HTC - A brief profile
Established in 1990, HTC is an Inc. 500 Hall of Fame and CMM Level 5 company with headquarters in Troy, Michigan. HTC is a leading global Information Technology (IT) solution and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) provider. HTC offers dynamic solutions that utilize proprietary tools, methodologies and processes, increasing the speed and reducing the cost of software development and business processes. HTC assists clients across multiple industry verticals in software development, systems integration, implementation and support, application management, software training and technical support. Staffed by a team of highly qualified subject matter experts, HTC offers quality management systems, e-business, data warehousing, electronic content management (ECM), supply chain management (SCM), customer relationship management (CRM), and enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions. HTC offers ConnectIT, our Global Delivery Methodology that enables us to seamlessly deliver outsourced IT services and help achieve superior business results for our customers at very competitive price. HTC has global delivery centers across the globe. HTC works with clients under professional services and/or projects outsourcing Agreements.

About the Job:
We are currently looking for an seasoned Application Architect, should develop an appropriate solution design, working with all relevant business and IT subject matter experts, that meets the stated business needs of the project. Documented and justify the solution in the Software Architecture Document, should be consistent with architecture best practice, enterprise standards and blueprints. Any exceptions must be identified, justified and approved via the necessary processes. Responsible for the technical direction for the project and may provide support and mentoring for technical SMEs according to the agreed level of engagement necessary for the success of the project. Participate in business requirement sessions. Understand the project methodology including deliverables related to the application architect role. Lead diverse teams using effective communication including IT departments and project team members. Utilize Rational and Microsoft tools to deliver the architecture artifacts.

Skills Required:
* Many years experienced in an Architecture role, distinct from prior development experience, supporting computing applications in a large scale environment.
* Strong leadership skills to lead a project through the architectural development process and collaborate with application development teams, architects and other members of the software development team.
* Strong grasp of Design Patterns and industry standard architecture principles - e.g. General knowledge of application, data, and security architecture, Experience developing performance test strategy, and non-functional attributes etc,
* Hands on experience with POC - Proof of Concept, Experience evaluating third party software. Demonstrated proficiency in designing solutions with distributed applications in which multiple operating systems, languages, middleware and vendor applications interoperate.
* Use of Service Oriented Architectures in high volume transaction environments.
* Knowledge of Rational UML Modeling tools - RSM/RSA and building use cases and UML Modeling concepts - e.g. Statecharts, Class Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams, Component Diagrams etc. Knowledge of Java development environment preferably WebSphere Application Server, Java development, asynchronous messaging architecture (MQ Series), designing object-orientated applications using one or more of the following: Spring, Struts, J2EE.
* Prior experience in a technical/development role
* Knowledge of Health Insurance industry preferred.

Compensation:
* HTC offers an extremely generous compensation package including:
* Paid vacation and sick days
* Medical, Dental and Vision coverage
* 401 K
* Life & Accident insurance
* Flexible Spending Accounts

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