Expert: Skills equiv. to 11+ years in comparable position.
Responsible for the overall technical design and build of the custom elements of the solution. Works as a team member along with the Engagement Manager, Developer and Solutions Architect to deliver complete solutions.
Experience in a large organization as an application architect or lead designer is key. A thorough understanding of web architecture, J2EE, messaging middleware, application integration, and tooling is required. Solid hands-on experience in a mission-critical mid-tier production environment. Effective communication skills, ability to read and write high and mid-level architecture documentation.
Development experience must consist of deployed, large distributed systems across multiple platforms, using various Java Application Servers (Websphere, Weblogic, JBoss, etc.), and XML, MQ, JSP, JNDI, JMS, EJB, JDBC, Oracle and legacy application integration.
Understanding of object-oriented system architectures utilizing use cases, Unified Modeling Language (UML), Rational Unified Process (RUP) and awareness of emerging technologies/standards is required. Experience building frameworks for a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) or Web Services initiative is preferred but not required.