Solutions Architect - Malaga

Leading Malaga based software company have an excellent opportunity for an experienced solutions Architect to join their Southern Spain head office. Your role will to ensure that systems meet both their functional requirements and expected service qualities (performance, scalability, extensibility etc). Review and improve on existing systems, making use of new technologies and methodologies to seek continual improvement. Provide high level guidance and direction on project work, making sure that new projects fit in with an overall strategic vision.
Responsibilities:
• Assist in the evaluation of new technology
• Develop well-documented prototypes and proof-of-concept applications
• Oversee software design for various product teams
• Assist in diagnosing difficult software problems (throughput bottlenecks, deadlocks)
The Ideal Candidate:
• 7+ years of experience doing hands-on software development
• Excellent knowledge of Java
• Demonstrated experience building significant systems with various pieces of J2EE
• Demonstrated ability to think in both a grand scale (e.g., how a system will be broken down in a wide area environment) and in a not-so-grand scale (e.g., how a particular object will perform under high concurrency)
• Ability to read a thread dump
• Demonstrated knowledge of design patterns
• Familiar with Agile/XP/SCRUM
• Inability to live without unit testing and continuous integration
• Really know how to work with EJB
• Familiar with frameworks such as Spring, Struts, and Seam
• Thorough understanding of physical and logical database design
• Thorough understanding of web-tier concerns (from presentation to transport)
• Stellar written and verbal communication skills
• Familiarity with application web servers, ie: JBoss, Tomcat, and/or Weblogic; JBoss preferred
• Undergraduate or Graduate degree in Computer Science (or a very closely related field)
Salary based on experience.

Job type: Full-time




Industry: Information Technology

This position, Solutions Architect - Malaga, was posted on March 31, 2010. The job is located in Malaga. Since this job has been published, it has been viewed 110 times.