About Ascendion
Ascendion is a full-service digital engineering solutions company. We make and manage software platforms and products that power growth and deliver captivating experiences to consumers and employees. Our engineering, cloud, data, experience design, and talent solution capabilities accelerate transformation and impact for enterprise clients. Headquartered in New Jersey, our workforce of 6,000+ Ascenders delivers solutions from around the globe. Ascendion is built differently to engineer the next.
Ascendion | Engineering to elevate life
We have a culture built on opportunity, inclusion, and a spirit of partnership. Come, change the world with us:
- Build the coolest tech for world’s leading brands
- Solve complex problems - and learn new skill
- Experience the power of transforming digital engineering for Fortune 500 clients
- Master your craft with leading training programs and hands-on experience
Experience a community of change makers!
Join a culture of high-performing innovators with endless ideas and a passion for tech. Our culture is the fabric of our company, and it is what makes us unique and diverse. The way we share ideas, learning, experiences, successes, and joy allows everyone to be their best at Ascendion.
About the Role:
Job Title: Java Solutions Architect
Key Responsibilities:
- Partner with product owners and other functional leaders to understand client’s business needs and build a technology roadmap to support the product roadmap
- Work with architecture governance teams and understand the architecture standards applicable to technical solutions
- Build product architecture and present it to stakeholders like senior technical Client Directors and architecture board, and get it approved
- Contribute towards the design and development of the platforms
- Plan and monitor the project deliverables
- Mentor the project team to achieve project goals.
Must Haves:
- Excellent business communication.
- 10+ years of experience in the development and designing of software architecture.
- Experience in Java, J2EE, REST, Database development.
- Experience with designing microservices on a large scale.
- Experience in another programming language is a plus.
- Maintain and improve code quality using static & dynamic code analyses, security vulnerability scans, code coverage, and CI/CD pipeline gating
- Hands-on experience in one of the market-leading integration platforms and message brokers (Kafka etc.) (good to have-e.g. Tibco, WebMethods, IBM AppConnect, ServiceMix, ActiveMQ, )
- Experience with designing and implementing cloud-native solutions (GCP or Azure).
- Experience in agile / scrum approach.
- Ability to facilitate design discussions and communicate architectural decisions.
- Ability to communicate technical matters clearly and effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences, win supporters, and spur people to action.
- Experience in creating reliable solution plans in cooperation with business and multi-disciplinary teams: cost estimation, and delivery approaches.
- Demonstrated strategic thinking through a proven ability to research client inquiries and emerging issues related to regulations, industry practice and new application technologies.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, IT, Science, or other Technical qualifications.
- Demonstrable experience in the system and/or solution design area.
- Very good communication skills.
- Client management experience (Technical Stakeholder management).
Location: Jersey City, NJ (Hybrid)
Salary Range: The salary for this position is between $145000 - $165000 annually. Factors which may affect pay within this range may include geography/market, skill, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
Benefits: The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: [medical insurance] [dental insurance] [vision insurance] [401(k) retirement plan] [long-term disability insurance] [short-term disability insurance] [5 personal day accrued each calendar year. The Paid time off benefits meet the paid sick and safe time laws that pertains to the City/ State] [10-15 day of paid vacation time] [6 paid holiday and 1 floating holiday per calendar year] [Ascendion Learning Management System]
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