Pega developer - ONLY GC or USC

Pega developer - ONLY GC or USC

St. Louis, MO

12 months+ contract

General Accountabilities:

Candidate will be responsible for planning, architecting, designing, deploying, and upgrading robust, highly-available Exception Processing system based on Pega PRPC systems. Position requires extensive integration of Exception Processing systems and products with several back-end debit processing applications and components. Troubleshoot, resolve, and communicate product defects and performance bottlenecks. Evaluate requests to determine technical feasibility, develop technical alternatives and recommend optional technical solutions. Ensure knowledge transfer of vendor technology to MasterCard staff. Collaborate with Business Owners on new projects and identify the applicability of new technologies or hosting services to MasterCard's Exception Processing products. Communicate the business value of technology with customers and business partners.

Specific Accountabilities:

• Responsible for implementing the technical architecture of Exception Processing applications at MasterCard.

• Responsible for design and integration of Exception Processing components with several existing MasterCard processing components.

• Responsible for participating in new product or project proposal efforts, providing work estimates, and following through on deliverables.

• Responsible for documenting all aspects of the technical architecture according to defined MasterCard standards.

• Work as part of a team to develop and deliver Exception Processing solutions.

• Install, configure, administer, upgrade and monitor Exception Processing products.

• Test commercial products and custom code modules.

• Troubleshoot production issues and work with product vendors to resolve issues.

• Mentor junior developers and supervise implementation of designed solution.

Experience/Education:

Experience Required:

• Development experience with a Pega 6.0, pega 7.0 and above

• Development experience with a Java EE architecture

• Designing and implementing high-available, load-balanced, and/or clustered applications

• Experience working directly with relational databases with a strong knowledge of SQL and data modeling

• Experience working with web-based applications (JSP, Servlets, HTML, JavaScript, Ajax, etc.)

• Experience working with web services

• Development experience with Unix-based shell scripts

• Experience in system administration (Unix, Web Servers, CRMS, etc.)

• Experience with multi-threaded applications/components

• Experience with XML

• Experience with Ant or Make files

• Experience with single-sign-on solutions including LDAP integration

• Superior troubleshooting experience

• Bachelors degree or higher, Masters degree preferred

Additionally, the candidate shall posses the following:

• Proven technical innovation that drives value to the business.

• Excellent communications skills - written and verbal - including the ability to not only author clear and thorough documentation, but also present it to internal and external parties.

• Provide assistance with maintenance and production issues.

• Facilitate release-related activities including release estimates, design reviews and code reviews.

• Demonstrated strengths in leadership, communication, and task/time management.

Experience Preferred:

• Experience in the debit or credit card industry

• Experience in banking/financial industry

• Experience with mainframe applications

• Understanding of the IBM Tivoli product suite

• Experience with BPM products

Navya

703-953-1819

If you are interested in the below position please forward your profile to navyar@usmsystems(dot)com or call me on 703 953 1819