Job Description
Job Purpose
Designs, develops, and implements applications to support business requirements. Follows approved life cycle methodologies, creates design documents, writes code, and performs unit and functional testing of software. Contributes to the overall architecture and standards of the group, acts as an SME and plays a software governance role.
Key Activities / Outputs
Delivery of Projects & Change Requests
- Play a vital role in the design, development, testing and deployment of Liferay DXP solutions.
- Work closely with Business Analysts, Solutions Architects, and other Developers to analyse and understand the Business Requirements and Business Case, in order to produce simple, cost effective and innovative solutions using the Liferay DXP product.
- Design efficient Content Models, Security Models, Workflows and Templates for the Liferay DXP product.
- Sound experience with producing technical documentation including Class Diagrams, Activity Diagrams, ERDs, operational and support documentation, etc.
- Implement designed solutions in accordance with Vitality Group standards, processes, tools, and frameworks.
- Apply Usability and UX best-practices to all deliverables.
- Utilise data from external data sources and APIs.
- Test the quality of produced software thoroughly through participation in Code Reviews, the use of Static Code Analysis tools, creation and execution of Unit Tests, Functional Tests, Regression Tests, Performance Tests and Stress Tests (and evaluating the results of performance metrics collected through the software).
- Participate in Feasibility Studies, Proof of Concepts, JAD Sessions, Estimation and Costing Sessions, evaluate and review programming methods, tools, and standards, etc.
Support
- Act as a technical liaison between clients, other Engineering teams, as well as Operational and Support teams.
- Maintain the system in production and provide support in the form of query resolution and defect fixes (including improvement of application performance).
Security, Maintenance & Upgrades
- Review and audit existing Solutions, Designs and Systems Architecture.
- Ensure Liferay DXP product is kept up-to-date with recent DXP product versions, Fix Packs, and Security Fix Packs.
- Ensure development encompasses security best-practices with the aim to introduce zero Security Vulnerabilities into the Liferay codebase.
Governance, Oversight & Mentoring
- Drive the skills development of team members, coaching of team members for performance and career development.
- Ensure external Federated Development teams are developing on the Liferay DXP product in accordance with Vitality Groups governance process and standards.
- Provide input into recruitment, staff training, and performance management processes.
- Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximise development efficiency.
Technical Skills or Knowledge
- Liferay Enterprise DXP 7.0 and above. HTML 5, CSS 3, JavaScript, and React. Interfacing with RESTful and SOAP-based web-services. Solid knowledge of design patterns and refactoring concepts. Practical expertise in performance tuning and optimization, and problems analysis. Solid technical expertise and troubleshooting skills. Experience with modern project management, CI/CD, and team collaboration tools (e.g., Jira, Jenkins, Gerrit). Understanding of Agile principles.
Preferred Technical Skills (Would be advantageous)
At least 5+years experience in web development and Content Management Systems in general, with at least 3 years of specific Liferay experience advantageous.
This position is a hybrid role based in Hyderabad which requires you to be in the office on a Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Job Classification
Industry: IT Services & Consulting
Functional Area / Department: Engineering - Software & QA
Role Category: Software Development
Role: Full Stack Developer
Employement Type: Full time
Contact Details:
Company: Exaze
Location(s): Hyderabad
Keyskills:
Java
Liferay Dxp
core java
Liferay developer
DXP
CSS
HTML
Ci/Cd
advancy java
JQuery
SQL
Jenkins
Rest
GIT
Cloud
Javascript
Liferay