Java/J2ee Technical Consultant/Architect

Should have 12- 15 years strong exp in J2ee and databases.

Looking for a Solutions Architect in Java with strong experience in Struts and Hibernate.

This is hardcore technical role and going to be an IC role.

Need good communications skills.

Location: Mumbai and Gurgaon

The Technical Consultant role is responsible for designing the application architecture for large and complex technical solutions and defines the product-level technology strategy keeping the focus on requirements, such as scalability, performance, load time etc. The Technical Consultant is a specialist in at least one key technology and provides technical leadership and direction to all the phases of a project including design, development, and implementation.

The responsibilities of this role include performing a high-level review of key deliverables. Typically, this role is responsible for quality products and services for a single client engagement across multiple projects. Over time, the role may manage the overall engagement for multiple clients across multiple projects.

The Technical Consultant maintains ongoing communication with the Project Manager by participating in key project review points with both onsite/offsite team and client connects.

Key Responsibility Areas:

Requirements Elicitation, Understanding, Analysis, & Management

- Understand the project's Vision and requirements, and contribute to the creation of the supplemental requirements, building the high-level technical specifications for a particular platform and/or service solution.

- Review the functional and non-functional requirements to evaluate the feasibility of the technical design.

Project Planning, Tracking, & Reporting

- Based on the requirements, provide initial project efforts from a technical perspective.

- Communicate regularly with the Project Manager to share the status of the development effort and escalate issues, if any.

- Provide inputs to the Project Quality Plan.

- Identify and manage all technical risks for the project.

- Participate in project review meetings.

- Participate in key client meetings.

- Builds strong working relationship with both internal and external teams including ITS and client technology teams.

- Provide inputs and support for strategic sales efforts from a technical perspective.

Design

- Define the product-level technology strategy.

- May design the application architecture for smaller scale, less complex technical solutions and define components of design.

- Review and validate the High-Level Design (HLD)/Integrated System Design created against the functional architecture and knowledge of industry trends and developments.

- Identify the scope for improvement in HLD and suggest possible solutions.

- Do performance evaluation and implementation of the feasibility of HLD.

- Ensure the design integrity of the solution such that it meets the agreed functional and non-functional requirements.

- Ensure compliance of the design to standard industry requirements/frameworks (such as Zachman) from a technology perspective.

Development & Support

- Define and deploy standards for design and development including coding standards.

- Identify and manage reusable code and ensure high quality creation of code.

- Assist in deploying/migrating the product within the client environment.

- Review the overall Use Case Diagram to ensure that the Use Cases are within the defined scope of the Vision.

- Conduct technical project reviews on key deliverables.

- Identify and document best practices for a technology area and post project lessons learnt.

- Troubleshoot complex high-level design issues and provide appropriate solutions.

- May review analysis and tests, providing service specific expertise.

Coaching

- Act as a technical subject matter expert for the internal team on areas such as system functionality and approach including solving systems operations issues, performance initiatives. Leverage existing knowledge and expertise in multiple ways.

- Coach the development team on changes in the technology area.

Process Management

- Adhere to the project process.

- Participate in root cause analysis.

- Participate in performance standards discussions.

- Recommend process improvements and identify opportunities to define/follow standard operating procedures.

- Analyze the ongoing process to identify process improvement opportunities.

If interested kindly revert @ dnegi@stepsindia.co.in

Deepti Negi
STEPS
011-41096690