Director of Enterprise Application Integration and Engineering

DETAILS: DIRECTOR OF APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT Title: Compensation: Great Base salary + Strong Bonus + Excellent benefitsLocation: Hybrid Role- 4 days in office / Smyrna, TN (Suburb of Nashville)Apply below after reading through all the details and supporting information regarding this job opportunity.OVERVIEW: DIRECTOR OF APPLICATION DEVELOPMENTWe are seeking an experienced Director or Sr. Manager with a strong development and management background to lead and manage the leadership/managers over multiple software teams. Those managers’ teams are responsible for a large number of Custom applications, API Development, and Integrations/EDI to numerous partners, as well as ERP systems. This person will resolve complex software problems and provide strategic vision and leadership to maintain roadmaps, priorities, and timelines.RESPONSIBILITIES: DIRECTOR OF APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT Lead all the efforts in the Application Engineering and Integration Services areas.Mentor, coach, and develop Managers, Principals and Engineers.Assesses and comments on code as it is developed.Assist with identifying gaps in current capabilities and provide clear directions to the teams in managing the current while building the solutions for the future.Assists the upper management by providing inputs for technology modernization strategiesIdentifies Standards of code for “cross-pollination” to other projects.Oversight for development of proposals and prototypes.Manages software development processes.Works closely with operation teams to insure sound operation and delivery of service.Determines project assignments for development managersBudgeting and tracking expenses regularlyWorks directly with clients to integrate and support products.Works with leadership team to plan future R&D projects.Investigates new technologies, creating prototypes for business teams.Works with Account Managers and Business team on responses to client RFP's and integration requests.Determines new features with appropriate and effective design.Works with direct reports to build technical strategy and roadmapsLeads the discussion to deliver estimates for engineering efforts.Determines/creates an effective structure and organization.Engages with clients to understand their needs and demandsAssesses applicability of tools/software for development projects.Researches solutions to bugs and other software performance issues.Plan and executes the people related activities like Talent Management, employee training, succession planning and performance appraisalsWill implement and maintain IBM Sterling B2B Integrator (v6.X+), Sterling File Gateway, Control Center. in high-volume environments. Prefer Strong familiarity with Sterling adaptors (FTP/S, HTTP/S, AS2, MQ, ODBC/JDBC).MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: DIRECTOR OF APPLICATION DEVELOPMENTBachelor's degree in computer science or related fieldMust have experience implementing and managing EDI efforts and teams7+ years' experience in Application Development5+ years of management experienceExperience leading Application Engineering and Integration services teams, including EDI.Knowledge of any UI/UX Front-End frameworks like React or Vue.jsAbility to use major RDBMS like MySQL or PostgreSQL or SQL Server and any form of NoSQL like Mongo or Couchbase to invest in developing trends and core skillsKnowledge of modern project life cycle methodology (Lean RUP, agile), Service Life Cycle (SLC), Release and ChangeKnowledge of Java, .NET or other relevant core development language.Knowledge of B2C Customer ServiceKnowledge of cloud best practices and technologies. xhmxlyz Knowledge of DevSecOps best practices.