Our growing technology team is seeking a Custom Application Development Team Lead, are you our new colleague?  

PROFILE

• You have a strong background in Application Development, particularly in Java-based applications, technologies and related frameworks
• You have the motivation and positive attitude needed to inspire and lead developers of both on and off-site teams 
• You are used to serving as Technical Owner or Application Architect for core technologies 
• You actively participate in defining and driving technology strategy, providing proactive leadership through improvement recommendations using new or improved best practices
• You are a champion of high-quality development standards  
• You communicate to all levels of an organization with ease in English, both written and verbally  
• You are naturally analytical, able to understand technology opportunities and risks to guide the team in the best direction 
• You are an autonomous and circumspect decision maker

 REPONSIBILITES 

 

  • Actively participate as a core member of the Architecture Review Board in steering IPC’s technology vision as it pertains to your core applications
  • Orchestrate and motivate a team of on and offsite developers, ensuring cohesion and quality 
  •  Serve as the core Technical Owner for several IPC Applications, building an in-depth knowledge and ever-improving context for success
  • Analyse and approve change requests for incidents, releases, service requests 
  • Conduct technical assessments and recommend quality design solutions 
  • Drive the team’s success in translating clear business requirements into clear technical solutions 
  • Lead and contribute to workshops, forums for expertise and working groups, instilling a culture of constant improvement 
  • Proactively drive maintenance to ensure availability, reliability, and quality across your applications 
  • Create and hold to quality training documentation and encourage a culture of knowledge sharing 

REQUIREMENTS

· Knowledge and experience:

1. Training
- Functional analysis 
- Data modelling  
- Knowledge of Project Management tools, Jira, MS Project, Microsoft Office 
- Enterprise Architecture (desirable)
- Knowledge of IPC applications and databases (desirable)
- Knowledge of cloud technologies
- Experience with containerisation (Kubernetes, Docker)
- Knowledge of Oracle database (Exadata, SQL, PL/SQL)
- Java programming, J2EE, 
- Proficient in web UI “React"
- Web applications development, including REST & SOAP web services


2.  Experience
- Minimum 5 years of experience as Java developer
- Minimum 5 years in IT Functional analysis and design roles
- Minimum 5 years in Application Lead role
- Proven experience in applying designing and deploying Technology Solutions
- Experience in leading external development application delivery (desirable)
- Application lifecycle management, continuous integration (Jenkins, Github, Docker)

3.  Qualifications
- Bachelor degree in Computing or similar experience 

4.  Skills
- IT Technical Expert 
- Good understanding of Postal, logistics and eCommerce processes (desirable)
- Strong functional analysis skills
- Strong presentation and communication skills, present technical solution to non-technical audiences
- Customer awareness and focus
- Team leadership (formal and informal)
- Excellent spoken/written English

5.  Attitudes 
- Essential:  Results oriented, inspirational influencer; good communicator; “can do” approach; determined; firm but fair; excellent time management: punctual delivery, promises keeping, able to use initiative
- Commercially aware (desirable) 

Please contact ipcrecruitment@ipc.be if you are interested in the vacancy.