Team Lead - Java & Integration

Job Summary

Lead a team of developers constantly striving for quality solutions within budget and scope, and drive a culture of quality and personal accountability. Have a strong development background and understanding of large-scale full-stack platform development. Advocate of Agile engineering practices with a track record of keeping highly skilled developers motivated while maintaining coding best practices; Balance tactical and strategic considerations accounting for people, process and technological requirements, as well as identifying platform opportunities and constraints to provide solutions to application need;
Provide operational support for mission-critical systems.

Essential Functions

• Create and nurture a team culture that values quality, initiative, innovation, trust, and cooperation.
• Manage projects, people and tasks to ensure goals and objectives are completed in a timely manner.
• Develop prototypes and architectures for new concepts and technologies.
• Perform implementations and support while assisting with module security planning and management.
• Lead the support and enhancement of a DevOps environment.
• Rapidly re-prioritize and handle shifting demands while demonstrating a high degree of professionalism and adaptability. -
• Manage onboarding and maintenance of single sign-on and data integrations.
• Effectively deal with ambiguity, uncertainty, and incomplete information when evaluating alternatives and making recommendations.
• Escalate issues as required to remove impediments and unblock open issues.
• Use creative and abstract thinking skills to envision and design innovative solutions to business opportunities and challenges.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree in or equivalent experience or the equivalent combination of education and work experience.
  
  
  
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• Minimum of Five to seven years
• Minimum Qualifications:
• Experience leading and mentoring a technical team, with a focus on a very high quality output.
• Senior Level Experience with Java technologies.
• 5-7 years of full-stack experience using Java, Spring Boot, JavaScript, CSS, AJAX, etc.
• 5-7 years of experience developing SOA based Applications.
• 3+ years of experience in Business Analysis and Requirement Analysis.
• Previous experience developing responsive and accessible web and mobile sites.
• Experience with multi-threaded applications, dependency injection, and IoC.
• Experience with Git-based source control systems and practices.
• Full life-cycle development in an enterprise development environment.
• Exposure to Agile methodology a plus.
• Experience managing Identity Provider (IdP) and Service Provider systems, such as Shibboleth, Okta, or OneLogin
• Understanding of federated authentication protocols, such as SAML, OIDC, and OAuth2.
• Development using various data store technologies, including SQL Server, Oracle, MongoDB, Redis, Active Directory.
• Should have excellent communication, negotiation, decision making, and problem-solving skills.
• Passion for continuous process and technology improvement.
• Ability to handle shifting priorities while demonstrating a high degree of professionalism and adaptability.
• Ability to effectively deal with ambiguity, uncertainty, and incomplete information when evaluating alternatives and making recommendations.
• Strong communication skills (written, interpersonal, presentation), with the ability to easily and effectively interact and negotiate with business stakeholders.
• Creative and abstract thinking skills to envision and design innovative solutions to business opportunities and challenges.
• Excellent problem solving skills.
• Must be a team player.

Physical Demands

• Typically sitting at a desk/table

Location

• University City - Philadelphia, PA

Additional Information
This position is classified as Exempt, grade O. Compensation for this grade ranges from $108,330 to $162,490 per year. Please note that the offered rate for this position typically aligns with the minimum to midrange of this grade, but it can vary based on the successful candidate's qualifications and experience, department budget, and an internal equity review.

Applicants are encouraged to explore the Professional Staff salary structure and Compensation Guidelines & Policies for more details on Drexel's compensation framework. For information about benefits, please review Drexel's Benefits Brochure.

Special Instructions to the Applicant

A review of applicants will begin once a suitable candidate pool is identified.