Applications Engineer IV specializing in Java. This role involves translating business requirements into software solutions, overseeing technical projects, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure the successful delivery of high-quality applications.

Health CareHospitalMental HealthNon ProfitPersonal Health

Comp. & Benefits

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Conducts or oversees business-specific projects by applying deep expertise in subject area; promoting adherence to all procedures and policies; developing work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; determining and carrying out processes and methodologies; coordinating and delegating resources to accomplish organizational goals; partnering internally and externally to make effective business decisions; solving complex problems; escalating issues or risks, as appropriate; monitoring progress and results; recognizing and capitalizing on improvement opportunities; evaluating recommendations made; and influencing the completion of project tasks by others

Practices self-leadership and promotes learning in others by building relationships with cross-functional stakeholders; communicating information and providing advice to drive projects forward; influencing team members within assigned unit; listening and responding to, seeking, and addressing performance feedback; adapting to competing demands and new responsibilities; providing feedback to others, including upward feedback to leadership and mentoring junior team members; creating and executing plans to capitalize on strengths and improve opportunity areas; and adapting to and learning from change, difficulties, and feedback

As part of the IT Engineering job family, this position is responsible for leveraging DEVOPS, and both Waterfall and Agile practices, to design, develop, and deliver resilient, secure, multi-channel, high-volume, high-transaction, on/off-premise, cloud-based solutions

Provides insight into recommendations for technical solutions that meet design and functional needs

Translates business requirements and functional specifications into physical program designs, code modules, stable application systems, and software solutions by partnering with Business Analysts and other team members to understand business needs and functional specifications

Ensures appropriate translation of business requirements and functional specifications into physical program designs, code modules, stable application systems, and software solutions by partnering with Business Analysts and other team members to understand business needs and functional specifications

Serves as an expert for innovative technical solutions that meet design and functional needs

Facilitates and serves as a technical expert for project teams throughout the release schedule of business and enterprise software solutions

Builds and maintains trusting relationships with internal customers, third party vendors, and senior management to ensure the alignment, buy-in, and support of diverse project stakeholders

Recommends complex technical solutions that meet design and functional needs

Collaborates with architects and/or software consultants to ensure functional specifications are converted into flexible, scalable, and maintainable solution designs

Provides expertise and guidance to team members for systems incident responses for complex issues

Provides implementation and post-implementation triage and support of business software solutions by programming and/or configuring enhancements to new or packaged-based systems and applications

Reviews and validates technical specifications and documentation

Identifies specific interfaces, methods, parameters, procedures, and functions to support technical solutions while incorporating architectural designs

Supports component integration testing (CIT) and user acceptance testing (UAT) for application initiatives by providing triage, attending test team meetings, keeping the QC up-to-date, performing fixes and unit testing, providing insight to testing teams in order to ensure the appropriate depth of test coverage, and supporting the development of proper documentation

Leads systems incident support and troubleshooting for complex and non-complex issues. Identifies specific interfaces, methods, parameters, procedures, and functions, as required, to support technical solutions serving as an escalation point for complex or unresolved issues related to requirements translation

Develops and validates complex testing scenarios to identify application errors and ensure software solutions meet functional specifications

Participates in all software development lifecycle phases by applying comprehensive understanding of company methodology, policies, standards, and internal and external controls

Develops, configures, or modifies basic to moderately complex integrated business and/or enterprise application solutions within various computing environments by designing and coding component-based applications using programming languages

Provides consultation to help ensure new and existing software solutions are developed with insight into industry best practices, strategies, and architectures

Builds partnerships with IT teams and vendors to ensure written code adheres to company architectural standards, design patterns, and technical specifications

Completes work assignments and supports business-specific projects by applying expertise in subject area; supporting the development of work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; ensuring team follows all procedures and policies; coordinating and assigning resources to accomplish priorities and deadlines; collaborating cross-functionally to make effective business decisions; solving complex problems; escalating high priority issues or risks, as appropriate; and recognizing and capitalizing on improvement opportunities

Practices self-development and promotes learning in others by proactively providing information, resources, advice, and expertise with coworkers and customers; building relationships with cross-functional stakeholders; influencing others through technical explanations and examples; adapting to competing demands and new responsibilities; listening and responding to, seeking, and addressing performance feedback; providing feedback to others and managers; creating and executing plans to capitalize on strengths and develop weaknesses; supporting team collaboration; and adapting to and learning from change, difficulties, and feedback

Provides insight into recommendations for technical solutions that meet design and functional needs

Assists in identification of specific interfaces, methods, parameters, procedures, and functions, as required, to support technical solutions

Leads systems incident support and troubleshooting for complex and non-complex issues

Builds and maintains trusting relationships with internal customers and third party vendors to ensure the alignment, buy-in, and support of diverse project stakeholders

Reviews and validates technical specifications and documentation

Identifies specific interfaces, methods, parameters, procedures, and functions to support technical solutions while incorporating architectural designs

Collaborates with architects and/or software consultants to ensure functional specifications are converted into flexible, scalable, and maintainable solution designs

Provides implementation and post-implementation triage and support of business software solutions by programming and/or configuring enhancements to new or packaged-based systems and applications

Reviews and makes changes to technical specifications and documentation

Develops and executes unit testing to identify application errors and ensure software solutions meet functional specifications

Writes technical specifications and documentation

Ensures new and existing software solutions are developed with insight into industry best practices, strategies, and architectures

Builds partnerships with IT teams and vendors to ensure written code adheres to company architectural standards, design patterns, and technical specifications

Leads, mentors, and trains other technical resources to develop software applications

Participates and coaches others in all software development lifecycle phases by applying and sharing an in-depth understanding of company and industry methodologies, policies, standards, and controls

Assists with project estimation throughout the PLC

Develops and maintains specialist knowledge of database concepts, object and data modeling techniques and design principles, and a detailed knowledge of database architectures, software, and facilities. Analyses data requirements to establish, modify, or maintain object/data models. Evaluates potential solutions, demonstrating, installing, and commissioning selected products

Takes responsibility for the accessibility, retrievability, and security of specific subsets of information. Provides advice on the transformation of information from one format/medium to another, where appropriate. Maintains and implements information handling procedures. Enables the availability, integrity, and search ability of information through the application of formal data structures and protection measures. Manipulates specific data from information services to satisfy local or specific information needs

Qualification

Java StackWeb Service DevelopmentREST/SOAP/MQSpring/Quarkus FrameworkDEVOPSAgile PracticesWaterfall PracticesSystems AnalysisSoftware Development LifecycleDatabase ConceptsTroubleshootingTechnical LeadershipMentoringDocumentation

Required

Minimum three (3) years experience working on project(s) involving the implementation of solutions applying development life cycles (e.g., SDLC)

Minimum one (1) year in a technical leadership role with or without direct reports

Bachelors degree in Computer Science, CIS, or related field and Minimum six (6) years experience in software development or a related field. Additional equivalent work experience may be substituted for the degree requirement

Preferred

One (1) year of work experience in a role requiring interaction with senior leadership (e.g., Director level and above)

Three (3) years experience in systems analysis, including defining technical requirements and performing high level design for complex solutions

Minimum three (3) years experience in web service development using J2EE, Java Stack

Two (2) years of development experience in integrating with backend APIs using REST/SOAP/MQ

Two (2) years of development experience with the Spring/Quarkus framework

Two (2) years of development experience in debugging with Splunk/Dynatrace/local-logs

Company

Kaiser Permanente

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Kaiser Permanente is a health organization that offers disease prevention, mental healthcare, and chronic disease management services.

Founded in 1945

Oakland, California, USA

10001+ employees

https://healthy.kaiserpermanente.org

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