xwave is growing. We are currently looking for a Technical Architect to lead our JEE practice. The person in this role will fill an open position in our Advanced Technology Delivery Center.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for providing technical architecture oversight for the application of Portal, JEE Application Server and security technologies within Delivery projects at Aliant.
• Responsible for the overall architecture and health of our shared JEE application platform.
• Work closely with technology vendors to drive out details with respect to the composition of modules or components to be used in our enterprise solutions architecture.
• Create and maintain architectural documents that describe our technical standards, principles, practices, patterns, processes and frameworks.
• Provide support to Delivery teams with regard to the application of Portal and Application Server technologies within the context of a standard architecture.
• Describe, Lead, Build and Test “Proof of Technology / Concept” prototypes in order to validate the architectural assumptions within the area of Portal and Application server technologies.
• Establish and lead technology projects that deliver frameworks to enable the use of best practices and architectural patterns in delivery.
• Architect and deliver our JEE solutions platform to enable applications to be rapidly developed and deployed.
• Define architectures, standards, processes and infrastructure to implement a Service Oriented Architecture within Web Portal and JEE Application Server technology.
• Work with Production Operations and Delivery to develop an understanding of the impacts of the new system on the current workflow and business practices and design and document the new/changed workflow and business practices. Optimize the solution for rapid delivery and accelerating the delivery of business benefits.
• Work closely with architects, designers and programmer/analysts to validate that systems are constructed according to reference architecture.
• Support and work closely with other members of the team including our “Shared Application Platform” business owner, service managers, enterprise architecture team, JEE development teams, delivery support services and operations.
• Support the User Acceptance Testing of the core application platform and frameworks  including triage of identified defects.
• Mentor and coach JEE roles in the introduction of new changes and standards.
• Develop roadmaps, business cases and presentations on how to evolve our Delivery and Production Application Server Platforms.
• Lead the development and implement the business change management plans for the adoption of JEE technologies.
• Responsible to champion the adoption and evolution of our continuous integration methodologies and technologies.
• Work with resource managers to evolve our JEE competencies, training plans and resource levels. Assist the resource management team to qualify new resource candidates and 3rd party vendors capabilities.

Mandatory:

• 7+ years experience in performing business domain architecture, software architecture, project release planning, risk management, test management and quality assurance
• 5+ years of experience architecting and developing with JEE
• Use of the full standard  and experience with all deployables EAR, JAR and WARs
• Experience with many JEE components is required (JNDI, Java Mail, JSF, Applets, Java Beans, JEE Connectors, JAX-WS, EJB, JMS, JDBC, web services, JSP, Servlets, Portlets)
• Experience architecting, designing and  implementing large scale JEE solutions addressing high availability, security, clustering, rapid development, extensibility and ease of management
• Experience designing complex solutions managing persistance and multiphase transactions (JTA)
• Experience with interfacing standards (WSDL, Java-IDL, XML, DOM, XML DTD, XML Schema)
• Experience with relevant protocols (RMI, HTTP, HTPS, RMI-IIOP, SOAP and RPC)
• Experience architecting solutions using architectural patterns (MVC, SOA, EAI, BPM and ESB)
• Experience with architectural frameworks (Struts, Java Server Faces, …etc)
• Experience delivering solutions using automation technologies: Test (Junit), Build (Ant), Deploy (Ant) and Documentation (JavaDoc)
• Experience architecting solutions that are platform and middleware independent
• Experience with Continuous Integration and rapid development using iterative development is a must
• Network knowledge (TCPIP, Routers, Firewalls, proxy servers, DHCP, DNS, LDAP Directory Server, Radius)
• Demonstrated experience in performing multiple roles throughout the software development lifecycle
• Above average experience in multi-tier application development.
• 10+ years software development, design, and implementation experience
• Experience in the development, build and deployment of enterprise class systems
• 3+ years of Software Architecture experience,  working with relational databases and UNIX development skills
• Demonstrated ability in Object Oriented Analysis and Design methods and techniques
• Demonstrated ability in Use Case development, Feature Driven Development and the application of requirements management  methods, tools, and techniques
• Demonstrated ability to produce, translate and communicate UML diagrams for technical staff and business clients.
• Strong Leader who is goal-oriented and results driven
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

Desirable:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science or Commerce (MIS) or, other Bachelor's degree plus one year IT diploma from a recognized college (e.g. ITI) or, three year diploma from an accredited institution 
• Experience with BEA WebLogic Portal, BEA Aqualogic Service Bus, BEA WebLogic Integration and BEA WebLogic Workshop
• Experience with Oracle RDBMS.
• Experience with the Rational Unified Process (RUP). 
• Knowledgeable and experienced in software development, SCM practices, software build technologies, continuous integration and release management methodologies.
• Proven experience with application lifecycle management tools. Rational Team Unifying Platform (RequisitePro, Rational Rose, ClearQuest and ClearCase) experience is a plus
• Experience with SOA and Enterprise Service Bus design patterns

Location: Saint John, NB or Halifax, NS

If you are interested in this opportunity please submit your resume online at www.xwave.com careers section.

xwave is an equal opportunity employer.