Job Purpose
The Application Technical Lead at NIHDI-ICT (SDO) holds a key position in the organization's technical
leadership, primarily within a specialized application team. He/She is responsible for delivering impactful
technical solutions to a specific portfolio. His/Her role encompasses the technical oversight of new project
initiatives and the maintenance of existing applications. Working collaboratively with developers and
other team members, including functional experts, and business analysts, he/she also coordinates with the
portfolio architect and the Infrastructure & Operations (I&O) teams. Reporting directly to the Project
Lead, his/her expertise is crucial in driving innovation and integrating technology solutions that align with
business goals and enhance operational efficiency.
Key Responsibilities
The Technical Lead's role is a blend of high-level technical oversight and hands-on coding. This dual
responsibility ensures that the Technical Lead remains deeply connected to the technical details and
challenges of the project while providing technical leadership and technical design direction. The Key
responsibilities of a technical lead are:
1. Technical Leadership and Coaching: Providing guidance and mentorship to the development team,
fostering a culture of technical excellence.
2. End Technical Responsibility of Software Systems within application team: Overseeing all technical
aspects within the application team, ensuring that software development and deployment meet
organizational standards and goals.
3. Active Development Contribution: Dedicating a significant portion of time to hands-on development
work, contributing to coding, feature development, and bug fixes.
4. Preparation of Technical Deliverables: Creating detailed technical documentation for software releases,
including infrastructure requests and release documents 5. Requests for Configuration Changes to I&O:
Managing configuration change request made to I&O to ensure system stability and performance.
6. System Design: Designing scalable, reliable, and maintainable systems while adhering to
architecturalstandards and complementing the overarching architecture in collaboration with the
architecture team.
7. Requirements Analysis: Collaborating with analyst to refine requirements and translating them into
robust technical solutions.
8. Code Review and Quality Assurance: Ensuring code quality through thorough reviews and
implementing stringent quality assurance processes.
9. Performance Optimization: Regularly assessing software performance and making necessary
adjustments for optimization.
10. Security Considerations: Incorporating up-to-date security practices to safeguard software systems
against threats taking into account architectural decisions.
11. Technology Evaluation and Integration: Assessing and integrating new technologies that align with
business objectives and enhance system capabilities taking into account architectural decisions.
12. Troubleshooting and Support: Leading the resolution of complex technical issues, providing expert
troubleshooting and support.
13. Adherence to Architecture Standards and Collaboration: Collaborating with the portfolio architect to
align with the strategic architecture while retaining the discretion to make complementary design
choices.
Key Soft Skills
For a technical lead, especially in a .Net environment, key soft skills would typically include:
1. Leadership : Ability to inspire, motivate, and guide the other developers towards achieving project
goals. Collaborative mindset to work with various cross functional teams harmoniously. Awareness and
consideration of team members’ emotions and motivations to create a positive workenvrionment Clear and
effective communication skills, both verbal and written, for collaborating with teammembers,
stakeholders, and non-technical audiences.
2. Mentorship : Willingness to share knowledge, provide feedback, and foster professional growth among
other developers. Ability to mediate disputes within the team and negotiate solutions with stakeholders.
3. Problem-Solving & Decision-Making : Strong analytical abilities to identify issues and develop
innovative solutions. Confidence and competence to make crucial decisions impacting project direction
and execution. Capacity to understand the broader business goals and align technical objectives
accordingly. Ability to empathize with customer needs and translate them into technical solutions.
4. Resilience : Flexibility to cope with changing technologies, requirements, and environments. Capacity
to prioritize tasks and manage time effectively to meet deadlines. Stamina to handle the pressures of
deadlines and technical challenges without compromising performance. Commitment tostay updated with
the latest industry trends and technologies.