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IBM Technical Lead in EDINBURGH, United Kingdom
Introduction
A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe. You'll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio
Your role and responsibilities
The Technical Lead position will focus primarily on the development of CTU, an automated refactoring tool that translates COBOL to a modern object oriented (Java) equivalent. Secondary responsibilities include project related activities (integrate new libraries, solution customization, automation), or other language modernization.
Design and implement Java applications
Write well designed, testable code
Problem solving - identifying and resolving issues with applications
Participate in code reviews
Stay connected with latest technologies
Required technical and professional expertise
Core Java - 5 years working experience
Java libraries (some of - Spring Framework, Eclipse RCP, Eclipse EMF, Guava, Apache Commons, Guice / Dependency Injection, JPA)
Good SQL / ORM/ Relational Databases knowledge
Good command of Test-Driven Development
Practical skills in CI/CD - some of Git, Maven, Gradle, Docker, Jenkins, Jira
Excellent problem solving and algorithmic thinking
Ability to take ownership of business problems and technical solutions
Strong communication and interpersonal skills - teamwork
Preferred technical and professional experience
Compilation technologies / ANTLR / XText
MVS / COBOL / JCL
Performance Tuning
Cloud / Kubernetes
J2EE application development
Java Script Frameworks (Angular, React, VueJS)
IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.