*1) Sr.Java with Test Automation/DevOps, TX 2)Senior Java/Groovy Developer, TX 3)Java Technical Lead/ Manager, TX 4) Sr. WebSphere on zOS Mainframe Performance Analyst, TX 5) Sr. WebSphere on zOS Mainframe Systems Programmer, TX W2/1099 only*
Hi, Greetings from Techstar Group !! Hope you are doing well, Please send updated resume if you are interested to the following positions on *[email protected] <[email protected]>* , 972-256-8207. *All positions W2 /1099 only and location is also Westlake, TX* *1) **Principal Java Software Developer – Test Automation/DevOps** Req#46063* *Westlake, TX * *6 month contract + open-ended* – 10+ years of professional or IT experience required, 8-10+ years of Java/JEE development, development of test automation framework, UNIX/Linux, Spring framework, Continuous integration & deployment (Sonar, Udeploy, Git, Jenkins, Git-Stash, etc.), DevOps (1-2+ years - build/release engineering experience), Ant/Maven, Web Services (SOAP/REST), and Selenium *Description:* *Senior Software Engineer - Test Automation* Provides business solutions by developing complex test automation or multiple software applications tools. This resource requires a software development background and well versed in software development methodologies. Test Automation Java Engineer should be self-driven and have the ability to work in a distributed team by developing complex automation scripts using programming in Java and Software tools. *Ideal* candidate should hold strong knowledge of programming and release automation methodologies, but manager is open to a strong Developer with good test automation experience. - The engineer will build and upkeep continuous delivery pipelines from source control management to customer-facing production deployments. - Hold responsibility to troubleshoot and address technical issues by developing tools and automated technology production solutions. - The engineer will be working closely with the product engineering team to ensure products are efficiently deployable, secure, available and scalable. - Work closely with Developers, QA Analyst and Architects in an Agile development environment that will help automate scaling and management of server resources and implement code with zero-downtime deployments and to facilitate DevOps best practices. *Education and Experience:* · Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science (or closely related field) with at least 6+ years of experience. · Experience in Java, J2EE, JSP/JSTL, Servlets, Spring, JAXB, JAX-WS, SQL, JUnit, and Tomcat · 2+ years industry experience in DevOps and Application Build-Release Engineering · Experience with following Automation Tools/Frameworks is a plus Selenium Web Driver and Fitnesse. · Experience building Java applications for deployment to containers like Tomcat using Java/J2EE, Hibernate, JUnit, Spring Frameworks, Web Services, etc. · Proficient in Linux Environment with experience with modern release engineering practices · Experience working in an Agile Scrum environment strongly required · Understanding of web technologies (JSON, JavaScript, JQuery, SOAP, XML, HTML5 or similar technologies) · Experience providing Continuous Integration/Delivery solutions using tools such as Jenkins & UDeploy, Maven · Strong knowledge of database concepts · Knowledge of good coding practices and improving code quality *· **Excellent verbal and written communication skills.* * 2+ years in any of the following is required:* · Skilled CI and CD tools & technologies: Jenkins, Maven, GitHub, uDeploy, Chef , Puppet, Git-Stash, Sonar, Artifactory, etc. · Experience with following Automation Tools/Frameworks is a plus Selenium Web Driver and Fitnesse. · Administer SCM, CI and CD related server and nodes *Plus:* · Extensive familiarity with virtualization of at least one cloud platform (VMWare, OpenStack, Cloudstack, etc.) *Primary Responsibilities:* · Develop Test Automation frameworks for large scale projects from an end to end perspective including front end, middle tier services and back end data providers. · Developing frameworks which promote: Maintainability, Flexibility, Extensibility and Scalability · Accelerate productivity by creating automated scripts, tools, utilities or code to address issues with new projects and existing operational procedures · Manage Enterprise SCM including user and group management, branching model, pull-request support · Support development team with continuous integration builds · Support CI build farms for build and package, deployment, and infrastructure support · Work with systems team on automating platform management · Develop Release Automation frameworks for large scale projects from an end to end perspective including front end, middle tier services and back end data providers. · Build and maintain deployment automation using continuous delivery pipelines · Follow engineering best practices and provide technical mentorship to other team members · Performing reviews of code and automation strategy · Participate in Agile and build Continuous Delivery automation solutions for each product/project · Liaisons between IT and Product Engineering team communicating system changes and mitigating possible issues *2) Senior Java/Groovy Developer **Req#46172 * *Westlake, Texas* *6 month contract + open-ended* 10+ years of professional or IT experience, 7+ years of Java development, MUST be proficient in development of Groovy/Grails, Web Services, Spring Framework, RDBMS (Oracle preferred), Linux & Scripting experience (BASH, Korn, Shell, etc.) *Description:* This group provides core application design, development and support services for all back-office services (Fund Accounting, Pricing Reconciliation, Shareholder Reporting, Tax, Treasury Operations, Transfer Agent Accounting and Control). The team works on technology-based projects in collaboration with other Fidelity systems divisions, customers, and custodian banks. The Software Engineer will provide senior development leadership and guidance on a portfolio of projects aligned with the Fund Operations back-office business functions within the group. *Primary Responsibilities:* - Provides software development and maintenance support for Operational Business Units and Support departments. - Contribute to the design, development and unit testing of software components - Responsible for supporting implementation of moderate-scope projects or major initiatives - Provides application support for appropriate platform, and may serve as on-call resource to support the organization’s service and escalation model - Troubleshooting production issues - Provides software development and maintenance support for projects working with the Business Unit and the Operations Support department - Supports all phases of SDLC through SCRUM, leading to an implementation - Works on complex assignments and often multiple disciplines of a project (Development, testing, deployment) - Create or contribute to technical documentation - Act as mentor/trainer for new development associates *Education and Experience:* - Bachelor's degree required (preferably Computer Science) - 7-10+ years’ Java/JEE with a focused and driven attitude towards contributing on the creation, enhancement and delivery of complex solutions - Extensive database experience (Sybase, DB2, Oracle) - Development experience with Groovy Grails required - Experience with SQL or PL/SQL: Stored Procedures development, performance tuning and debugging - Experience managing Networking and Scheduling (Control M) - Experience with UNIX (AIX and Linux preferred) - 3+ years’ experience with a focused and driven attitude towards contributing on the creation, enhancement and delivery of complex solutions *Skills and Knowledge:* - Experience working on development projects using SCRUM - Excellent organization and time management skills - Excellent written and verbal communication skills - Ability to work flexible schedules particularly when software installs are scheduled and Production Support is required - Proven ability to work independently with limited supervision - Ability to work on multiple projects and adhere to scheduled deadlines - Ability to resolve escalated issues with a sense of urgency - Strong attention to detail *Preferences:* - Experience with Jasper Reporting a plus - Front end UI development experience on ForeC, JavaScript a plus - Experience with iBatis or Hibernate a plus - Experience with Javascript toolkit (jQuery) a plus *3) Senior Java Technical Lead/ Manager**, SWE Development (Req#46498)* *Westlake, Texas* *Contract to Hire* – 10+ years of professional or IT experience required, extensive experience with Java/Spring/Web Services, lead/POC/architecture experience needed, continuous integration and delivery/DevOps experience and Agile/Scrum methodology. *Technical Manager, Software Engineering Development Management - eServices Technical Leadership* *Description:* The client is looking for a Senior Software Engineering Development Manager with a strong working expertise in full-stack application development and experience in DevOps to provide technical leadership to a team of software engineers in the development of a suite of customer-facing web and mobile applications for the growing eServices platform. *Primary Responsibilities:* · *Provide technical leadership* to a team of software engineers to build state of the art software. · *Lead design and development* of a suite of applications that provide chat, email and video capabilities to Fidelity customers and phone reps. · Work directly with Product Architects and senior development resources across our team, as well as other technical and business stakeholders across the organization in a SCRUM Agile environment. · Mentor software engineers on the team and ensure high code quality by performing code reviews, providing guidance, developing standards and managing work allocation within SCRUM Agile project teams. · *Drive the adaptation* of Continuous Integration and Continuous Development DevOps principles by the team. · *Design and hands-on development* of enterprise-scale applications that provide best in class customer experience and require system to system integration utilizing established and emerging technologies and vendor products. · Recommend system solutions by comparing advantages of current development tools and methods against alternate solutions, technologies and methodologies while working independently or with technical partners · Support product release activities (QA, deployment); participate in product installation & post install support. *Education and Experience:* · Bachelor’s or Master’s degree preferred · 2+ years of managerial responsibilities · 2+ years of technical leadership and acting as the liaison with the architects within the development team · 8+ years of professional software development experience in a diverse set of distributed application development and middleware technologies such Oracle, Web Services, XML, Java, J2EE, SQL,HTML, JavaScript, Spring Framework · Demonstrated experience with leading a team of software engineers in delivering project components using Agile methodology · Strong and proven hands-on experience in developing applications utilizing MVC Architecture: Spring MVC, Spring Core, Web Services (SOAP/REST) and configuring web containers (preferably Tomcat) with a focus on Test Driven Development. · Code Quality/Coverage Tools (Sonar, JaCoCo or equivalent) is highly preferred · Experience with designing and modelling complex software systems and knowledge of modelling tools (UML, System Architect, Archimate, etc.) · Familiarity or the hands-on experience with Front End technologies (*HTML5, CSS3, JQuery, JSON, Ajax, and Angular.js*) is a plus. · Ability to organize and lead working sessions that result in clear requirements and technical design, even when working with non-technical members of SCRUM teams. · Proven experience with Continuous Integration concepts and DevOps best-practices · Experience in defining technical standards for development organizations. · Experience within a delivery role and working in a matrixed delivery team · Experience with open source frameworks *4) Senior WebSphere on zOS Performance Analyst (Req#46293)* *Westlake, Texas* *6 month contract + open-ended* – 10+ years of professional experience, MUST have IBM WebSphere, zOS expertise, performance tuning, capacity, Mainframe, JCL, CICS, SYSPLEX, Java applications, VSAM, WODM, SYSView, SAS, data analytics, PowerPoint and MS Excel. *Senior Mainframe zOS Performance Analyst* The Performance Analyst will provide detailed performance analysis, tuning recommendations and debug WAS (WebSphere Application Server for z/OS) performance anomalies in a large mainframe Sysplex environment. *Qualifications:* - IBM WAS system programming experience (minimum 5 yrs. experience) - Experience in JAVA language on mainframe (minimum 5 yrs. experience) - Experience in WODM (WebSphere Operation Decision Manager) (minimum 5 yrs. experience) - Experience in IBM ComputeGrid is a plus. - Knowledge of z/OS operating system including use of TSO, JCL and associated IBM utilities (minimum 10 yrs. experience) - In-depth knowledge of the CA-SYSVIEW monitors program or equivalent mainframe monitoring program. - SAS Programming skills (minimum 5 yrs. experience) - An extensive problem determination skill in a large WAS on zOS environment. - An extensive performance analysis skill in a large WAS on zOS environment. - The candidate must be a highly self-motivated and creative problem solver with a proven ability to provide detailed performance analysis for WAS on zOS in a large IBM zOS environment. *MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:* - Provide detailed performance analysis and performance debugging for the mainframe WAS on zOS environments - Provide performance analysis data in the appropriate formats (SAS charts, ppt, Excel, etc..) to management with observations/recommendations. - Provide mainframe a customer with analysis of WAS performance benchmarks for new releases of application code, new WAS instances and WAS software upgrades. - Configure the WAS on zOS instances on the mainframe to execute and perform with high availability and resiliency as the operational objective. - Provide WAS on zOS customers with performance and configuration recommendations to optimize the applications running under WAS on zOS. - Provide oncall support for WAS on zOS performance issues - Candidate must have extensive knowledge of IBM WAS mainframe environment. Candidate also must possess deep understanding of the zOS operating system in its relation to WAS. *5)* *Senior WebSphere on zOS Mainframe Systems Programmer (Req#46294)* *Westlake, Texas* *6 month contract + open-ended* – 10+ years of professional or IT experience required, MUST have experience with installing/configuring WebSphere on zOS, operational support, Java applications on Mainframe, on call support, WODM, WebSphere MQ is a plus. *Senior WebSphere/zOS Programmer* This group provides world class mainframe availability and customer service to Fidelity's business units. With two geographically dispersed data centers and mainframe teams, we provide uninterrupted computing services and disaster recovery capabilities. This is a mature large multi-SYSPLEX, multi-site mainframe configuration consisting of 1800+ CICS systems. This position is necessary to support the current WAS (Web Sphere Application Server on Z/OS) workload on z/OS environment. This position will also play a critical role in the planned COBOL to JAVA migrations initiatives. *Responsibilities:* Major Responsibilities *% of Time* · 24 by 7 on-call support providing a high degree of responsiveness and sound trouble-shooting methodologies · Provide production & non-production mainframe support for multiple business critical applications · Support WebSphere Application Server, Websphere Operational Decision Manager, Websphere Compute Grid, Websphere MQ and related products · Install new releases, apply patches and internally regression test said products · Work with the business units as well as with a cross functional worldwide teams to bring new mainframe based applications live · Write standards operating procedures, deployment strategies and best practices *10* *20* *20* *20* *20* * 10* · Install, configure, upgrade, and maintain MQ and related products into the z/OS environment · Design, Document and Deploy software solutions in the mainframe environment · Provide advanced support for complex technical problems reported by customers and other technical teams · Work with the software vendors and other technical partners to troubleshoot problems and implement solutions and corrective action · Participate in periodic Disaster Recovery tests · Participates in the evaluation, selection and piloting of new technologies · Work with a wide range of teams across various issues, locations, and time zones · Provide cross training to peers in the Support group · Provide on call support including nights/weekends/holidays on 24/7 rotating basis · Work closely with other departments within Fidelity and act as interface between the MQ support group and the other technical teams coordinating their upgrades/projects/deliverables *Education:* · 5+ years’ experience in supporting MQ on z/OS platform · Bachelors or Masters in Information Systems, Computer Science or Information Technology *Skills and Knowledge:* · Strong analytical and problem solving skills · In-depth knowledge of WAS, ODM, WODM and related System software · In-depth knowledge of multiple specialty areas including z/OS Operating systems · In-depth knowledge of JCL, VSAM, Control-M, etc. · Experience in a 24x7 Mainframe environment · Good organizational skills · Ability to manage overlapping tasks and activities · Good communications skills with peers, management and business customers · Strong interpersonal and communication skills · Experience in the Investment Industry would be a plus *The Ideal Candidate would have:* - 10 years of experience in the configuration, administration, problem diagnosis and performance tuning of IBM mainframe WebSphere products - Have worked in a large multi-datacenter sysplex environment for 7 years. - Having worked in the financial services industry during this time would be a plus - Candidate should be able to hit the ground running and demonstrate mastery of the core WebSphere products - 5 years of experience working with CICS Transaction Server and/or COBOL/JAVA mainframe batch programming support - Candidate should be able to excel under cyclical pressure, often against tight deadlines - Proven rapport with application developers to fully exploit built in product functionality and assist with application problem diagnosis - Thorough understanding of mainframe operations and administration Please send an E-mail, If I miss your call *-------* *Thanks & Regards,* *Nithyanandam P* *[email protected] <[email protected]>* *972- 256- 8207* *Techstar Consulting Inc.* www.techstargroup.com <http://www.techstarconsultinginc.com/> 222 West las Colinas Blvd,East Towers Suite 540, Irving, TX 75038 Yahoo IM : mailnithyamail Hangouts: Nithya.techstar Skype: Nitya.techstar Linked IN <http://www.linkedin.com/pub/nithyanandam-ponna/6b/aba/458>: Note: This is not an unsolicited mail. 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