Technical Lead - Java/Kafka
- Employer
- Allstate Insurance Company
- Location
- Irving, Texas
- Salary
- Not Specified
- Closing date
- Dec 4, 2019
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- Category
- IT
- Job Type
- Not Specified
- Career Level
- Not Specified
Job Details
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Think that working in the insurance field can’t be exciting, rewarding and challenging? Think again. You’ll help us reinvent protection and retirement to improve customers’ lives. We’ll help you make an impact with our training and mentoring offerings. Here, you’ll have the opportunity to expand and apply your skills in ways you never thought possible. And you’ll have fun doing it. Join a company of individuals with hopes, plans and passions, all using and developing our talents for good, at work and in life.
Job Description
Allstate's Unified Customer View – Technology Solutions (UCV-TS) team is responsible for delivering new functionality to support the UCV data platform and providing the business with a 360 view of customer information across all channels.
This role will be responsible for being a Tech Lead for UCV Activities Team. Tech Lead creates detailed technical specifications, Works with Solution Designers on designing Solutions, Helps Developers on Technical Clarifications, develops application and system code as needed, participates in code reviews. Ensures Technical Oversight is maintained on regular Team Deliverables.
Key Responsibilities
- Work with Solution designers to Define System Solutions.
- Reviews Solutions with Development team and provide clarifications as needed.
- Apply standard development practices as per current industry standards.
- Support development/testing needs for creation of new services and addition of new functionality to existing services
- Evaluate detailed business, functional, and high-level technical requirements (including recovery, security, and audit)
- Participate in design reviews, conduct code reviews, testing reviews, and resolve moderate defects.
- Apply usability and future state architectures to develop technical components according to design specifications
- Complete transitions of newly delivered functionality with Production Support including relevant documentation
- Collaborate effectively with other teams (internal and external) in a very dynamic agile environment
Job Qualifications
- 3+ years of experience in Java and Spring Boot
- Extensive Experience in Spring Boot Frameworks, Web Services development.
- Expertise and detailed knowledge of Web Services (SOAP and REST), Java and J2EE technologies
- Experience in developing applications using CICD pipelines.
- Exposure to Kafka Messaging platform & Kafka Streams API.
- Experience working in an Agile delivery model
- Experience in working with Scaled Agile Framework environment.
Desired Competencies
- Previous experience working with Master Data Management including API’s, Matching and Task processes
- Experience in development and deployment of PCF Services.
- Experience in working with large data sets.
- Previous experience working with relational databases (preferably ORACLE)
- Previous experience working with Non-SQL databases (e.g. MongoDB)
The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation, which includes a drug screen.
Good Work. Good Life. Good Hands®.
As a Fortune 100 company and industry leader, we provide a competitive salary – but that’s just the beginning. Our Total Rewards package also offers benefits like tuition assistance, medical and dental insurance, as well as a robust pension and 401(k). Plus, you’ll have access to a wide variety of programs to help you balance your work and personal life -- including a generous paid time off policy.
Allstate generally does not sponsor individuals for employment-based visas for this position.
It is the Company’s policy to employ the best qualified individuals available for all jobs. Therefore, any discriminatory action taken on account of an employee’s ancestry, age, color, disability, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual and reproductive health decision, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, race, religion (including religious dress), sex, or sexual orientation that adversely affects an employee's terms or conditions of employment is prohibited. This policy applies to all aspects of the employment relationship, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, salary administration, promotion, job assignment, benefits, discipline, and separation of employment
Company
- Website
- https://www.allstate.com/
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