Software Engineer - Chennai - The Nielsen

Job Responsibilities
Designs, analyzes, and documents software applications across multiple project teams and applications:
Investigates and analyzes verbal and written requests for application software, interpreting application requirements to construct highly complex applications.
Writes technical documentation for routines and applications, facilitating their maintenance.
Constructs, tests, installs, and maintains software applications:
Develops highly complex software code, which is maintainable, easy to use, and satisfies application requirements.
Develops and executes application test plans, analyzes test results, and makes appropriate revisions to ensure the applications function as specified.
Contributes to the planning for acceptance testing and implementation of new software, performing supporting activities to ensure that customers have the information and assistance they need for a successful implementation.
Provides leadership and participates on project teams:
Provides input to the work project plan, performs a technical review of applications and peers /vendors' work and develops proposals for improvements.
Provides support to internal users and support staff:
Investigates application incidents for missing or incorrect functionality.
Assesses incident resolution and estimates application changes.
Applies resolutions, leading to timely, error-free revisions in applications.
Researches assess and facilitate the adoption of new technologies
Performs configuration management tasks:
Ensures application software components are archived in common repositories according to IT standards with appropriate documentation that reflects the progression from development to implementation.
Works with and in some instances provides work direction to our vendor partners
Other duties as assigned

Role Requirements Bachelor of Engineering degree in computer science or similar
6+ years of IT experience
5+ years of software development/engineering experience in J2EE technologies
Hands-on experience in Core Java, JavaScript, Spring, Spring Batch, EJB, iBATIS, Oracle RDBMS, PL/SQL, and ExtJS
Experience in agile development methodology
Advanced knowledge of multiple software development languages and proficiency in all related languages
Advanced knowledge of relevant operating systems and communication interfaces
Advanced knowledge of software design and testing principles
Advanced knowledge of database management systems
Proven track record in making significant contributions to team efforts.
Excellent interpersonal skills
Experience in Hadoop, Spark and Cloud technologies
Experience working with onshore and offshore vendor partners