Lead Java developer (Healthcare or Medicare)

Lead Java developer with strong Medicare/Healthcare experience.

Location: Piscataway, NJ (Day one onsite – Hybrid 3 days a week)

Duration- 12+ Months

Need Locals or Nearby only

12+years of Minimum experience is required, with 1-3 years of experience as Lead.

Recent experience in the Insurance domain, especially Policy Administration Systems; Health Insurance experience is a strong plus.

Overview:

We are seeking an experienced Java Tech Lead to oversee and drive the development, modification, and deployment of GIAS interfaces and related systems. The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong leadership, technical expertise, and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality solutions in a complex insurance domain environment.

Key Responsibilities:

•             Own and manage all GIAS interface modifications, leading assigned team members to ensure end-to-end delivery.

•             Provide technical leadership, collaborating with other leads to design solutions and resolve cross-team issues.

•             Guide the design, development, and implementation of all interface and GIAS modifications.

•             Support both conceptual and detailed technical design efforts.

•             Conduct design and code reviews to ensure quality standards are met.

•             Define requirements and prepare technical specifications for server and DBA teams, including provisioning GIAS environments (servers, databases, Tomcat setup).

•             Lead the data conversion team in populating initial GIAS environment tables such as company, billing, commissions, accounting, and configuration data.

•             Offer guidance to the Illumifin accounting team for configuring accounting screens within GIAS.

•             Coordinate with Ensono teams for setting up HIPAA Suite server and application.

•             Guide the team on creating and loading ADAM work items, supporting this new process.

•             Migrate GIAS TPA-layer code and modifications to support TPA business operations, managing source environments and components.

•             Contribute to the setup and governance of Azure Repositories, Azure DevOps, and source code management practices.

•             Assist with Azure DevOps configuration, including bug tracking, build pipelines, deployment processes, and Liquibase scripts.

•             Collaborate with Tidal/GOA/ActiveBatch teams for system resource configuration, batch jobs, and schedules.

•             Design and implement GIAS Azure-based web services.

•             Communicate and collaborate with clients during US Eastern Time hours, providing support as needed.

•             Assist technical teams, BAs, QA, actuarial, data conversion, and clients in issue analysis and resolution.

•             Mentor and train new team members on systems, tools, and processes.

•             Develop and execute deployment plans for production releases.

•             Maintain a proactive approach and demonstrate strong analytical and client-facing communication skills.

•             Collaborate with project managers to define tasks, dependencies, and timelines.

•             Support batch cycles and resolve related production issues.

Required Experience & Skills:

•             12+ years of hands-on experience with Java and SQL.

•             Strong expertise in Hibernate, JDBC, OOP, data structures, multithreading, JDK, and JVM.

•             Experience with Spring, JSP, Servlets, HTML, JUnit, Mockito, Maven, Java exception handling, and MVC architecture.

•             Proficient in Eclipse IDE.

•             Proven experience in the Insurance domain, especially Policy Administration Systems; Health Insurance experience is a strong plus.

•             Familiarity with Azure DevOps is preferred.

•             Strong analytical skills and excellent communication abilities.