Senior Enterprise Architects with strong custom application experience needed!

Keane, Inc. has made a strategic move to acquire netNumina (www.netnumina.com).

The Enterprise Architect is responsible for driving business development and delivery around our Enterprise Architecture Strategy (EAS) Offering using our Surveyor methodology. Our EAS offering builds a strategy, or roadmap, that links business goals, user needs, and technology. It focuses the organization on the (internal or external) customer, provides the path and direction for co-evolution of business and IT, and forms a common language to facilitate communication between business and technology stakeholders.

The Enterprise Architect must be well versed understanding of the information technology landscape - stretching from infrastructure, network, client, server, emerging technology standards and trends is required. Strong interpersonal skills as well as solid strategic thinking are key. Ability to communicate technical solutions to non-technical personnel required. 50% Travel.

Qualifications/Necessary Skills:
? Full life cycle software development experience of large-scale enterprise applications (requirements, design, implementation, integration, testing);
? Experience in developing and driving SOA strategies within large enterprises.
? OO design and development experience to include familiarity with core OO design patterns;
? Experience designing and implementing n-tiered application architectures;
? Experience with integrating XML and relational databases, experience with native XML databases;
? Fluency in first generation web services standards, technologies and tools (e.g., XML, SOAP, WSDL, UDDI, etc.) and working knowledge of second generation and emerging standards (e.g., WS-*, BPEL4WS)
? Development-level knowledge of one or more web services implementation approaches and technology frameworks (J2EE-based, Microsoft .NET, open source tools and components etc.);
? CIO/CTO Level discussions / able to present precisely to CIO and other C-level executives
? Excellent written and oral communication skills
? Strong listening skills and the ability to project confidence and instill trust
? Have experience in leading/controlling/organizing technical meetings.
? Directs client meetings in a positive direction to benefit netNumina.
? Considered a trusted advisor


Business Development and Engagement Responsibilities:
? Develop and deliver pre & post sales presentations and proposals for client engagements.
? Engagements will vary and will involve providing expert consultancy, mentoring, formulating technical strategies and policies and acting as a ?trusted advisor? to customers and internal teams.
? Evangelize netNumina?s Solution Offerings and core technologies at a horizontal technology level to the client?s Architects and Development Engineers.
? Map netNumina's services and solution offerings to the client's needed capabilities.
? Address competitive issues at the IT infrastructure technical level.
? Sound sense of business and technical strategy.

Educational Requirements:
? 10 years experience in enterprise systems and software development environments with increasing responsibility leading to system architecture experience in large-scale software intensive environments.
? Minimum 3 years of demonstrated system architecture experience required.
? A background in large-scale software development is essential.
? A masters degree or higher in computer science or a related technical discipline is preferred; bachelors in computer science or a related engineering or technical field is required.
? Travel is required for this position.

Keane offers employees generous compensation plans that include competitive salaries and immediate access to benefits.

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