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Posted Date :  Nov-04-09 
PA-Philadelphia-Architect-Solution Architect
Java, J2EE; Java, J2EE
JAVA, HTTP, AJAX, WebLogic
Location : Philadelphia, PA
Domain : IT/Software,
Experience Level : Architect
Pay Rate : Market
Duration : 3 Months
Preferred Work Authorization :  US Citizen      Security Clearance       Green Card       EAD / TN           H1B Work Permit       Need H1B       Others 
Preferred Employment :               Corp-Corp      W2-Permanent           W2-Contract      1099-Contract    Contract to Hire         Need H1B 
•  Direct Client Requirement

The Solutions Architect will directly participate in client and prospect meetings. The Solutions Architect will be expected to interactively come up with technical strategies that meet client needs and are consistent with Client platform capabilities. The Solutions Architect will be involved in the estimation, planning, analysis, design, and implementation of the various projects that result from these client interactions.

Responsibilities:
Technical Responsibilities
- Support client and prospect meetings. Present current baseline technical capabilities of Client's platform to clients, and actively participate with defining technical approaches to solving client's business needs.
- Produce system solutions and architectural designs to meet identified business requirements. Solutions must incorporate scalability, availability, security, and maintainability characteristics. Risks, assumptions, and costs for solutions must be articulated.
- Review and approve detailed technical designs produced by technical leads on projects.
- Participate in code reviews..
- Mentor IT organization on adherence to design and architecture guidelines.
- Identify, evaluate and formally recommend third party software and technology packages and services as needed.
- Actively participate in the implementation of pilots of new software applications and infrastructure.
- On occasion, assist in production escalations and problem resolution.

Leadership Responsibilities
- Promote technical vision and sound engineering principles among technology department staff members.
- Technically govern large scale technical projects
- Propose changes in process, policy, and standards as they relate to the architecture and design principles
- Assist management in the prioritization of infrastructure development projects.
- Actively participate in the recruiting process.
- Identify training/conferences that will assist in developing necessary skills for technical staff, as well as promoting an understanding of Client's technical vision.

Required Qualifications:
Technology Experience:
- Extensive experience building and architecting high traffic internet sites serving 10-100 million+ requests per day or similar high transaction volume distributed systems
- 5+ years experience development experience with Java concentrating on server-side development
- Extensive experience implementing complex system integrations utilizing messaging and HTTP
- Experience architecting highly-available, failure resistant/tolerant internet scale systems
- Leadership - Ability to think strategically. Ability to create and promote guiding development principles, and influence prospects, clients, and business management in adopting technically sound solutions to their business problems.
- Communication - Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and process facilitation skills.
Accessibility - Ability to work with both business and technical representatives at all levels.
- Decision-Making - Ability to make informed balanced decisions in a timely manner. Must be able to think on his/her feet!
- Time Management - Ability to manage many initiatives at the same time, and exercise judgment on the most appropriate areas of focus.
- Business - A thorough understanding how technology decisions impact the Client business as a whole.
- Travel - Must be willing to travel up to 25% of the time.

Desired Qualifications
- Experience in developing event-driven and service-oriented architectures
- Experience with web services, specifically security and identity management
- Experience with various enterprise messaging technologies
- Experience with Enterprise Service Bus solutions
- Experience with Rich Internet Application using AJAX/AHAH and Flash
- Experience building/integrating with Web content management systems
- Experience in e-commerce.
- Experience with commercial supply chain, trading partner, warehouse, logistics management, marketing, and/or customer relationship management (CRM) software.
- Experience with Oracle, JDA, E.piphany, Red Prairie, WebLogic

Additional Candidate Requirements:
Experience in a client / customer facing role
Experience with Professional Services Organizations is desirable.
Excellent communication skills (client facing)
Full project lifecycle experience is a must have. Candidates must have experience projects from discovery to implementation and support
Experience as a lead architect
Candidate must be able to take ownership and drive project through to completion
Additional Submission Requirements:
Please provide details on your screening process for this position and a detailed summary on why your candidate is a fit this role in the comments section of your submission email
Interview:
Phone with Sr Management
Onsite with Sr Management
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