Software Architect

Company Overview

Named one of the Best Places to Work for the past 6 years in a row, Life Cycle Engineering provides consulting, engineering, applied technology and education solutions that deliver lasting results for private industry, public entities, government organizations and the military. The quality, expertise and dedication of our employees enables Life Cycle Engineering to serve as a trusted resource for reliability consulting and services, net-centric solutions, engineering and technical services, integrated logistics support services, program support services and education.

Position Summary                

Life Cycle Engineering is seeking a talented Software Architect with experience architecting, designing, building, and supporting large, heterogeneous enterprise IT infrastructures. The qualified Software Architect will have expert level knowledge of enterprise software patterns, strong SOAP, REST, and SOA experience, and hands on experience with Spring based Java EE software.

Contract Specifications

• Must be a US citizen with the ability to obtain/maintain a DoD security clearance

Required Skills & Experience

• Good interpersonal skills working on an architecture team
• Design performant architectures to support a large number of users
• Ability to align and relate architecture with code written by several development teams
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Document system requirements, designs, and configurations
• Ability to create detailed systems architecture diagrams
• Capacity planning, systems architecture and design to meet availability and performance requirements
• Ability to collaborate with other architects (network, software, storage, etc.) to design, build, and migrate multi-site enterprise infrastructure
• Produce accurate verbal and written descriptions of activities and issues
• Organize work activities to ensure timely completion of assigned responsibilities
• Foster positive work relationships with customers, co-workers, and visitors; experience working in a consulting capacity a strong plus
• Must be able to work with both technical and non-technical team members and customers tailoring messages appropriately
• Must be able to work without ego
• Ability to listen and understand customer business problems and associated requirements, and can then communication a proposed vision/solution to the customer

Desired Skills & Experience

• Expert knowledge of Java SE and EE
• Excellent knowledge of the following standards and components: HTTP, SOAP, REST, JMS, AMQP, WSDL, UDDI, SAML, PEP, PDP
• Knowledge of a variety of Open Standards Compliant Software
• Holds or has held a technical leadership position

Education & Experience

• 10+ years demonstrated ability with web-based software development and software architecture
• Bachelors of Science degree in Computer Science or related major
• Previous Military, DoD, or SPAWAR experience is highly preferred

Additional Requirements

• Regular physical activity to include walking, climbing stairs, bending, stooping, reaching, lifting (up to 30 pounds), and standing; occasional prolonged sitting
• Ability to speak, read, hear and write, with or without assistance
• Ability to use phone and computer systems, copier, fax and other office equipment

This position description represents a summary of the major components and requirements of the outlined job.  Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned or required as business needs dictate.  Questions regarding this description should immediately be addressed to the department manager or to Human Resources.

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