Software Engineer Lead (Java) - Local to Dallas, TX

CGI•Dallas, TX

5d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is located in our client office five days a week in Dallas, TX. Lead high-impact software engineering initiatives for a leading U.S. bank, driving modern Java, Spring Boot, DevOps, and OpenShift solutions across mission-critical enterprise platforms.

Requirements

8+ years of experience in software engineering, application development, or related technology delivery roles.
Strong hands-on experience designing, developing, and supporting Java and Spring Boot applications.
Experience leading technical design and development efforts for complex enterprise software solutions.
Solid understanding of application development, software design, release management, problem solving, and production support practices.
Experience with WebSphere fundamentals, configuration, troubleshooting, and application support.
Working knowledge of Linux, including navigating the file system, running common shell commands, and reviewing application or system logs.
Experience with CI/CD tools and practices, preferably including Jenkins, Git or other source code control tools, Ansible, Artifactory, and container image workflows.
Hands-on experience with Ansible playbooks and roles, including YAML, inventories, host groups, variables, conditionals, loops, and infrastructure automation modules.
Experience deploying, operating, and supporting containerized workloads on Red Hat OpenShift, including Kubernetes concepts, deployments, services, routes, resource management, and troubleshooting.
Working knowledge of Oracle databases, including use of drivers, basic queries, updates, and application-level database integration.
Familiarity with IBM MQ, Kafka, and MongoDB fundamentals, including connectivity, configuration, monitoring, troubleshooting, and application integration.

Nice To Haves

Pega Platform implementation, development, upgrades, patching, monitoring, or troubleshooting experience is a strong plus.

Responsibilities

Lead the technical design, development, testing, deployment, and support of enterprise software solutions.
Design and develop scalable Java and Spring Boot applications that support complex banking and payments capabilities.
Partner with business and technology stakeholders to understand customer needs and translate them into effective software solutions.
Propose technical approaches and design improvements to address complex business, application, and operational needs.
Provide technical leadership, guidance, and support to developers, engineers, and cross-functional project teams.
Review application code, testing results, implementation plans, and technical documentation to ensure quality and alignment with standards.
Facilitate complex problem resolution across applications, infrastructure, integrations, and production environments.
Support release management activities, including planning, deployment coordination, troubleshooting, and post-implementation validation.
Develop and maintain technical and procedural documentation required for application development, operations, and support.
Support CI/CD automation, containerized deployments, and enterprise DevOps practices using tools such as Jenkins, Git, Ansible, Artifactory, and OpenShift.
Collaborate with platform, database, middleware, and operations teams to support technologies such as WebSphere, IBM MQ, Oracle, Kafka, MongoDB, Linux, and OpenShift.
Apply modern software engineering principles, methodologies, and tools to advance business initiatives and improve application capabilities.