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Quite simply, a company is its people. At SoftServe, we're dedicated to giving our people a wealth of opportunities to reach their full potential, and we proved it - according to Hewitt Associates and the HR Center SoftServe is recognized as a "Best Employer in Ukraine - 2010 and 2011".

We're Global Premium IT Service Company with a strong vision into the future of a growing global market.

Working with us gives you:

• ·         Challenging and interesting projects;
• ·         Your personal Сareer Advisor & Individual career map;
• ·         Certification Center & Language School;
• ·         Competitive salary & Bonus system;
• ·         Friendly team & Flexible work hours;
• ·         Comfortable workstation;
• ·         Social package & Birthday presents;
• ·         Corporate events;
• ·         Corporate Doctor;
• ·         Discount Program;
• ·         Gyms & Relax zones;
• ·         Fully equipped kitchens

We search for Java Systems Architect with strong knowledge and working experience in:

Job purpose

•      The Java systems architect performs consulting, analysis and design of overall IT systems with specific competence within Java.

Education:

•      Master degree in Computer Science or similar

Specialized knowledge:

•          Expert knowledge of Java based technologies, frameworks and 3rd party products in different segments (UI frameworks, ESB, BPM, Data Storage, Security, Middleware, etc.)
•          Expert knowledge of industry recognized architectural patterns and styles (N-Tier, SOA, Layered Architecture, MVC, Client-Server, Message Bus, etc)
•          Proficient knowledge of design patterns, design approaches and concepts (Inversion of Control, Separation of Concerns, Design by Contract, etc)
•          Proficient knowledge of software quality metrics (Loose coupling, cyclomatic complexity, code coverage, efferent/afferent cohesion)
•          Proficient knowledge of coding best practices in Java
•          Proficient knowledge of unit testing best practices in Java
•          Proficient knowledge of configuration management practices
•          Understanding of Relational Database Management Systems and database design approaches
•          Understanding of software development company functioning
•          Understanding of offshore software development specifics
•          Understanding of CMMI model and RUP processes
•          Proficient knowledge of Agile methodologies (Scrum, XP) and software development life cycles

Skills & Abilities:

•          English upper intermediate level or higher
•          Excellent organizational and time-management skills
•          Excellent presentation, communication and interpersonal skills
•          Excellent estimation skills
•          Excellent coaching and supervisory skills
•          Ability to talk in technical language and switch to the language of business managers
•          Ability to recognize software patterns and solutions associated with those patterns
•          Team player
•          Detail orientation
•          Result orientation

Othercharacteristics such as personal characteristics:

•     Highly responsible

Professional Certification:

•     Java certification (Desirable)

Experience:

•          5-7 years of experience in developing complex solutions based on Java technologies:
•          J2EE/JSP/Servlets
•          JBoss/Tomcat/WebLogic
•          Spring/Hibernate/Struts
•          Apache Commons
•          GWT(Yahoo UI/Dojo/Prototype are plus)
•          Restlet/Axis2/CXF
•          Swing
•          Solid experience of applying Java power tools covering the following areas:
•          IDE (Eclipse, NetBeans, IntelliJ)
•          Code Quality (CheckStyle, FindBugs, JDepend, PMD, Emma)
•          Build (Ant, Maven 2, Ivy)
•          Test Automation (JUnit, easyMock, jMock, Selenium)
•          Continuous Integration (CruiseControl, Continuum, Hudson)
•          Issue Tracking (JIRA, Trac, Bugzilla, TestTrack)
•          Version Control (Subversion, Perforce)
•          Proven success in technical leadership and coaching
•          Proven success as team player in previous position(s)
•          Proven communicator/presenter

Match your knowledge, talent and skills with what we offer and feel free to send your resume.