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Software Services helps build First Americans product suite that encompasses the best in class Title Insurance, Settlement and Mortgage solutions platforms. Leverages technology product stack across Microsoft platform predominantly to develop, enhance and maintain the best in class applications. The R & D division delivers solutions for the title insurance industry leveraging the best of NLP, AI and ML. Job Summary Associate Tech/Functional lead role requires understanding of the domain and using that understanding to enhance work output in terms of functionality and enhancement to software applications. Role requires understanding of the accounting process followed at FA to help customize the development of the Oracle financial suite. Team lead role requires apreparing business proposals & negotiating with the client on requirements and identify existing alternatives to reduce effort required from the delivery teams. Role also required decision making on the type of platform to be used for the applications (Windows, Web, SharePoint etc.). Determining the process and strategy to be used in software design at a project level (Agile, top-down, bottom up, stepwise refinement, use of patterns and pattern languages, iterative and incremental processes etc.). Role is required to assessing and diagnosing issues faced in design of an application and determining preliminary solutions to identified issues and gaps. Advising the business on their financial reporting needs and customizing the cubes for the same & having a macro view of the servers and user platforms being used in the Hyperion environment. Competencies: Understands and meets stated needs & requirements of the stakeholders, brings contextual nuances in deliverables and work output to truly partner with all concerned stakeholders. Adapts to other cultures and unfamiliar situations, thinks on the feet & displays sense of urgency for completion of deliverables. Assessing and evaluating project planning & management tools to recommend tools for use and Identifying risks across the project life-cycle and conceive mitigation strategies. Knowledge on creating program plans spanning across multiple projects modules to drive overall program effectiveness in terms of quality, cost and time. Measuring program performance against target and publish dashboards to leadership Analyzing scope change requests to make informed decision on resourcing, cost and time estimation & effectively managing all escalations in-line with organization norms. Driving speed and automation of builds by writing process improvement scripts to be run on CM tools & building capability of the team by identifying training needs on CM practices and tool usage. Driving efficiency in development by suggesting improvements to CM practices (including multi-site, distributed development) and processes (branching, build, backup etc.) Ensuring no errors in development by troubleshooting and resolving CM problems Must have complete end to end understanding of the product being developed and its usage & guiding the teams/members on interfaces and other dependencies of the product, also guiding the teams/members on of production infrastructure Suggest ways to improvise and optimize production infrastructure/architecture and troubleshoot related incidents Encourages teamwork and collaboration by promoting openness and dialogue, facilitates participation of self and other team members in organizational decisions and motivates other team members and drives pride and positivity in work. Exhibits professionalism in conduct of work and respects others views. Displays excellent verbal and written communication skills and interpersonal skills required to interact with colleagues including customer, onshore counterpart, supervisors, team members, business analysts and business teams. Technical Skills: Knowledge on Scoping, Estimation, Scheduling, Impact Analysis & Configuration document (BR 100/ BR 110) Feasibility Analysis - Technical feasibility (Study of proposed application, performance expected, application function, benefits), Financial feasibility (costs incurred, milestone timelines), Operational feasibility (does the application meet the need or solve the problem, will users be able to adapt to the application) Should have knowledge on OOPS concepts, SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) & Functional and Technical design documents (MD050/MD070/HLL etc.) Should have knowledge on Security framework - Assessing vulnerabilities, Secured Code, SSL/Non-SSL, Vulnerability tests, Essbase programming & DRM Cube structures and optimization Knowledge on Oracle EBS R12, Fusion and related modules/applications, OATS, Hyperion etc. Running simulations to gather information, Choice of Data structures to be used in design Functional and Technical design documents (MD050/MD070/HLL etc.) Choice of platforms (Web, Windows, SharePoint) and merits and demerits of the same Security framework - Assessing vulnerabilities, Secured Code, SSL/Non-SSL, Vulnerability tests Essbase programming, Cube structures and optimization, Different dimensions within Essbase & Essbase administration Budgeting, Smart Views, DRM, Scoping, Scheduling, Resourcing & Effort estimation techniques, Software Development methodologies such as AGILE, SCRUM, XP etc. Risk Identification and Management, Project planning & tracking (metrics) & closure Work breakdown structures, Gantt charts and similar planning tools Reporting & MIS, Project requirements and goals, Communication/Escalation procedures, Project Financials, Microsoft Tools such as Visio and Microsoft Project Configuration management (CM) concepts & procedures, Packaging tools such as MS Build, InstallShield etc. CM tools- TFS/STAT/EM (other industry tools for e.g. CVS, VSS, Clear Case, Perforce etc.) Power shell scripting, UNIX, Incident Management & Problem Management Understanding of product Architecture and design Oracle EBS R12, Fusion and related modules/applications, OATS, Hyperion etc. Various cloud platforms, Cloud concepts & guiding principles Various cloud solution like AWS, AZURE, OPENSHIFT, Pivotal Cloud Foundry, Google etc. and their key features, advantages and disadvantages Educational Qualification and Experience: Minimum of 15 years of formal education - Graduate / Post Graduate in Computer Science / Information Technology. Professional work experience of 10-12 years
