Our client needs a Web Architect.

The Web Architect is responsible for leading a small team of highly qualified technical specialists responsible for architecting and implementing an integrated service oriented architecture (SOA) based approach to the use of web-based solutions. Designs and optimizes the Aurora web environment and provides consulting support to the application development teams. Participates in direct application development, particularly in complex areas with key stability, performance, and scalability requirements and will be heavily involved in researching, recommending, and implementing the latest best practice technology solutions.

REPORTING RELATIONSHIP:

?Reports to the Manager Web Architecture who in turn reports to the Director Technical Systems & Operations.
 
?No direct reports to this position.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

?Architects the environments on both mainframe and mid-range servers to ensure optimal performance, stability, security, and scalability.
?Tunes production environments to ensure optimal stability and performance of the environment and its key components. 
?Architects the development environment and frameworks to ensure a standard environment for application development to include the selection and optimization of the associated development frameworks using emerging best technology solutions.
?Defines and configures the optimized data access model/approach to interact with DB2/UDB to ensure a high degree of stability and performance.
?Configures and optimizes key interfaces, such as messaging integration technology, including defining the nature and number of interfaces required.
?Researches, recommends, and designs the overall application development architecture and standards.
?Designs and configures a high performance directory and application access architecture centered on the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) standards. 
?Designs and implements a high performance HTTP/HTTPS/HTML interface and caching architecture to ensure responsive application performance over both wired and wireless connections. Designs a high performance XML based set of interface standards for the exchange of data with external environments.
?Designs, implements, and supports the overall code development environment including the desktop development environment and tools.
?Architects the overall test environments including the associated code management and promotion processes. 
?Architects high performance application development environments defining the tools and process necessary along with any standard frameworks, class libraries and interfaces.
?Develops high performance applications and code, particularly in complex instances where high levels of stability, performance, and scalability are required.
?Participates in the evaluation and selection of key environment monitoring and troubleshooting tools.
?Serves as a key consultant to the application development teams in terms of compliance with the application architecture, code development practices, and specialist technical expertise.

NON-ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

?The following non-essential job functions are listed to inform you of significant duties and/or skills, which form some of the bases for evaluation for merit increases of employees in this position. This does not exclude consideration of applicants who do not possess the ability to perform those skills or duties upon application:

?Performs other duties as assigned or as necessity dictates.

SPECIALIZED KNOW-HOW and REQUIREMENTS:

?Knowledge of computer science, information systems, or engineering equivalent to that which would be acquired by completing a regionally accredited Bachelor?s degree program.

?Knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform this job are typically acquired through ten years of progressively responsible experience in information systems applications with five years of related working as a senior technology architect in a major company with a large IT organization and a formal approach to IT architecture.

?Leadership experience should include evaluation and selection of technology and its integration into a strategic architectural framework. 

?Experience with application and infrastructure architectures with particular emphasis on modern web application development.

?Deep technical domain expertise in both application and infrastructure architectures.

?Analytical thinking abilities with a proven record of complex technical problem solving and troubleshooting.

?Strategic thinker in the area of web architecture design and implementation.

?Ability to balance complex and often conflicting demands in terms of the complexity, cost, stability, performance, and scalability of technical environments.

?Technical leadership and influencing skills. 

MENTAL/PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

?Must be able to operate all equipment essential to perform the job.

?Exposed to weather and road hazards, as incumbent is required to travel to work-related meetings/activities.

?Operates all equipment necessary to perform the job.

?Exposed to a normal office environment.




 Required Skills: 

 

Web Architect experience, SOA, LDAP, HTTP/HTTPS/HTML.

 

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