Manager of Application Architecture

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High Tech company seeks a highly technical Application Architecture Manager that can drive technical projects and provide leadership for a group of application architects in a fast paced, high volume transaction processing environment. Solutions leverage open source technologies such as Apache Hadoop, HBase, Solr/Lucene and Memcached to scale to millions of users accessing billions of rows of data. Candidates with a strong J2EE/SOA development background and experience leading and directing a team of architects (not just developers) in a dynamic and global environment are encouraged to apply. This is not a pure management position as this manager is expected to contribute technically and serve as a key technical liaison.

Responsibilities

· Provide technical leadership and deliver architecture for new and existing systems.
· Define goals, tasks and roles for application architects to ensure business goals are met.
· Assess technical capabilities of team members and engage them appropriately.
· Select technologies for delivering fast, scalable, flexible and cost effective solutions.
· Assist project managers in project planning activities and communicate changes in the plan.
· Create technical documentation to explain key architectural decisions.
· Communicate with local and offshore developers to ensure designs are properly implemented.
· Engage and work with external vendors and internal IS/Ops team members.
· Review deliverables to ensure all product requirements are met.
· Collaborate with other teams on system architecture and configuration reviews.
· Provide status reports to project stakeholders describing accomplishments, issues and risks.
· Follow department software development guidelines and processes.

Position Requirements

· BS/ MS degree in Computer Science or related field.
· 7+ years of end-to-end J2EE/SOA/WS application development in medium and large teams.
· 5+ years of technical leadership experience in fast paced environments. MUST HAVE experience leading architects.
· Hands-on experience in building large scale, mission critical systems with strict SLA.
· Proven leadership in front-end, middle-tier and database development projects.
· Proven local and offshore team building and management experience.
· Strong project management and Agile (Scrum) development experience.
· Demonstrates capability of “rolling-up sleeves and getting hands dirty”.
· Ability to document and communicate in clear, concise and accurate manner.
· Ability to review and improve other team members’ design decisions.
· Ability to effectively communicate with non-technical team members.
· Ability to provide recommendations for proper implementation of JBoss and Apache products.
· Familiarity with open source search and indexing solutions such as Solr and Lucene a PLUS
· Ability to effectively communicate across functions and build relationships.
· Ability to quickly establish credibility with advanced architects
· Ability to effectively function in a constantly changing environment.
· Developed analytical and multi-tasking ability.