Job Summary
- Location
- Chicago
- Salary
- 0.00 - 0.00
- Job Reference Code
- 23346
Java Architect
About the Job
Who is Arc Worldwide?
Arc Worldwide, the marketing-services partner of Leo Burnett Worldwide, offers a world of opportunity for creative, passionate people who want to help us shape the future of marketing. Arc delivers inspired marketing solutions to a blue chip client roster and we’re part of Publicis Groupe, the world’s 4th largest communications group. Our clients include: Procter & Gamble, McDonald’s, Kellogg’s, Purina, and Whirlpool.
About the Job
Senior Technical Architect (Java/J2EE)
The Senior Technical Architect (STA) is responsible for design and development of complex applications, owning the applications through QA, Production Deploy and Application Maintenance phases, auditing of applications developed by other staff members, leading teams of developers, and mentoring more junior developers.
Responsibilities
·Implementation and completion of
assigned development tasks
· Supervision of development
activities on large projects
· Acting as liaison to the project
manager (PM), and ensuring quality
deliverables throughout the
application lifecycle.
· Estimation of large and complex
projects, providing detailed
documentation, mentoring of other
members of the team, and enhancement
of the Engineering Group’s
application frameworks and toolsets
Technical Skills and Experience
· 7+ years of experience in Java/J2EE
web application architecture and
development
· Achievement of official vendor-
approved certification in one
Java/J2EE related technology.
· Expert-level knowledge of Object-
oriented design concepts, and with
Design Patterns.
· Expert-level knowledge of
relational database design for OLTP
with experience in Microsoft SQL
Server, Oracle, or MySQL
· Expert-level knowledge and
understanding of J2EE technologies
and implementations.
· Significant experience with J2EE
Application Servers (JBoss, Tomcat,
IBM WebSphere, Oc4J, BEA WebLogic)
· Significant experience using STRUTS
framework and knowledgeable with
application frameworks such as
Spring, Hibernate, JSF, Apache
Commons, etc.
· Experience applying the MVC Model 2
pattern to web applications
· Past involvement leading large
teams in the development software
applications throughout the full
development lifecycle.
· Familiarity with the Agile
Programming methodologies like
Scrum and XP a plus
· Proficiency with XML and
knowledgeable of associated
technologies such as schemas, XSLT,
transformers and parsers.
· Familiar with application
development and deployment
strategies (CVS, VSS & other source
code control applications, Ant,
CruiseControl, etc.)
· Experience with test driven
development using JUnit and related
technologies like Cactus, Clover,
etc.
Education and Experience
· BS/BA in Computer Science or MIS, or
equivalent work experience
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Contact Information
Rebekah VanOverbeke
