Applications Development Senior Programmer Analyst

• Research and understand DevOps best practices based on industry and Citi standards
• Design software components in a microservices cloud-native architecture to be resilient, stateless, scalable, and testable with automation and reusability as key objectives
• Develop services and APIs in Java, Spring Boot frameworks utilizing latest frameworks and libraries with an emphasis on design patterns, code quality, secure coding practices and writing testable code with tests
• Implement automated build, test and deployment pipelines utilizing latest DevOps tools available at Citi
• Partner with QA engineers to develop test cases and build out an automated testing suite for both API and microservices
• Collaborate with other development teams to build shared libraries and components for reuse across the organization
• Participate in daily Scrum ceremonies and conduct sprint demo for stakeholders
• Partner with support teams to formally handover the software released to production and provide rotational support for the platform
• Proactively create and manage relevant application documentation using Confluence, JIRA, and SharePoint

• Strong technical background, experience with Software Development Lifecycle in a global and dynamic environment
• Experience with designing and developing cloud native applications with a microservices architecture running on Docker/OpenShift/Kubernetes platform
• 7+ years of experience in application development using Java, SQL and messaging platforms such as Kafka, MQ etc.
• DevOps + Java Dev background
• Hands-on experience with Cloud Native development, CI/CD
• Expertise in Docker/Kubernetes
• Experience with Kafka for messaging
• Experienced in Spring framework, Spring Boot technologies
• Experienced in API development & application security best practices (Oath, TLS, PKI etc.)
• Experienced in Gradle, Maven build tools, Git/Bitbucket, Junit etc.
• Experienced in caching services such as Redis, Gemfire
• Passion and commitment for adopting industry best practices and new technologies with an exploratory mindset
• Proactive, detail-oriented, and self-motivated professional who can hit the ground running
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum work environment
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Ability to manage tight deadlines or unexpected priority changes, excellent time management
• Willingness to ask questions and challenge the status quo
• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience

Experience with Kafka for messaging