Java Technical Manager

Overview:

Technical Managers play a key technology leadership position in the TIS department. They oversee all development activities across all areas of the projects, including all internal and external parties. They drive the technical solution through requirements, design, development, test and deployment. Technical Managers are skilled at managing the technical risks to project success and driving solutions through to completion.


Responsibilities:

-  Accountable for the end-to-end technical solution for the project.
-  Coordinate all development activities across the development groups within a project.
-  Work with the Technical Leads from each functional domain to define work parcels and allocate developers to work.
- Review and approve work estimates from the project staff.
- Signoff point on all technical designs and SRS documents
- Build the WBS for the development activities based on effort, developer staffing and dependencies. Distribute to the PM to incorporate into the project WBS for tracking purposes.
- Track development activities across all functional domains through daily or weekly development checkpoint meetings.
-  Identify all impediments that impact development plan, work with the Project Manager to assign owners and track progress on closing issues.
-  Ensure that code packages, branches, and releases are coordinated appropriately. Work with Release Management and Shared Services to achieve this end.
-  Review and signoff on all deployment and associated validation plans
- When an issue impact or change impacts the budget or delivery date, work with Project Manager to submit Change Requests for approval
- Assure the team meets all development standards and policies as defined by Development Management.
-  Ensure the team receives approvals for design, code review, architectural approval and respective Development Change Board approvals. Manage to closure any issues impacting these approvals.
-  Participate in project wrap-up sessions to highlight successes and failures of the team. Create and manage remediation plans with the development team for failures to avoid repeat.
-  Assist with mentoring new developers on development process and methodology.
- Assist the Development Resource Manager with performance evaluation of team members providing input on job performance.


Qualifications:
 
This is a Java Development Manager position

Must have managed a software and product development team for at least 3-5 years
Must have managed 5-7 direct reports
Must have experience with AGILE methodologies
AS 400 experiences is optional
Could have 3-5 years experience as a PM - but this should not be the focal point of his or her career
Not interested in candidates with Professional  Services Organization experience

- Demonstrated project management skills across diverse technology platforms
- Demonstrated past experience leading Java and/or mainframe/AS400 application development projects
- Experience working in collaborative development teams using revision control systems such as SVN
- Demonstrated experience managing dynamic projects on tight schedules
- A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field is required
- Prior experience in e-commerce software application development is preferred
- Experienced managing advanced Java development projects is preferred
- Hands on experience with Oracle 8i or higher, BEA Web Logic 7.0 or higher desired
- Experience managing integrations with XML / SOAP technologies is desired
- Experience leading Spring MVC(preferred) / Apache Struts Web Application Frameworks is desired
- Strong attention to detail, good communications skills, and a positive attitude required

Please refer to job code 4387RR when responding to this ad.

Category:	Information Technology
Location:	King of Prussia, PA
County:	Montgomery County
ZIP Code:	19406
Pay Rate:	open
Job Terms:	full time
Company:	Keystone Computer Associates
Phone:	215-643-3800
Fax:	215-643-0115