Technical Lead/Architect- Java/J2EE w/ Agile -SaaS

The Technical Lead / Architect is a critical member of the technology team and is deeply involved in the full product life cycle of multiple applications and the supporting data architecture.

Specific Responsibilities Include:

Work with the business team to clarify business requirements and provide effective technical designs aligning with industry best practices
Provide technical mentorship and guidance to more junior engineers
Drive the design and implementation of scalable, high performing and robust applications delivered using a Software as a Service (SaaS) model
Ensure a high level of quality through design and implementation of unit, system integration and load testing
Recommend and implementing new technologies and architectures to ensure applications remain current and robust

Basic Qualifications:

· 12+ years of professional IT experience
· Bachelor’s degree
· Experience working in an Agile environment
· 8+ years of Java/J2EE or .NET programming experience
· 8+ years of database application or ETL development
· Web development experience in Struts, JSF or similar framework
· 5+ years of UNIX development (can include Linux, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX)
· Experience with OOD, UML modeling tools and the use of design patterns
· Team experience with continuous integration environment including the use of tools such as ANT, SubVersion, JUnit & CruiseControl
· Demonstrated knowledge of multiple languages/alternative frameworks

Ideal Qualifications:

· Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering
· Ability to learn new technologies as the need arises
· Demonstrated analytical and problem solving skills
· Ability to communicate effectively both orally and written
· Experience with UNIX development using Solaris
· Ability to multi-task and provide technical guidance across concurrent project tasks
Experience working within a team environment
Ability to work with internal and external clients and to translate requirements into solutions
· Ability to provide technical expertise to more junior team members and consult with other application engineers to tune and performance test existing code base
· 8+ years of database application or ETL development experience in an Oracle/UNIX environment