With over 45 years of experience, Kforce continues to set the standard in the technology staffing & solutions industry. With an unwavering commitment, Kforce strives to provide candidates with exceptional service in meeting their employment and career needs. Kforce provides consulting, contract-to-hire or direct hire positions with a wide range of organizations; from small, privately held companies to large, multinationals. Our technical specialty areas include: data management, functional and business analysis, infrastructure and systems application development.

Backed by approximately 1,900 staffing specialists, Kforce is committed to "Great People = Great Results" for our valued clients and candidates. Our Firm operates with 62 offices in 41 markets in North America and two in the Philippines.

The Application Architect is a web 2.0 guru and responsible for extending existing Intranet capabilities and for architecting new application frameworks as well as developing technical specifications from functional business requirements. This position will be responsible for performance, availability, and scalability of the applications. The Architect must have applied knowledge in developing RESTful Web Services within WebSphere Portal Server and outside of IT.

Web Application Architect Skills and Required Qualifications:

• Java


• JavaScript, AJAX, DHTML, and HTML


• Dojo


• WebSphere Portal Server (preferably 6.1.5)


• WebSphere Application Server


• DB2


• XML and JSON


• Web Application Architecture (LAMP and J2EE)


• Web Services - SOAP and REST


• Telecommuter / mobile (considered 2-3 days per week)