Associate

Associate

Cognizant Technology Solutions

Bengaluru, Karnataka

23 hours agoFull–time

Technical Lead Qualification:BE/ B Tech / Product certifications especially for Cloud products Responsibility:Design • ? Guide team in preparation of technical specification document and review the same. • ? Break down the base lines requirements into business and functional requirements. • ? Provide support in development of Proof of Concept Identify tools and technologies to be used in the project as well as reusable objects that could be customized for the project. • ? Leverage product specified services / frameworks without impacts to version changes. • ? Share the design document with the functional team post supervisor review. • ? Understand performance implications and design for scalability. • ? Adept at design as per latest methodologies adopted (Agile). • Coding. • ? Guide team in coding as per design. • ? Follow coding standards and cloud products / platform best practices in development. • ? Prepare guidelines and checklists (coding checklist, performance checklist deployment checklist etc) for development and testing activities ? Update the performance, development and coding checklist/(s). • ? Share developed code with supervisor for review. • ? Rework on the code based on inputs if required. • ? Perform complex cross module / product / cloud integrations as per standards. • ? Ensure completeness in test scenario preparation with functional teams. • ? Guide the developers in identifying, preparing and conducting unit test cases and fixing defects based on results. • ? Identify components for performance testing. • ? Consolidate the test results and share with supervisor. • ? Provide periodic status update to supervisor and highlight / recommend any changes in design based on challenges faced. • ? Update traceability matrix for the work package developed. • ? Anticipate unreported defects and raise the same to supervisor. • ? Conduct technical troubleshooting. • ? Conduct reviews for codes created by team. • ? Provide support for process audit services. • ? The Senior Developer should have expert level knowledge of cross module data models , APIs as provided by product vendor especially for cloud applications. • Testing. • ? Coordinate with QA team during the testing phase. • ? Leverage tools / products for test data preparation. • ? Support all upstream and downstream systems for integration and connectivity testing. • ? Address queries raised by QA within defined timelines. • ? Understand impacts of product version upgrades on developed code for SAAS products. • ? Conduct functional / non functional testing if required. • ? Fix complex defects identified during functional / non functional testing. • ? Understand the defect impact / criticality and handle accordingly. • ? Raise issues to leads/QA. • ? Report defect status as per project standard process within agreed timelines. • ? Review defect fixes done by team guide them. • ? Support System Integration Testing (SIT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT). • ? Fix defects identified during UAT within agreed timelines. • ? Share revised code with supervisor for review. • ? Assist team lead and project manager on estimates around defect fixes. • Deployment Support and Closure. • ? Conduct allocated transition tasks as per agreed timelines. • ? Address queries / provide assistance in fixing issues during warranty period. • ? Provide prompt response during production support. • ? Fix defects as and when required. • Review defect fixes. • ? Maintain code versions, dependency lists & deployment tracker. • ? Perform sanity check post deployment to ensure smooth production Coordinate with cloud product administrators for cloud migration as needed. • ? Share activity status with supervisor and highlight concerns if any. • Service Support and Maintenance Release Management. • ? Participate in scoping meetings and identify transition requirements for new projects. • ? Reconfirm requirements with relevant stakeholders. • ? Freeze SME calendar. • Provide transition activities. • ? Regularly track progress of transitions through weekly dashboards. • ? Attend user calls, and capture required information and incident details for logging. • ? Post information gathering, identify whether the incoming request is a service request or an incident. • ? Determine urgency and impact of the situation. • ? Assign appropriate priority to the incident. • ? Assign the incident to the right stakeholder for a workaround/fix. • ? Conduct analysis on various incidents that occur frequently. • ? Categorize recurring incidents as problems/known errors. • ? Provide support to resolve these errors. • ? Initiate change management process. • ? Analyze and prepare releases based on business process dependencies. • ? Enable sprint test cycles and deployment for release management. • Knowledge Management. • ? Create specific artifacts for tasks allocated by supervisor. • ? Share artifact with supervisor for review. • ? Upload article in the knowledge management repository. • ? Seek inputs from knowledge repository to resolve problems. • ? Apply best practices/ learning during development activities. • ? Guide and mentor team members from a technical perspective to ensure quality improvement. • ? Contribute to / search / reuse all types of assets from repository. • ? Support design of practice accelerators, tools in competency. • Training and Recruitment / People Management. • ? Provide support in creation of training courses and supporting artifacts on the training server such as demo, presentation on new versions of SAAS products. • ? Conduct training with the help of academy and mentoring with respect to domain latest versions of SAAS products. • ? Mentor new joiners in EAS function on an ongoing basis. • ? Provide support to various project managers in identification of training needs of their subordinates. • ? Provide inputs during goal setting and performance appraisal. • Project Planning and Set up. • ? Understand and contribute to resource plan. • ? Identify appropriate processes based on project landscape. • ? Identify gaps and advise on improvements if required. • ? Share inputs in creation of project plan. • ? Contribute to hardware/software requirement plan. • ? Understand the test strategy, evaluate the design and identify gaps in the test plans, if any. • Requirement Gathering and Analysis. • ? Participate in requirement gathering sessions. • ? Analyze functional/non functional requirements and seek clarifications for better understanding of requirements. • ? Support Documentation. • ? Define timeline estimates based on the requirements, complexity and inhouse capability. • ? Communicate estimates to supervisor for review. • ? Provide inputs on technical feasibility of requirements. • ? Identify gaps in requirements. • ? Share additional requirements identified with supervisor. • Project Support. • ? Measure and report the actual effort against the estimated effort and track task progress reporting. • ? Keep a close track on any changes to Requirements and impact to cost and schedule. • Business Development Support. • ? Support Technical lead and contribute to proposals for minor enhancements and Application development type projects. • ? Follow standard Cognizant process and estimation methodology