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* * * * *Required Sr. Application Architect*** * * * * * * * * Location *: Hartford, CT* Duration *: 9 Months* *Description:* * * § The primary responsibility of the Application Architect is to create high quality solution designs which address all architectural concerns including business, information, application and infrastructure. § The architect’s designs will align with business blueprints, delivery constraints, enterprise business services, enterprise framework services and infrastructure standards. § The architect is accountable for the delivery of design solutions that promote flexibility, scalability and high-performance. § The application architect will also have responsibility for contribution to, and maintenance of, the domain architecture repository. § This is a leadership position that requires an individual who can drive complex technical design across system domain boundaries. § Candidate must be able to articulate strategy and direction for technology and architecture throughout the organization to support systems delivery. § Assignments will include mission critical, complex, typically large, often enterprise-wide major systems projects and innovations. § The *Application Architect is also responsible for developing Service design artifacts (e.g. WSDL) in support of Service Oriented Architectures.* § Our ideal candidate is an individual who can work in partnership with the development and infrastructure teams as well as the business community to develop advanced systems for client. § This position is a good match for someone who enjoys technical challenges and possesses excellent communication skills. *Required Skills:* * * § *10+ years experience architecting, developing, deploying and supporting complex computing applications in a large scale environment* § *Experience developing and architecting object-orientated applications using one or more of the following programming languages: .Net (C#), J2EE* § *Demonstrated proficiency in designing distributed applications in which multiple operating systems, languages, and vendor middleware interoperate.* § *Experience with the mainframe environment and COBOL/CICS * § Proven experience on *enterprise systems integration projects* § *Use of Service Oriented Architectures in high volume transaction environments * § *UML expertise (preferably experience with the Rational Software Architect tool)* § Ability to apply *design concepts – layered architectures, components, interfaces, messaging and patterns.* § Experience *designing web services and with web service design language* § Ability to lead a group through an architectural development process and collaborate with application development teams, architects and other members of the software development team. § Ability to discover and define technical requirements and their relationship to functional requirements and to determine the adequacy of documented requirements for architecture definition. § *Familiarity with Software Change, Configuration Management and Build Processes in a complex environment. * § *Healthcare or Insurance/Financial services industry knowledge* § Strong business/technology decision making skills § Prior experience in a technical leadership role § Outstanding written and verbal communication skills § Strong leadership skills to effectively influence decisions and positively impact progress § Advanced degree in Computer Science or a related discipline is preferred *Education Level: Under Graduate Degree*
