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16 May 2016

Full-Time Technical Specialist – Java/Bigdata

Pearson Lanka (Pvt) Ltd – Posted by Lanka Jobs –  Anywhere

Job Description

SUMMARY

Responsible for specialist and/or complex software engineering tasks in a project team setting. Individual will be required to work with dynamic teams that are driven by project delivery goals. Should possess the drive to learn and continuously improve on work performances. Helps and guides the team of engineers towards building quality software products. All individuals will be required to participate in periodic appraisal cycles to evaluate and determine advancement opportunities.

 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Listed below are the typical duties and responsibilities expected of an individual for the job title described in this document. The items specified below are guidelines to the minimum expectations for the job title; changes will be made on a case-by-case basis for the individuals, who show potential to take on more responsibilities.

Other duties may be assigned from time to time.

 

Duty or Responsibility

  • Function in a project team setting.
  • Development of prototyping, implementing and delivering big data analytics services and adaptive learning applications.
  • Is responsible to provide realistic estimates for his and his team tasks and achieve On-time Delivery.
  • Strong and effective interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to interact with prompt and professionalism to the teams across different time zones.
  • Efficient communication of issues/risks/concerns to leads, architects or managers.
  • Should serve as the Architect’s delegate within the team to propagate design/architectural consistency.
  • Follows the Pearson processes, Agile practices and motivates his/her team members to do so.
  • Able to drive technology competencies for the organization including initiatives / task force activities.
  • Is able to accept project delivery responsibilities and demonstrate accountability to leadership.
  • Is able to build competencies in product and technology domain to set expectations.
  • Be a professional in work aspects as well as conduct with other individuals.
  • Maintain a sense of individuality in thinking and decision making.

 

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty, satisfactorily. The requirements listed below is a representative set of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

 

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / MIS, Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics or equivalent experience required. Minimum six (6) years of experience in software engineering and design and preferably some experience in a technical leadership role. Should have held some authority over the design and architecture of enterprise software products.

 

TECHNICAL SKILLS

 

  • Strong hands on experience with the following technologies:
    • Java
    • RESTful and/or SOAP web services
    • Spring
    • Ant or Maven
    • RDBMS technologies(Oracle/MS SQL), NoSQL  (e.g. MongoDB, Cassandra, etc.)
    • JavaScript and jQuery
    • HTML 5
    • AngularJS
    • Amazon Web Services (AWS)

 

  • Strong hands on experience in designing and implementing enterprise applications (eg: J2EE/JEE).

 

  • Good understanding and experience in the following:
    • Hadoop
    • Spark
    • Kafka
    • Graph
    • Python

 

  • Experience in building, packaging & deployment tools, web & application servers and database technologies

 

PREFERRED CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

  • Oracle Certification for Java (formerly Sun certification for Java)

 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS and WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This position is located within an office environment and consists of many hours sitting at a computer in a cubicle setting.

How to Apply

Please apply through this link - https://pearson.taleo.net/careersection/ex/jobdetail.ftl?job=1603960

Job Categories: Technician. Job Types: Full-Time.

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