Java Technical Consultant

Company: EDWARD JONES
Location: Elgin
Posted on: September 13, 2023

Job Description:

At Edward Jones, we help clients achieve their serious, long-term financial goals by understanding their needs and implementing tailored solutions. To ensure a personal client experience, we have located our 15,000+ branch offices where our more than 7 million clients live and work.

In a typical branch office, a financial advisor meets with clients and receives branch office support, so they can focus on building deep relationships with clients. Headquarters associates in St. Louis, Tempe and Mississauga provide support and expertise to help U.S. and Canada branch teams deliver an ideal client experience. We continue to grow to meet the needs of long-term individual investors.In 2022, Edward Jones invested $1 billion in technology infrastructure, digital initiatives, and virtual business enablement tools. We're currently in the test-and-learn phase and are looking for talented, motivated professionals, that want to be part of this transformational journey. Cloud-based architecture and modern technical capabilities will enable us to grow our impact while providing the best client experience possible

Edward Jones is looking for an Open Systems technical consultant who will utilize technical skills and provide technical leadership for team members by interacting with vendors, enhancing applications, software, and tools and providing support to our proprietary quoting and market research systems. Our systems are key to Edward Jones's daily business operations as they allow our advisors and clients to view and quote their portfolio of investments including stocks, bonds, and mutual funds as well as review market news. Our team provides solutions that allow our clients to access investment information. They solve complex issues and collaborate with other areas to generate solutions and address problems.

Team Overview
The cornerstone of the Edward Jones Client experience is the relationship between the client and the branch team. A key enabler of the relationship is the client's digital experience; clients want to engage and connect with their branch teams online. As a Technical Consultant on the Digital Client Experience product team, you'll collaborate with our team to deliver an innovative and unique client experience across iOS, Android, and traditional desktop platforms.

You'll join an experienced product team that just completed a full re-build of our client-facing applications using Angular, Swift, Kotlin, REST, Java, Spring Boot, Docker & Kubernetes, Mongo DB, GitHub, and cloud-ready architecture.

What You'll Do:

• Considered a subject matter expert in a digital discipline (business solutions, systems development, infrastructure area, planning, security) and have experience across multiple platforms in an area or multiple technologies in a layer (network, computing, operating systems, data, application infrastructure, appliances, business solutions, security, systems management).
• Actively mentor and train other associates in their areas of expertise.
• Provide direction as to the effective use of technology within the enterprise architecture.
• Provide leadership related to technical aspects of tools, methodologies, best practices and processes, and standards that apply to their technical area of expertise.
• Research technical improvements and takes the initiative to communicate/implement solutions.
• Participates and represents the area in cross-functional groups.
• Communicates issues and problem resolutions with all affected stakeholders, business areas and vendors.
• Researches requirements to determine system feasibility, costs, benefits, or functional requirements.What You'll NeedMinimum of 7 years of experience directly related to Java development
  Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Telecommunications, or Engineering preferred or related work experience.Java,J2EE, RESTMicro-Services, Spring, JavaScript, Jenkins, JMS/MQ, and JPA. Junit testing, Kubernetes, Splunk / Dynatrace, and also working experience in Spring Batch, Jenkins, SQL, DB2, React JSConsidered a subject matter expert in a digital discipline (business solutions, systems development, infrastructure area, planning, security) and have experience across multiple platforms in an area or multiple technologies in a layer (network, computing, operating systems, data, application infrastructure, appliances, business solutions, security, systems management). Successfully completed software development tasks with high quality and in a timely manner.Provide direction as to the effective use of technology within the enterprise architecture.Provide leadership related to technical aspects of tools, methodologies, best practices and processes, and standards that apply to their technical area of expertise.Research technical improvements and takes the initiative to communicate/implement solutions.Participates and represents the area in cross-functional groups.Actively mentor and train other associates in their areas of expertise.Communicates issues and problem resolutions with all affected stakeholders, and business areas. and vendors. Research requirements to determine system feasibility, costs, benefits, or functional requirements.
  • 100 Best Workplaces for Millennials in 2022, published Fortune July 2022, Great Places to Work - data as of March 2022. Compensation provided for using, not obtaining, the rating.
    • Edward Jones was recognized as one of the Best Workplaces for Millennials by Great Places to Work - and Fortune - magazine. The privately held firm ranked No. 2 overall, in its fourth appearance on the list.2022 Fortune Best Workplaces for Women, published September 2022, research by Great Places to Work -, data as of August 2021. Compensation provided for using, not obtaining, the rating.
      Edward Jones has been named to the 2022 Best Workplaces for Women list by Great Places to Work - and Fortune - magazine, ranking No. 45.2022 Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For, published April 2022, research by Great Place to Work -, data as of August 2021. Compensation provided for using, not obtaining, the rating.

      For the 23rd time, Edward Jones has earned a spot on the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For - ranking by Great Places to Work - and Fortune - magazine. Edward Jones ranked No. 35 on the prestigious 2022 list.2022 Best Places to Work For LGBTQ+ Equality, Great Place to Work - in partnership with Human Rights Campaign Foundation, published Equity Magazine January 2022, data as of July 2021. Compensation provided for using, not obtaining, the rating.

      Edward Jones scored 100 percent on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's 2022 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) the nation's foremost benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ+ workplace equality. The ranking designated Jones as one of the best places to work for LGBTQ+Equality.Edward Jones does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.At Edward Jones, we value and respect our associates and their contributions, and we recognize individual efforts through a rewards program that promotes a long-term career, financial security and well-being. to learn more about our total compensation approach, which in addition to base salary, typically includes benefits, bonuses and profit sharing. The salary range for this role is based on national data and actual pay is based on skills, experience, education, and other relevant factors for a potential new associate:
      Salary: $92984 - $158325
      Category: Headquarters

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