Java Technical Architect
Boston, MA

Job Description

Reporting to Chief Architect, Architect will provide overall direction, guidance and definition of implementing the architecture that effectively supports the Corporate Business Strategy in the context of projects. Architect will interface across several business areas, acting as visionary to proactively assist in defining the direction for future projects. Ideal candidate is expected to be hands on development.

Responsibilities Include:

* Researching, analyzing, designing, proposing, and delivering solutions that are appropriate for the business and technology strategies.
* Design cloud infrastructure that is secure, scalable, and highly available on AWS
* Design, architect and implement network security features and functionality such as network access controls, firewalls and subnets for isolation.
* Should be able to contribute to hands on development.
* Focusing on strategies for creating value: product, distribution, Agency and Customer Interfaces.
* Researching and evaluating software/hardware products to assist in project development and operational support activities.
* Work with Chief Architect in researching industry trends and directions.
* Recommending new tools, methodologies, technologies, data and platforms.
* Supporting the selection of tools and components used for an IT project.
* Providing input on options, risk, cost vs. benefits, and impacts on other processes for buy vs. build decisions.
* Analyzing the current architecture to identify weaknesses and develop opportunities for improvements such as expanding capacity, predictability, reducing time & cost, and increasing effectiveness.

Position Requirements:

* Bachelor's Degree with 5 to 7 Years of Experience in technology architecture (10 - 15 years in the technology field).
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
* Strong J2EE, Spring, Spring Boot and SOA Experience required
* Strong knowledge on AWS
* Knowledge and use of SVN/Github, Nexus, Jenkins, Selenium
* At least 3-5 years of experience building and maintaining AWS infrastructure (VPC, EC2, Security Groups, IAM, ECS, CodeDeploy, CloudFront, S3)
* Expertise using Ansible, Terraform, packer and CloudFormation for configuration management
* Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub, Jenkins, ELK and deploying applications on AWS
* Experience working with CI/CD process and tools, testing frameworks and practices
* Application Integration experience
* Drools rules engine, JBoss EAP, WebSphere and Tomcat experience
* Policy, Claims and Billing experience is a plus
* Publishing Systems experience a plus
* Need to be a self-starter and able to work independently with minimal supervision
* Analytical and problem-solving abilities, with keen attention to detail.
* Good understanding Security standards.
* Some exposure to RAD Development tools.
* Experience with Database Architecture is a plus.
* Familiarity with Web content management, and Document management and collaboration tools.
* Significant business knowledge and have one or more areas of technical expertise in which they concentrate. These technical areas may include network, security, applications and systems software, data and Internet.