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VARITE INC · 1 day ago

USA_Technical Architect

Delaware, OH

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$60.71/hr - $62.50/hr

15+ years exp

VARITE INC is a company seeking a Java Technical Architect to lead modernization initiatives for settlement systems. The role involves overseeing application development, ensuring adherence to industry standards, and mentoring team members while utilizing advanced Java and microservices expertise.

Information Technology & Services

Growth Opportunities

Responsibilities

Lead feasibility studies and provide comprehensive time and cost estimates for settlement system modernization initiatives, both for international and domestic operations

Develop IT planning strategies, assess risk technologies, and oversee applications and model development to ensure alignment with modernization objectives

Design, establish, and implement new or enhanced application systems and programs tailored to support the evolving business needs of client settlement processes

Monitor and control all phases of the software development life cycle, including analysis, design, construction, testing, and implementation, ensuring robust support to business users for settlement applications

Utilize advanced expertise in Java application and microservices development to analyze and resolve complex issues related to settlement workflows, evaluate business and system processes, and ensure adherence to industry standards

Recommend and develop security measures during post-implementation reviews to guarantee successful system design, data integrity, and secure transaction processing across domestic and international settlements

Consult with users, clients, and technology teams to address technical challenges, propose advanced programming solutions, and facilitate the installation and integration of customer-facing settlement systems

Define and enforce essential operating standards and processes to maintain consistency, reliability, and compliance within settlement modernization projects

Serve as a mentor and advisor to junior analysts and team members, fostering skill development and promoting best practices in settlement system architecture

Exercise independent judgment and autonomy in decision-making, operating effectively with limited supervision while acting as a subject matter expert (SME) for senior stakeholders

Assess risk in business decisions, safeguard the firm's reputation, and ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and policies during the modernization of settlement platforms

Promote transparency by escalating, managing, and reporting control issues, and demonstrate ethical judgment in all aspects of conduct and business practices related to settlement modernization projects

Qualification

Microservices architectureJava concurrencyOracle RDBMSSpring FrameworkCloud platformsShell scriptingJava multi-threaded programmingTest Driven DevelopmentDevOps toolsSoft skills

Required

Diverse experience utilizing tools in Microservices architecture applications using Spring Boot, Spring Cloud config, etc

Strong hands-on experience adhering to Java concurrency, concurrency patterns and building thread safe code

Thorough experience working with transaction management, JTA applications

Expertise in modernizing back-office systems for both international and domestic settlements, with a thorough understanding of the trade life cycle and settlement life cycle for a wide range of products including equities, fixed income, and exchange traded derivatives such as futures and options

This includes comprehensive experience managing positions, collateral, and margin throughout the entire process

Experience integrating with SWIFT network and its feeds

Digital stacks include: (J2EE, Java, MQ, Oracle, Windows, and Linux)

10+ years of Oracle RDBMS design and development skills with excellent knowledge in store procedures

Experience migrating Oracle RDBMS to ECS cloud and NoSQL database

Architect and hands on technical experience in implementing large volume real time complex solutions

Hands on exposure on shell scripting and Unix/Linux/Windows System Administration

Expert level knowledge of relational and non-relation data models and queries i.e. SQL language semantics

Hands on experience using Core java, Server side Java, Javascript, MVC Pattern, Spring Framework

10+ years of experience in using JMS to connect to Tibco/IBM MQ middleware

10+ experience with Spring Framework and Spring Boot, Microservices, Spring MVC, Spring Data, Spring JMS, Spring JDBC, Spring Security

10+ years of experience in Java front end frameworks like Angular, React.js, jQuery etc

Experience in developing and deploying applications to cloud platforms AWS, GCP, PCF, etc

10+ years of Application Development using Software Development Life Cycle, SDLC

10+ years of Microservices development experience using Spring boot, AppDynamics, Docker, MongoDB / Cassandra, Kubernetes, Kafka, RabitMQ, Swagger etc

10+ years of experience in Java multi-threaded programming

10+years of experience with Test Driven Development TDD

10+ years of experience in writing stored procedures, packages, functions etc

10+ years of experience with code versioning tools such as Github, Bitbucket, Subversion, Perforce

10+ Experience in DevOps process and tools like Jenkins/Bamboo/UrbanCode also build technology like Maven/Gradle

15+ years of relevant experience

Experience in systems analysis and programming of software applications

Experience in managing and implementing successful projects

Working knowledge of consulting/project management techniques/methods

Ability to work under pressure and manage deadlines or unexpected changes in expectations or requirements