About Freeborders

Freeborders is a US-based, global provider of outsourcing solutions with development centers in China. The company specializes in a broad spectrum of information technology and information technology enabled services. Our state-of-the-art infrastructure, experienced management team, and highly skilled associates deliver our clients award-winning customer support and quality. The company is assessed at Level 5 of the SEI's CMMI, and is ISO 27001 as well as ISO 9901-2000 certified.

Java/SOA Technical Lead

Location: Miami, FL, USA

Relevant Work Experience: at least 8 years

Education: Bachelor's Degree Required

Job description:

Senior technical expert responsible for ensuring technical delivery with architectural infrastructure focused on functional requirements. Responsible for coordinating the technical work with offshore providing technical guidance on architect level. Responsible for creating a flexible application software design capable of supporting current and future business requirements. Provides the technical direction for all project team members, and has overall responsibility for the software development quality and implementation.

Responsibilities:

• Assist in producing design documentation.
• Translate functional specifications into technical solutions.
• Responsible for the technical vision, direction, and architecture of the project on SOA
• Produce all design documentation.
• Define mechanisms of integration with third-party systems.
• Assess performance implications of design trade-offs.
• Consult with client to ascertain and define need or problem area, and determine scope of investigation required to obtain solution.
• Manage process to identify, debug, and fix logical or compilation errors. Identify a course of action for debugging complex logical or system problems.
• Liaison between the client and the technology development team in China.
• Assist in verifying that the design established is implemented as specified.
• Works with the Project Manager to determine technical activities, durations, and dependencies.
• Escalates and resolves issues with the Project Manager when required.
• Mentors technical resources.

Qualifications:

• At least  8 years of software development experience
• At least 2 year of software lead experience
• At least 6 years of experience in enterprise application development using Java, SOA
• Experience writing Services as part of SOA framework implementation
• Experience with UML modeling and Object Oriented Design Patterns
• Knowledge Spring framework a must. Hands on experience a must
• Extensive experience in designing applications and producing design deliverables.
• Strong communication skills - both verbal and written.  Good listening skills.  Good presentation skills.
• Strong leadership skills; experience with projects from beginning to end
• Very good understanding of the software life cycle development process
• Experience with Outsourcing - experience with offshore model is preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in information technology, business, or engineering.
• Knowledge on Websphere is preferred.
• Knowledge on ESB is must. Preferable Mule.

Competitive salary and benefits package, advancement opportunities and unlimited potential. For immediate and confidential consideration, please e-mail your resume careers@freeborders.com