We are seeking a dynamic and experienced First Level Technical Manager to lead a high-performing team in designing, developing, deploying, and supporting modern, scalable enterprise applications.  
  The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of experience spanning a broad range of technologies including backend, front-end, messaging, cloud infrastructure, containers, databases, AI/ML, and UNIX/Linux environments and a proven track record of technical leadership and application support. This role requires hands-on technical expertise, proficiency in all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), and a passion for innovation, stability, and team growth. 
  
    Key Responsibilities:    -   Lead, mentor, and inspire a multidisciplinary agile teams through all phases of SDLC: requirements gathering, architecture, design, development, testing, deployment, and ongoing application support.  
-   Own the delivery and operational stability of multiple business-critical applications, ensuring high availability, rapid incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous service improvement.  
-   Collaborate closely with engineers, architects, data scientists, product managers, QA, support, and business stakeholders to define requirements and architect solutions leveraging backend, front-end, cloud, messaging, and AI/ML technologies.  
-   Champion best practices in coding, testing, DevOps, CI/CD, cloud-native application development, and production support.  
-   Drive the adoption of monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability tools to proactively manage application health, performance, and user experience.  
-   Guide the integration of messaging and event-driven solutions (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ, JMS) for distributed systems.  
-   Ensure comprehensive system and process documentation, effective knowledge sharing, and reproducibility of solutions and support procedures.  
-   Foster a culture of innovation, continuous learning, and professional growth within the team.  
-   Communicate status, risks, incidents, and opportunities clearly to stakeholders and senior management.  
-   Support the hiring, onboarding, and professional development of new team members. Coaching, mentoring and performance management of team-Set clear performance goals, develop skills within the team, and foster a collaborative and customer-focused culture  
Technical Skills: -   8+ years in enterprise application development, application modernization, technical leadership, and application support.  
-   Proficiency in all phases of the SDLC and a strong track record supporting production applications.  
-   Expertise in backend technologies (Java/J2EE, Spring Boot, Node.js, .NET, or similar enterprise frameworks).  
-   Familiarity with front-end technologies (Angular, React, Node.js, or similar frameworks).  
-   Deep hands-on experience with any of the cloud platforms preferably Azure and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).  
-   Proven experience with messaging and event-driven frameworks (Kafka, RabbitMQ, JMS, ActiveMQ).  
-   Strong skills in RDBMS (Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB, DocumentDB, Redis).  
-   Proficiency with build tools (Maven, Gradle, NPM), distributed version control (Git, GitHub, Bitbucket), and CI/CD automation (Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps).  
-   Experience with application monitoring, logging, and observability tools (ELK/EFK stack, Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana).  
-   Familiarity with UNIX/Linux environments is required.  
 
  Good-to-Have: 
  -   Experience with popular application servers (Tomcat, WebLogic, JBoss, Glassfish).  
-   Knowledge of serverless architectures and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CloudFormation).  
-   Experience designing and supporting highly transactional, distributed SaaS applications.  
Leadership & Process Skills: -   Experience managing agile teams, conducting performance reviews, and supporting team development.  
-   Strong communication, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.  
-   Commitment to continuous improvement, innovation, and ongoing learning.  
-   Ability to drive a culture of operational excellence and customer focus.  
 
  Familiarity with process management tools (JIRA, Confluence) and BPMN frameworks (e.g., Camunda). 
    Qualifications: