Manager, Enterprise Software Engineering (Enterprise Applications)

Basic Function

Wolters Kluwer is looking for a manager who will be responsible for end-to-end delivery of web applications using Java/J2EE technologies. Working within our Engineering team and collaborating closely with our customers, technical project managers, and other key stakeholder teams, the person will be responsible for all aspects of delivery on key projects and initiatives in GBS. In addition to providing leadership to the engineering group, the manager will play a key role in shaping the careers of a passionate bunch of go getters.

Essential Duties and responsibilities

• Work with cross-functional teams to successfully deliver on system design and development for the needed business requirements supporting various business units
• Work with high level enterprise strategy and blueprints and convert into system level deliverables
• Work across the GBS organizations including teams responsible for requirements, solution architecture, quality assurance and production support
• Deliver utilizing J2EE, Spring framework, Hibernate and front end technologies.
• Have strong ability to trouble shoot problems and suggest solutions
• Help ensure solutions are being delivered are per standards of availability, scalability and security point of view and that are done on time with highest quality
• Help ensure that standards and guidelines are created for all aspects of technology being used in the delivery, all delivery artifacts are reviewed and are according to the standards and guidelines and SLAs are being met for services
• Work with developers and assist them with technical issues and perform design and code reviews.

Job Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university; Master’s degree from an accredited college or university preferred

Must-Have skills:

• Strong software development experience of at least 12+ years of experience leading project initiatives in J2EE technologies
• Strong Experience with Spring framework, Hibernate and RESTful APIs
• Experience with front-end frameworks such as JavaScript, HTML5, CSS, Angular 7 an up and Bootstrap
• Demonstrated experience in OOAD using established methodologies and notations such as UML and design patterns to create high and detailed level architecture and design.
• Experience using standard frameworks like Maven Log4J, Code coverage tools etc., JIRA (or similar) etc.
• Demonstrated experience with applications servers, development tools, build tools and configuration management practices.
• Experience in working with database (utilizing any of the RDBMS like Oracle, DB2, MySQL or SQL Server) and data modeling

Other Knowledge, Skills, Abilities or Certifications:

• Understand SDLC phases. Experience using one or more of Waterfall, Agile, Lean, and DevOps practices
• AWS or Azure certifications are preferred

Soft Skills Required:

• Able to lead teams with various cultural, academic, and professional backgrounds
• Able to articulate complex engineering challenges to fellow managers, engineers and partner teams
• Able to communicate on issues/problems to technical leadership