Applications Architect-Java (Local and Public sector preferred)

• Clientrequires the services of an Applications Architect with technical knowledge and experience in programming the J2EE/JAVA, JBOSS application server, MS SQL and ORACLE database environments.
• The person in this function is considered an expert in all phases of system development and must have understanding of business, business insight and broad understanding of multiple business areas.
• The person in this function will be responsible for technical research of technologies and methods for meeting the functional and nonfunctional requirements.

• Providing structured analysis of business processes
• Functions as a technical consultant or researcher.
• Technical research and evaluation of technologies, tools, databases, methods, etc.
• Analysis of detailed requirements and documentation
• Programming and implementing solutions for business requirements
• Contributor on project planning, organization, implementation
• Contributor to activity definition, activity sequencing, activity resource estimating, activity duration estimating, WBS development
• Contributor to risk identification, tracking, analysis
• Contributor to issue management and tracking
• Communications management
• Effective communication among project stakeholders,
• Coordinate activities with FDLE staff required to support the project
• Provide assistance to FDLE staff in the preparation of procurement documents, evaluation of proposals and contract negotiations;
• Provide weekly status reports to the project manager

Mandatory Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or other related field or equivalent work experience;
• Minimum of 7 years of experience as a Applications Architect on successful, enterprise level information technology projects;
• Models and applies software engineering methods and techniques to the design, definition, development, evaluation, integration, and/or support of IT solutions.
• Must have the ability to work independently or cooperatively with other software developers.
• Functions as a technical consultant or researcher
• Performs analysis and troubleshooting of system defects and issues.
• Designs quality control and test procedures. Applies technical expertise to test system solutions.
• Uses defined procedures to configure, test and debug software. Investigates, analyzes and resolves problems on software products.
• With minimal supervision from more senior resources, handles portions of the projects, including services/products/technology solution evaluation/modification, data development, analysis, first draft written communications and client interaction.
• Gathers and evaluates client capabilities and needs.
• Assists with services/products/technology solution architecture design and installation.
• Accountable to upper management for all phases of specific projects.
• Experience with meeting facilitation and documentation;
• Experience in delivering the project in the agreed schedule, to the correct technical specification (i.e. defined to meet user requirements) within the approved budget and other specified criteria
• Experience with:
  • Java 1.6 and higher
  • J2EE (JSP, EJB, JPA/Hibernate)
  • Java Frameworks like JSF, Wicket, Struts, Spring, etc
  • Oracle 11g and higher, MS SQL Server, or MySQL
  • Stored procedures, triggers, views, etc.
  • JBOSS 5.0 and higher
  • Strong Oral and Written Communication skills
  • Experience with business analysis and gathering and documenting requirements
  • Experience creating test plans, test cases, and performance testing
  • Source code management software, example: CVS or Subversion
• Experience in integration of multiple systems or applications
• Experience automating data sharing processes

• JOSSO 1.8.5 SMTP
• IMAP
• Unix-basic scripting and commands
• Junit, log4j, Ant/Maven
• MS Visio
• MS SQL Server