Application Architect
Location: Eindhoven
Startdatum: ASAP
Periode: 3 months+
Hours per week: 40
application architect is the senior technical advisor to project teams regarding project requirements and their impact/changes to the CMC landscape.
Job description
Objectives: The CMC team plays a critical role in connecting business and IT, it manages the entire Client's product information portfolio via several (custom built) content management applications and makes this available to various channelsThe Application Architect is involved in the definition, analysis, and design of e-Platform supporting processes/applications.
Customer profile: The Competence Group Marketing & Communications maintains and enhances several state of the art web solutions/sites in support of the B2B and B2C Program. Goal is to support Client's business to increase internet presence and add business value.
Expectations: The Application Architect will need to become familiar with several custom built applications, each having its own specific role within CMC. In addition, several technology standards are used to support these applications (.NET, XML/XSLT, Oracle APEX).
Expected activities
- Working closely with Business Analysts, Project Managers, and Developers, defining the project technical needs and impact to the applications involved. This requires a strong knowledge of the current architectural landscape.
Responsibilities
- Supporting the e-Platform projects as the application Architect, mainly designing/creating architectural framework for the content management chain and its applications.
Working with the Development teams to fix the problems in existing applications.
Required skills:
Basics:
- Responsible for CMC application architecture in the CMC area aligned with the Internet Reference Architecture as defined and maintained by the Solution Architect Internet Consumer of the BL Common Platforms
- Develops and improves this architecture to support projects and online roadmap.
- Translates application architecture to technical design.
- High level estimates development activities based on requirements and technical design.
- Safeguards design principles across development, e.g. defined building blocks, interfaces, etc..
Technical knowledge:
- 7+ years or more of relevant experience building large, complex Web sites
- 5+ years experience with architecture, design and usability of web enabled applications/Rich Internet Applications.
- 3+ years of experience as development lead of front end team.
- Expert with integrating to third parties providing RIA/e-services and interfaces
- Experience with working in UNIX and or Mac environments
- Experience with agile development methodology.
- Solid understanding of Object Oriented design and usability principles.
- Experience with UML modeling techniques
- Experience with architectural design and principles.
Specifics:
- NET
- XML/XSLT
- Oracle APEX
Consultant name: Dorus Kanen
Consultant e-mail: dkanen@netcare.nl