Java Application Architect

PTP is a fast-growing system integrator that offers strategic Customer Experience (CX) solutions to our clients.  We are looking for a Java Application Architect to help us design and deliver CX solutions that provide our clients with a beautiful customer journey that achieves results.  The Java Application Architect position requires strong business and technical skills. Responsibilities include leading application development teams, defining functional and technical requirements, and designing, coding and testing software applications. Excellent communication skills and working as part of an integrated team are critical.

Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Analyze requirements, and translate business and technical requirements into software designs
• Code, test, debug, document, implement and maintain software applications
• Software testing and quality assurance
• Performance tuning
• Collaborate with other developers and subject matter experts to establish the technical vision and analyze tradeoffs between usability and performance needs
• Evaluate and identify new technologies for implementation and suggests technical alternatives to improve/streamline processes and systems
• Conduct planning, analysis and forecasting activities to plan projects and tasks
• Provide leadership and/or guidance to other technical staff
• Troubleshoot technical issues and identify modifications needed in existing applications to meet user requirements
• Write technical procedures and documentation for the applications including operations guides, system design and technical specifications for all new development projects.

Mandatory Qualifications

• A BS degree in information systems, software engineering or related field or combination of education and experience is necessary.
• 7 years experience and knowledge in data driven, web-based application technologies, including the following:
  • Web N-Tier architectures, with experience using the latest Java architectures
  • Web site design and development
  • Web development languages and techniques, including HTML, XML, CSS, JavaScript, JSF, and AJAX
  • Database access methods, including SQL programming
• 7 years experience and knowledge in the following software engineering areas:
  • Object Orient Analysis and Design
  • Developing detailed design documents, such as use cases and data structure diagrams
  • All Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) activities, including, requirements, design, Coding, Unit Testing, Deployment, and Maintenance
  • Software engineering concepts: e.g., encapsulation, information hiding, coupling, cohesion, modularity, and abstraction
  • Advanced software development methodologies, tools and environments, such as the Rational Unified Process (RUP), Unified Modeling Language (UML), Application Developer for WebSphere, Eclipse, ClearCase, and ClearQuest
• 7 years experience as a Java Application Developer using SOAP and Web Services

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with Government technology projects
• Expert level skills with:
  • Microsoft Word, Project and Excel
  • Hibernate & HQL (Hibernate Query Language, SQL extension) or JPA
  • Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS)
  • Java Management Extensions (JMX)
  • Java Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB)
  • JSF 2.1/2.2
  • EJB 3.0 with CDI
  • Java unit testing framework, e.g., JUnit and Easy Mock