Mobile Banking Web App Developer Job in Arlington 22203, Virginia US

Technical Architect (JAVA/J2EE/Mobile) – Financial Services

Blackstone is hiring an Application Architect to lead the development and implementation of an emerging mobile application solution for financial services and retail banking industry clients. This is a hands-on architect position that will require both a desire to stay in technical development while simultaneously leading design, architecture, and consultative client interactions. In this position you will assume team leadership responsibilities as well as have the opportunity to provide mentorship to your team. We are looking for a polished professional who can lead prototype development for the purposes of helping clients and junior employees grasp the feasibility of the technology and solutions we are promoting. Finally, to be successful in this position you must have extremely sharp communication skills. In addition to a highly competitive compensation and benefits package that includes 100% employee paid medical, dental, vision and life insurance (as well as subsidized dependant coverage), Blackstone offers the opportunity for substantial career advancement.

 Responsibilities:

·         Quickly analyze business and technical requirements as input for high quality solutions

·         Deliver creative options for complex technical challenges in a fast paced environment.

·         Communicate implications of architectural decisions, issues, and plans to business and IT leadership in a concise and effective manner

·         Explain solution value and highlights succinctly to business and technical stakeholders

·         Collaborate effectively with customer and vendor technical teams

·         Provide insightful input during the development of technical project requirements

·         Drive thorough design discussions and author the highest quality system design artifacts

·         Provide expert knowledge of application architecture (network, database, system architecture a plus)

·         Provide guidance and expertise to our development teams throughout the prototype, development, and testing phases

·         Identify, define, and formalize team-wide best practices and processes with the objective of improving the quality and efficiency of practice implementations and deliverables.

·         Create project and application architecture deliverables that are consistent with client principles, standards, methodologies, and the technology organization’s best practices

·         Stay current with associated technology advances in the marketplace and introduce new tools and technologies to the practice

·         Supervise / Mentor software engineers and assist in their delivery of high quality software

·         Travel to customer and vendor sites (up to 20% of time). Majority of development work is expected to be performed offsite (i.e., in Blackstone offices 80% of the time)

Qualifications:

·         Must be eligible to work in the U.S. without sponsorship/visa transfer.

·         BA/BS in a technical, analysis, or mathematics field

·         A minimum of 7 years of related experience in financial services, telecom, or similarly complex environment.

·         Experience with financial services, Banking, and/or Telecom industries are a plus.

·         Demonstrates a solid Java/J2EE development skill set including Spring, Spring MVC, Spring Integration

·         Demonstrates a fundamental grasp of internet protocols and standards, particularly XML, HTTP/S, SOAP, REST

·         Demonstrated experience with the following:

·         Exceptional written and verbal communication skills

·         Oral presentation skills and outstanding client-interaction skills a plus

·         Ideal candidate is creative,highly motivated, a self-starter, and able to work alone or in groups.

·         Experience with mobile application technologies, such as ClairMail, mfoundry, mcom, mshift, FireThorn a plus

·         Benchmarking and analysis of performance related information on large scale solutions a plus.