Manager Technology (Java/J2EE, Angular, React, Node.js, Azure)

Job description

**Job Description:**

**First Level Technical Manager – Application Development & Support**

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).

+ Certifications in Java, Cloud, or AI/ML.

**Qualifications:**

+ Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or a related field.
+ Prior experience in a technical management or team lead role is highly preferred.

**Weekly Hours:**

40

**Time Type:**

Regular

**Location:**

Hyderabad, India

It is the policy of AT&T to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

In addition, AT&T will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

AT&T is a fair chance employer and does not initiate a background check until an offer is made.
AT&T will consider for employment qualified applicants in a manner consistent with the requirements of federal, state and local laws
We expect employees to be honest, trustworthy, and operate with integrity.

Discrimination and all unlawful harassment (including sexual harassment) in employment is not tolerated.

We encourage success based on our individual merits and abilities without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or employment status

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