Lead Integration Developer

Apex Systems is looking for a Lead Enterprise Integration Developer in Columbus, Ohio for a contract to hire job opportunity. Job Overview The Senior Developer - Enterprise Integration is an individual contributor position with responsibility for development/engineering and support of complex application environments that may include multiple operating system platforms, languages, and network topologies. Primary Responsibilities

• Participate in business requirement gathering meetings with business users to understand all aspects of the business (functionality, processes, technologies); determine feasibility of requests; identify best approach to provide technology solutions to meet business needs; provide detailed estimations (time, cost, resources); and then translate into technical specifications.
• Complete full Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) from design to flowcharting, development, testing and implementation. This includes strong integration with other systems.
• Provides support and troubleshooting for all related systems and technologies. This includes being a point of contact for business users. Requires strong problem solving and communication skills to interpret issues and provide resolution. Must be able to coordinate with vendor for escalation of support related issues.
• Participate in discussions concerning innovative, cost effective ways to implement new technologies.
• Lead in the evaluation of new products, platforms, and technologies leveraging best practices based on industry standards and lessons learned.
• Provide recommendations for enterprise architecture.
• Translate functional specifications into technical specifications to provide low-level details for development lifecycle.
• Perform administrative functions related to project activities; project plans, technical specification development, status reports, and issue reporting.
• Work with other members of the development team as well as product owners and business analysts to define function and technical requirements.
• Write high-quality test-driven code.
• Assist end users in resolving and identifying system issues by providing application knowledge and technical expertise. Recommend appropriate solutions including risk analysis and work estimates.
• Prepare user documentation and train users on new systems and functionality.
• Recommend system enhancements, patches or upgrades necessary to support system stability and performance.
• Participate in 24/7 on-call support activities.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science or a related field plus five (5) years of progressive post baccalaureate experience in the field
• 5 years of experience with one or more of these Integration-related technologies (ESB, Apache Camel, ActiveMQ, REST API, Spring WS)
• 5 years of Java development experience
• 5 years of experience using some of the following technologies: XML, JSON, DTDs, XSLT
• 5 years of experience with the following operating systems, databases:
  • Databases: Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server;
  • Operating Systems: Linux, Windows, IOS and Android;
• 5 years of experience using code repositories (Git, Stash) and automated build tools (Bamboo, Jenkins)
• 5 years of systems analysis and programming experience;
• 3 years of project design activities;
• 3 years of experience with software/automation development, including program design, coding, testing, and debugging;
• 3 years of experience with Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) integration/validation and production support;
• Experience in working with Agile SCRUM Teams

• Knowledge of retail industry a plus
• Experience with iPaaS a plus (Mulesoft, Boomi, Talend)
• Experience in integrating with Cloud Computing technologies a plus
• Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) knowledge a plus
• Must be willing to work on a variety of platforms and applications