Thursday, March 06, 2008

Java/Swing Software Engineers / Technical Leads required at Ness Technologies, Mumbai

About company:
Ness Technologies
(NASDAQ: NSTC) (
www.ness.com) is a global provider of end-to-end IT services and solutions designed to help clients improve competitiveness and efficiency. Specializing in outsourcing and offshore, systems integration and application development, software and consulting, and quality assurance and training, Ness serves a blue-chip client base of over 500 public- and private-sector customers. With an over-7,600-strong workforce, Ness maintains operations in 16 countries across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific, and more than 100 alliances and partnerships around the world. Ness' "best-shore" capabilities streamline service delivery and address the full range of ! client needs.
Position: Senior Software Engineer / Technical Lead - Java
Job Description:
  • Technical Lead is responsible for working with the Project Manager (PM) and Business Analyst (BA) to understand the customer's business requirements, work with the rest of the team to document these requirements, come up with the application architecture, lead the effort to prepare design documents and provide necessary feedback to the PM on key milestones that will allow the PM to prepare the overall project plan.
  • During the construction phase, Tech Lead is responsible for preparing a development plan, divide the tasks among the development team members, regularly monitor the progress on these tasks to meet construction end date. Depending on the size and scope of the project, Tech Lead may take on hands-on responsibilities for development tasks. These tasks involve:
    • setting up build plan for the application in various environment,
    • development of new modules and customization of existing modules,
    • extension of database schema and configuration of platform software such as WebLogic, Oracle and iPlanet.
  • During the QA and UAT phase, Tech Lead is responsible for working with the PM and the rest of the team to come up with a bug-fix plan to meet QA and UAT dates and exit criteria
  • During the Production deployment phase, tech lead is responsible for preparing a run book and then working with Sys Admin to get the application deployed in Production environment
  • Post-Production, Tech Lead is expected to complete all the post-production formalities necessary to successfully hand-over the application to Customer Service and Managed Services group
Skills and experience:
  • Proven Technical Leadership experience with significant level of customer interactions
  • 4-8 years IT experience (Java Swing)
  • 2-6 years experience in Object Oriented technologies
  • Expert level knowledge and hands-on experience in Java,Swing, JDBC, Servlets, JSP, EJB, WebLogic, XML, XSLT, SOAP, Oracle, UNIX
  • Very good command over SQL and experience in writing extensive stored procedures
  • JavaScript, HTML
  • Prior experience with
    • IDEs such as Eclipse, JDeveloper, JBuilder or Visual Studio
    • Messaging software such as MQ-Series or TIBCO
    • UML
  • Ability to pickup new technologies, solve complex technical problems and multitask between different projects
  • Strong Architectural and Software life cycle experience
  • Must be able to work independently as well as in a team environment
  • BS or equivalent degree in Computer Science or equivalent field
  • Excellent communication skills
Location: Mumbai
APPLY: If interested, send your updated CV immediate to rohit.kumar@in.ness.com along with following details:
  • Current Salary:
  • Expected salary (in range):
  • Current place of working & Native place:
  • Ready for Relocation from Current place:
  • Availability (Notice Period):