Java Technical Lead (Quality Engineering & Automation)

Job Title: Java Technical Lead (Quality Engineering & Automation)

Duration: 12 months Contract

Location: New Orleans, LA 70112

Description

Job Overview

We are seeking a hands-on Java Technical Lead to drive the development and delivery of robust, Java-based applications within an Agile environment with 7+ years of experience. In this role, you will bridge the gap between high-level architecture and hands-on implementation, ensuring that our software meets rigorous quality and performance standards.

You will lead a diverse scrum team, engage with Architects and Product Owners to refine requirements, and research technical solutions to meet evolving business needs.

Major Accountabilities & Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership: Lead day-to-day system development and maintenance. Manage complex assignments with long-term business implications and guide teams through bottlenecks and choke-points to meet sprint velocity SLAs.
• Strategic Planning: Develop technical roadmaps and prioritize stories across quarterly PI planning sessions. Partner with Solution Architects to drive implementation flows and lead code grooming/review sessions.
• Quality Engineering & Automation: Drive QE methodologies by maintaining daily automation regression suites. Ensure comprehensive coverage across Unit, System, Integration, and Performance testing.
• Process Improvement: Conduct Quality Inspections and walkthroughs across the SDLC (Requirements, Architecture, Design, and Security). Identify opportunities to improve effectiveness and time-to-market.
• Mentorship & Team Growth: Mentor junior engineers, provide technical training, and host "Brownbag" sessions on emerging technologies and frameworks.
• Production Excellence: Lead production incident management, including root cause analysis (RCA) and remediation.

Technical Skills & Tools

Core Development

• Languages: Java (Advanced OOP concepts)
• Frameworks: Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud (Cloud Config, Cloud Foundry) — Must Have
• Build/Version Tools: Maven (goals, dependencies, versioning), BitBucket (Git)
• Quality Engineering & Automation:
• API Automation: BDD framework using JBehave
• GUI Automation: Selenium WebDriver
• Testing Tools: Insomnia, SoapUI, and Postman (Manual REST/SOAP testing)
• Database Testing: DBVisualizer (PgSQL and Oracle)
• Unit Testing: JUnit
• Infrastructure & Management:
• CI/CD: Jenkins
• Defect Tracking: Jira / ALM
• OS: Unix (RedHat, Mint)

Knowledge & Experience

• Industry Experience: Proven experience delivering secure solutions within the Financial Services Sector is highly preferred.
• Methodology: Advanced understanding of Software Engineering Methodologies and Quality Engineering principles.
• Testing Specialty: Experience testing Network Management Systems (NMS) and operating as a Software Engineer in Test (SET).
• Agile Expertise: Experience leading Agile scrum teams through the full SDLC.
• Environment: Must be comfortable working in a matrix-based, geographically distributed team.

Education & Professional Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Location/Time Zone: Candidates must be located in or able to support CST or EST time zones.
• Soft Skills: High-energy and proactive with strong communication skills. Ability to function under pressure and interface effectively with both technical stakeholders and end-users.

Skills

Agile Programming Methodologies, Application Programming Interface (API), Atlassian JIRA, Automation, Bug Tracking/Defect Management, Cloud Computing, Code Reviews, Communication Skills, Computer Science, Continuous Deployment/Delivery, Continuous Integration, Emerging Technology, Establish Priorities, Financial Services, Git, Graphical User Interface (GUI), High Level Architecture (HLA), Incident Management, Information Technology & Information Systems, Insomnia, Integration Testing, JUnit, Java, Jenkins, Leadership, Mail Services, Maven, Mentoring, Network Management Software, Network Testing, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Operating Systems, Oracle, Performance Testing, Process Improvement, Quality Control, Quality Engineering, REST (Representational State Transfer), Red Hat Linux Operating System, Root Cause Analysis, SET (Secure Electronic Transaction), SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol), Scrum Project Management and Software Development, Selenium, Service Level Agreement (SLA), Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Software Engineering, Software Testing, Spring Framework, Strategic Planning, System Integration (SI), Systems Maintenance, Team Lead/Manager, Technical Leadership, Technical Research, Technical Training, Test Tools, Testing, Unit Test, Unix Operating Systems

About the Company

eTeam Inc.

Looking for a great job? Join eTeam. We’re looking for talented staffing professionals to join our staff. We also provide contract assignments and full-time jobs at Fortune 2000 Companies. We’ve been named one of the best companies to work for by Staffing Industry Analysts and New Jersey Business.

Company Size

100 to 499 employees

Industry

Other/Not Classified

Founded

1998

Website

www.eteaminc.com