Application Intergration Specialist

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Position:Application Intergration Specialist

Location:Owings Mills Maryland

Duration: Permanent

Must Have extensive Java and Pega experience

Serves as consultative resource to IT staff by creating/developing/maintaining system design in areas such as infrastructure, security, operations, integration, execution and network, often spanning multiple heterogeneous platforms, and particularly as these designs apply to new business drivers such as eCommerce and other Web Technologies. Also performs or assists in problem resolution, recommending alternative techniques and providing training and guidance related to primary areas of responsibility and emerging technologies.  Select, evaluate and recommend third-party software solutions for business problems as appropriate.  Resolves interoperability design and problems related to business applications and related middleware components.

Develop, coordinate and manage projects and project plans for development; develop proposals and delivery tasks/issues.  Estimates the technical costs of projects for clients and project managers, confers with clients to identify requirements (e.g., data, information needs, processing, specific output, functional and development of test data), and determines their desired outcomes in order to formulate the design of the system and/or offer alternative solutions in a timely manner.  Conducts performance monitoring, capacity planning, system tuning, availability planning; Analyzes, designs, and documents information to create the applicable statements of work and the associated deliverables.  Provides technical and business documents; including formal/informal oral presentations and standards development/documentation.

Proactively analyzes and reviews emerging technologies, changes in the Insurance/Healthcare industry and the business functions of various clients, in order to determine if the advanced applications fit the needs of changing strategies, goals and objectives (develops and maintains technical knowledge through training, classes, ?)

Mentors new or junior staff members on business knowledge, system peculiarities, and complex technical issues.

This position is also subject to being "on call" for emergency situations requiring immediate resolution.

Required: This position requires a BA/BS in computer science or related IT field or a certification from technical school plus 7-10 years experience, OR equivalent experience. A minimum of 7 years of experience in high-level systems and/or applications and/or network design, development, and integration, as well as with database design and access, and familiarity with networking fundamentals.  This position will require strong Web application development and analytical (i.e. requirements gathering) skills, as well as the ability to learn new technologies quickly based on prior experiences with similar tools and an understanding of infrastructure. The candidate must be able to able to work independently, assist team members in their development strategies, prepare reports to track progress as required, conduct training, and prepare training materials as required. Good organizational and documentation skills will be essential in ensuring developed source code can be interpreted by other members of the development team. Superior written and verbal communication skills and the ability to present technical terminology to internal clients of all levels and external vendors.  Prior experience required in project management, programmer analyst or web developer, enterprise integration and software development life cycle.

Additionally: Proven strong leadership skills.  Proven ability to lead the design of large-scale enterprise systems with N-tier architecture. Working experience of service oriented architecture systems. Strong leading experience with the integration of the systems on different platforms. Excellent knowledge of data modeling, object modeling, and system performance optimization.  A combination and good balance of architecture design and hands-on development skills

Web development efforts include:
Analysis, design, and implementation of business software utilizing web technologies and web-focused languages (JAVA, Python, PERL, C++, C#).
Document design and write documented code
Unit testing
Assist architect development of frameworks and components
Participate in peer code and design reviews
Web page maintenance (content transfer and update)
Site design ? design and development of production and test infrastructure that is compatible with LAN/desktop architecture and aligned with organizational goals and objectives
Design and development of systems, e.g. closed user group sites
Includes the development of SQL stored procedures, HTML-based applications, JSP and Java, and the use of other associated technologies to facilitate Web-based transactions. Facilitates the development of the Web infrastructure that supports client business requirements.

TIBCO efforts include:
Demonstrated J2EE development experience
Demonstrated full lifecycle development success with TIBCO EAI projects, utilizing TIBCO BusinessWorks, TIBCO Adaptors; UNIX, Oracle RDBMS, JMS, XML (XSD Schema), Web Services, Java, Web Servers

Requires 7+ years experience with TIBCO and/or Pega and a combination of any of the following Technical skills depending on the business area:
Type Language or tool
Browser HTML
Browser JavaScript
Browser DHTML
Browser XML
Protocol TCP/IP
Server ASP, IIS
Browser DreamWeaver
OO Design Rational Rose
Language Python, PERL
Server Websphere
Mainframe MQSeries
Browser HTML
Browser JavaScript/ DHTML
Browser CSS
Language XML Schema, XSLT
Protocol Http/Https
Oracle/ DB2  SQL
Server Websphere, Weblogic
Server JSP/Servlets
Server EJB
Server  TIBCO
Server Web Services/SOA
Server/platform Portal - JSR168
Server/platform J2EE
OO Design UML tool (like Rational Rose)
Application framework Spring, Struts, Hibernate
Language Java
Language WSAD or RAD
Software Application/Rules Based PEGA
Mainframe MQSeries
Browser AJAX
Language C++
Language C#
Requires 7+ years experience with Enterprise Service Bus and Pega, and a combination of any of the following
Experience with Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) such as IBM WebSphere DataPower
Experience with Rules Engine
Hands on experience with PEGA Rule Process Commander (PRPC)
Hands on experience with Java, J2EE, EJB, JSP, JDBC, Java Servlets and AJAX
Strong knowledge of JavaScript, Applets, JMS, JMX, JSF, Web Services, SOAP and RMI
Wide breadth of knowledge across many Java Open-Source technologies including Ant, Struts, Spring, Hibernate, XML parser technology, JUnit and  HTTPUnit
Hands on experience to deploy J2EE applications on different platform (like JBoss, WebLogic or WebSphere)
In-depth knowledge of databases (Oracle, MS SQL Server & DB2)

Abilities/Skills: Knowledge of system analysis and design methodologies and tools, and experience with large and complex systems.  Experience with multi-system/platform program integration.  Microsoft office expertise.  Self motivated and quick-learner.  Ability to work effectively in a team.  Ability to anticipate problems and develop effective solutions.  Entrepreneur and solutions oriented. Willing to be hands-on and work at tasks outside of normal duties if needed to support management objectives. Ability to manage multiple tasks, understand and be responsive to project and customer needs, and work under tight deadlines. Superior written and verbal communication skills and the ability to present technical terminology to internal clients of all levels and external vendors. Good organizational and documentation skills