Sr Lead Application Developer

Nuveen a subsidiary of TIAA is looking for a Senior Lead Application Developer role to join Middle Office Technology team. The position will be responsible for design and development of solutions supporting Middle Office Technology functions at Nuveen. Candidate will be an active partner in working with the IT Leadership and Business Unit Leaders to develop strategic roadmaps develop effective change initiatives and successfully delivering the plans and deliverables to meet their business objectives. To achieve this the candidate must demonstrate understanding of investment data management processes and technology and successfully collaborate with other team members to foster a strong working relationship with our business partners.

In addition this position will need to coordinate responses when critical issues arise that affect the business or could potentially cause operational risk to Nuveen. As a Sr. Lead Developer with subject matter expertise this role will oversee the full life cycle of the delivery of solutions. Oversight and guidance may include work in the realms of: basic research application configuration implementation testing and supporting the solution.

Key Responsibilities and Duties

• Liaise closely with Leveraged Finance Business and Application Analysts to generate Technical Design by leveraging functional requirement documents and design specifications to migrate applications from On-prem to Cloud.

• Maintain and work closely with business/operation team related to Portal Applications day to day activities.

• Involve in fixing any bugs or develop code for any new enhancement for portal applications.

• Act as a Technical SME and business point of escalation for design issues

• Document current state Technical workflows across the business areas defined in the summary and design end to end strategic workflows meeting key business and operational needs

• Lead the preparation and coordination of integration and user acceptance Build and Deploy activities across multiple applications and Business and Application Analysts ensuring issues are resolved in a pragmatic and timely manner

• Assist Project Manager/Cloud Dev Manager to supply accurate technical estimation details to derive the target deployment milestones.

Educational Requirements

• Bachelors Degree Required

Work Experience

• 5 Years Required; 7 Years Preferred

Physical Requirements

• Physical Requirements: Sedentary Work

Career Level
9IC

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• 5 years of Buy/Sell side experience working at Hedge Fund/Investment Manager leadingDevelopers to design & code complex and strategically relevant projects
• Experience in Java/J2EE/Weblogic/Middleware Technologies/SQL/Unix.
• 3 years of experience with AWS - With multiple AWS services beyond traditional IaaS. Working expereince with AWS Cloud products (EC2 EBS S3 Lambda EKS DMS data migration Kinesis SQS/SNS Micro Services S3 Athena QuickSight Spice IAM on Azure AD Prism Alerts and VPC etc) experience.
• Hands on working Experience with Web Frame works such as Angular/C#/Spring Boot/React and/or Java
• Strong Database experience (e.g. RDS Oracle SQL Server MYSQL MongoDB or PostGre)
• Experience in CI/CD tools (Electric Flow Ansible or Puppet Jenkins Github Git Maven Docker Atom).
• Experience with CI/CD pipeline setup utilizing either AWS services such as CodeBuild/Commit/Deploy or third-party tools such as ElectricFlow or Jenkins.
• Two (2) years of demonstrated programming ability skillset in designing and developing automation scripts using Python
• Ability to document current and target state Technical workflows using tools such as Microsoft Visio and PowerPoint

PREFERRED SKILLS:

• Experience in Operations and Production Support.
• Exposure to Sterling Integrator Autosys DataStage
• Experience in Eagle STAR Eagle PACE accounting system
• Ability to follow Hybrid Project Management Methodologies using Waterfall and SCRUM across projects and programs
• Strong compute storage N/W Linux Azure AD NAS exposure
• AWS Security: Compliance Cloud Security Architecture third-party security tools/platforms encryption/KMS/CloudHSM PRISM Alerts IAM policies/roles etc.
• Cloud Native Application Architecture: AWS PaaS/SaaS services Server less architecture Lambda API Gateway Lightweight architectures including JavaScript frameworks (AngularJS/React) and single page web applications.

Anticipated Posting End Date:

Actual base salary may vary based upon but not limited to relevant experience time in role base salary of internal peers prior performance business sector and geographic addition to base salary the competitive compensation package may include depending on the role participation in an incentive program linked to performance (for example annual discretionary incentive programs non-annual sales incentive plans or other non-annual incentive plans).

Company Overview

Nuveen is a global investment leader managing public and private assets for clients around the world and on behalf of TIAA our parent company and one of the worlds largest institutional investors. We invest in the growth of businesses real estate infrastructure and natural capital providing clients with the reliability access and foresight unique to our heritage. Our prevailing perspective on the future drives our ambition to innovate and adapt our business to the changing needs of investors - all to pursue lasting performance for our clients our communities and our global to learn more about us.

Our Culture of Impact

At TIAA were on a mission to build on our 100 year legacy of delivering for our clients while evolving to meet tomorrows challenges. We equip our associates with future-focused skills and AI tools that enable us to advance our mission. Together we are fighting to ensure a more secure financial future for all and for generations to come. We are guided by our values: Champion Our People Be Client Obsessed Lead with Integrity Own It and Win As One. They influence every decision we make and how we work together to serve our clients every day. We thrive in a collaborative in-office environment where teams work across organizational boundaries with shared purpose accelerating innovation and delivering meaningful results. Our workplace brings together TIAA and Nuveens entrepreneurial spirit where we work hard and work together to create lasting impact. Here every associate can grow through meaningful learning experiences and development pathwaysbecause when our people succeed our impact on clients lives grows stronger.

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The organization is committed to making financial well-being possible for its clients and is equally committed to the well-being of our associates. Thats why we offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package designed to make a positive difference in the lives of our associates and their loved ones. Our benefits include a superior retirement program and highly competitive health wellness and work life offerings that can help you achieve and maintain your best possible physical emotional and financial well-being. To learn more about your benefits please review our Benefits Summary.

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