Senior Specialist, Applications Development

Keys Results (KPI’s)

Result Measurement (Metric)

Delivery of timely and cost effective IT solution that meets business requirements

Variance of schedule (planned versus actual) within 5%

Variance of schedule (planned versus actual) within 5%

Manage Service Level Agreement (SLA) and Application Maintenance Service (AMS) of outsourced vendors

All reported incidents are closed and all assigned enhancements are completed as specified in the SLA

Manage and control project budget

Variance of schedule (planned versus actual) within 5%

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES/JOB DUTIES

% OF TIME

• Application Support
  • Ensure application security, audit and process compliance for systems in managed project, support and enhancements
  • Ensure Subject Matter Experts(SME) for the supported application systems are available
  • Ensure 24 x 7 applications availability and applications performance

• Software Development
  • Performs or Assists in solution design, configuration or development and unit testing for new projects and enhancement requests
  • Track and monitor enhancement and support deliverables by service providers (e.g. AMS) as specified in the SLA
  • Track and monitor project deliverables by product team as per agreed timeline

Required Education

Degree in Computer Science or related disciplines or equivalent work experience

Experiences

Must Have

• Need to have 6+ years of Application development experience

• Strong proficiency in Java (v11+) and Spring Boot (v2+)

• Experience with Spring Data JPA, Spring Security, and Spring Cloud

• Solid understanding of RESTful API design and microservices architecture

• Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms (Azure preferred)

• Familiarity with CI/CD tools and DevSecOps practices

• Proficient in SQL and PL/SQL across Oracle, MySQL, or PostgreSQL

• Experience with unit testing frameworks (Junit preferred)

• Knowledge of Git, Maven/Gradle, and API documentation tools (Swagger/OpenAPI)

• Experience on Project management using Agile methodology

Good to Have

• Experience with message brokers (Kafka)
• Exposure to frontend technologies (Angular, React) is a plus
• Knowledge of Domain-Driven Design (DDD) and event-driven architecture
• Working Knowledge in freight forwarding / consolidation and/or 3rd Party Logistics

Skill Sets

• Process driven with ability to interact with business users to gather business requirements and confirm solution design

• Ability to analyze business requirement and transform into system process

• Working Knowledge in freight forwarding / consolidation and/or 3rd Party Logistics industry will be advantages, particularly in ocean freight.
• Hands-on approach to problem solving, attention to detail and creative solution design
• Team player and able to manage in diverse workforces

• Superior presentation and communication skills, both written and oral

Language Skills

• English