Kaiser Permanente Health Plan Membership team develops, deploys, and maintains national membership application systems. The membership team implements and supports membership accounting functions across Kaiser. Our strategic goal is to develop an infrastructure which allows the upgrade of our existing membership systems with a single system. One of the major strategies to do this is to move us from our traditional point to point methodology to SOA.
As a Technical Lead you be will expected to lead and participate in the production support of our SOA services and manage some development work. The projects may include requirements gathering, design, solutions alignment with Kaiser's Enterprise Architecture strategies, development, test methodology and process, deployment, and all aspects of production support. The expectation is that the ideal candidate will be able to support all aspects of a solutions development lifecycle. For production support the position would entail tracking issues regardless of the responsible party, and driving to resolution.
The Ideal candidate would have experience supporting a system as well as development. They would be able to create and understand Business and technical Requirements; support the creation of Solution alternatives regarding possible application or interface designs. They would have experience coordinating other groups to a common goal. Has experience supporting comprehensive documentation and is proactive with identification of opportunities regarding solutions. Job requirements include participating in code reviews of Java and SQL code, designing and writing services, training others to build and write services, providing overall technical direction to peers, and supporting services in production.
Experience working with HealthCare business clients helpful. You will be required to work with several organizations within Kaiser to coordinate the delivery of program changes within a planned release schedule.Responsibilities will also include working with user groups, analyzing reported problems, performing root cause analysis and presenting alternatives to correct the problem.
Qualifications:
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor's degree or equivalent years of experience
6 years experience with architecture and development of Enterprise Java applications (J2EE)
5 years experience with Java web development skills and excellent understanding of object-oriented analysis, design and programming.
Advanced knowledge of J2EE technologies including Javascript, XML, XSL, Web services, EJB and Servlets
2 years experience with RAD 7.0, Eclipse, TKO/Lisa and SOAP UI.
Excellent communication skills in both verbal and written form
Ability to work independently with minimal guidance and as a member of a team
System design and/or Analysis/Vendor product integration
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Administration of Java Application Servers and Portals (IBM WebSphere Application Developer 6.1 or higher, JBoss, WebLogic 5.0); IBM Websphere Application Server, IBM Websphere Portal Process Server.
Preferred Languages: Java, J2EE, UNIX shell scripts, XML, XPath, UML and HTML
Minimum 2 years of experience in the tools and utilities: RAD 7.0, JUnit, Log4J, Maven
Version Control: Starteam, CVS, SVN
Platforms: Windows2000/XP and UNIX
Exposure to various technologies including Web services (SOAP, WSDL, XML Schema); XML technologies including Sax, Dom; Java EE frameworks including Spring, and Hibernate; and databases technologies including DB2, Oracle, PL/SQL, and stored procedures.
Must demonstrate knowledge of underlying concepts for web servers, database & application servers and enterprise applications.
Maintain/enhance the code to meet changing requirements customer/industry needs
Experience promoting best practices for service based architecture and implementation.
Experience performing functional testing of web applications to ensure usability
User experience with Remedy and incident lifecyle via Remedy.
Experience as a Production Support technician and/or Lead.
Knowledge of Kaiser Methodology.
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen.
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