AVP – Software Engineering recruitment

Responsibilities:
- Act as development/project lead on multiple, concurrent projects.
- Assume primary ownership for the projects assigned and work with various technology communities to achieve these project objectives.
- Create project work plans and architectural designs for the technical team, revising as necessary to meet changing needs and requirements.
- Coordinate and lead a team of onshore and/or offshore developers in designing, prototyping, and building Java applications.
- Be accountable for managing all technical aspects of assigned projects, ensuring a high level of process consistent with company established policies
- Consistently deliver high-quality products and services to clients on schedule.
- Communicate difficult/sensitive information appropriately.
- Communicate with customers technical concepts in easy to understand language.
- Communicate effectively with stakeholders to identify needs and evaluate alternative business solutions with project/product management.
- Develop an understanding of clients' business and suggest effective programming solutions.
- Collaborate with other functions (such as Operations, Quality Assurance, Product Management Production Support) to determine possible solutions to particular problems and issues.
- Assist in managing customer expectations and ensure successful and timely completion of project deliverables
- Mentor junior team members to build a strong and proficient development team.
- Quick learner, technology agnostic, and open to leading design and development of projects using other technologies (e.g. .Net Framework)

Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or equivalent engineering field.
- Over 7 years of stable software development experience with a minimum of 4 years experience in the role of an application architect.
- Experience with project management, design, implementation, integration, and operational support of 5 or more applications.
- Proficient and hands-on technical experience in Java (JDK 1.5/1.6), OOD, SOA, Web Services (SOAP and REST), ESB, J2EE, JVM, SOAP, and XML/XSLT/XPATH based applications.
- Experience with Java API's: JPA, JSP, JSF(Faces)/AJAX
- Experience with Java data access technologies - JDBC and Hibernate.
- Experience with Relational Database - Sybase, Oracle, and/or SQL Server a must.
- Exposure to RHEL and/or AIX a must.
- Experience with Eclipse and/similar IDE tools a must.
- Data Virtualization (Composite etc.) a plus
- Experience with technical project management in providing high level order-of-magnitude 3-points estimates, defining technical activities, estimating activity duration, sequencing activities, resource assignment to activities, creation of development project plan, and monitoring and controlling development progress.
- Experience in Agile and RUP SDLC methodologies within IT governance framework.
- Knowledge of Data Warehouses, Data appliances, Data virtualization, Business intelligent tools, Work flow integration, and business rule management systems a plus.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and work effectively with a team, peers, vendors, clients, and other functions (Operation, Quality Assurance, etc.) with IT organization.
- Excellent organizational, time management, analytical, and problem solving skills.
- The ability to stay up to date on trends and developments within functional area of expertise and the industry.
- Willingness to learn and motivated to succeed and grow.
- Ability to work under pressure to meet tight deadlines.
- Demonstrate accountability, sound decision making, self-assured and confident with a professional approach, clear and concise communications, and analytical thoroughness.

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