**Technical Lead****Qualification**:Bachelors in science, engineering or equivalent ** Responsibility**:**Project Planning and Setup**:- Understand the project scope, identify activities/ tasks, task level estimates, schedule, dependencies, risks and provide inputs to Module Lead for review.- Provide inputs to testing strategy, configuration, deployment, hardware/software requirement etc.- Review plan and provide feedback on gaps, timeline and execution feasibility etc as required in the project.- Participate in KT sessions conducted by customer/ other business teams and provide feedback on requirements.**Requirement Understanding and Analysis**:- Analyze functional/non functional requirements and seek clarifications for better understanding of requirements.- Based on understanding of system upstream & downstream, provide feedback and inputs on gaps in requirements and technical feasibility of requirements.**Design**:- Prepare the LLD/ detailed design documents based on HLD and briefing from Module Lead.- Seek inputs from the developers on specific modules as applicable.- Consolidate all modules and provide to Module Lead/ Architects/ Designers for review.- Suggest changes in design on technical grounds.- Develop components inventory for the code to be developed tying it to the nonfunctional requirements.- Perform sampling of data to understand the character/ quality of the data (project dependent in the absence of data analyst or designer).- Identify tools and technologies to be used in the project as well as reusable objects that could be customized for the project.**Coding**:- Follow coding standards and best practices to develop code and check code quality.- Share developed code with supervisor for review.- Rework on the code based on inputs if required.- Perform complex integration.- Guide the developers in identifying, preparing and conducting unit test cases and fixing defects based on results.- 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.- Anticipate unreported defects and raise the same to supervisor.- Conduct technical troubleshooting.- Conduct reviews for codes created by team.**Testing Management**:- Develop unit test case for each module.- Conduct/ guide conducting of unit and integration testing and fix defects.- Review/ approve code to be moved to testing environment.- Provide support to the QA team and coordinate for various phases of testing.- Address queries raised by QA within defined timelines.- Investigate critical defects and establish need for fixing.- Raise issues to leads/QA.- Report defect status as per project standard process within agreed timelines.- Share revised code with supervisor for review.- Assist team lead and project manager on estimates around defect fixes.**Configuration Management**:- Maintain versions of the code or consolidate version maintained by the Developers.- Provide support as required to the Administrators during configuration, code backups, deployment etc.**Deployment**:- Assess and create deployment/ roll back plan.- Validate if all the components have been migrated and the right version is checked in.- Maintain deployment tracker.- Perform sanity checks post deployment to ensure smooth production.- Share activity status with supervisor and highlight concerns if any.**Project Execution Monitoring & closure (Support to Project Management activities)**:- Monitor work of the developers and share work achieved with them.- Provide guidance through SDLC.- Provide status of progress to leads.- In case of change requests, provide inputs on the plan.**Service Support and Maintenance**:**Specific to production and maintenance support**:- Provide support for 1 week and hand over to production team.- Identify if the incoming request is a service request/ defect during the warranty or an incident.- If it is code defect in the warranty, highlight to Lead and initiate defect fix process.- Post warranty, support in transition to maintenance team.**Knowledge Management**:- Post release participate in project review call and discuss points on what went well and what didn't.- Create and update knowledge articles (case studies, lessons learnt) in the knowledge management repository.- Guide developers in creating such documents.- Publish white papers/ blogs/ articles (if required).**People Management**:- Conduct training through academy or internally within the team.- Conduct technical, face to face interviews for internal transfer or external hiring.- Provide feedback on Developers form technical /domain standpoint to the module lead.**Must Have Skills**- Marklogic Administration- MarkLogic**Good To Have Skills**- Java**Employee Status **:Full Time Employee**Shift **:Day Job**Travel **:No**Job Posting **:Feb 29 2024**About Cognizant
