an introduction
As an IBM application architect, you directly help clients transform their businesses and solve complex problems. You will define the scope and visibility of projects that provide customized solutions using your knowledge of IBM platforms. You are a technical leader, acting as a liaison between business partners, technical resources and project stakeholders.
Your role and responsibilities
Able to visualize the entire application as a system, understand all interactions between system components at a certain level of abstraction, as well as identify limitations and requirements for source code written in a particular programming paradigm, specifically Java, Java-based frameworks and the web business framework. Selects, defines and enforces a consistent and standard set of products, vendors, methodologies and standards and is able to translate business objectives into technical standards that they can achieve. Identifies application design patterns and development guidelines and ensures that they meet both the technical constraints of the engineering and business objectives in terms of reliability, scalability, and serviceability. Technologically, a Java & Webtech engineer must possess skills related to Java, JEE, JDBC, Java design patterns, architectural patterns, dependency injection, Java collections, threads, concurrency, Java servlets, JSPs, frameworks like Struts, JSF, Spring, Hibernate, EJB, JPA, JAX -RS, JAX-WS, SOA, web services, legacy platform integration skills, and application servers such as WebLogic/WebSphere and Clustering Architectures. He is expected to be familiar with DevOps methodologies and tools, rapid development and testing.
Technical and professional experience required
Web Architect – HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, AngularJS (front end framework), Jasmine/Karma (test framework), Redux. NodeJS + Java Spring
Preferred technical and professional experience
Experience in the aviation industry
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