Define, maintain and implement Company system architecture roadmap in support of our software application strategy and goals
Integrate subsystems and modules with core functionality
Document the System Architecture in order to provide an overview of the entire system and
provide context to the subsystem architects and development team
Ensure adequate system documentation is maintained for core functionality and subsystems
Ensure design and architecture consistency across design boundaries and subsystems
Ensure elegance and simplicity of the overall system architecture
Advise and assist Developers responsible for subsystems with major architectural decisions and review design decisions
Approve and review all changes to core functionality
Ensure alignment of source code and database objects with the defined system architecture
Formulate a plan of action to clean up and bring in line the existing source code projects and
database objects with the defined system architecture
Formulate source code control methodologies to manage the source code and database objects in line with the defined system architecture
Advise the Engineering team on the Software selection, practices and standards, software
development and technology trends and development process
Skills/knowledge and experience required to perform optimally in role
Experience maintaining and deploying mission critical production installations
Experience with Java programming stack, preferable to have knowledge of Spring/Guice, Struts/Stripes and web services
Familiarity with standard networking infrastructure (switches, firewalls, load banners, etc.)
Familiarity with standard internet protocols/servers (DNS, SMTP, etc.)
Ability to contribute to discussions about system architectures and machine specifications
Familiarity with load testing methodologies
Familiarity with monitoring solutions that scale to tens of thousands of monitored services
Expertise in Linux administration and shell scripting
Experience with configuration management tools like Puppet
Experience with DBA and SQL, in particular Postgres, MySQL
Experience with VMware
Experience with XMPP (both management and programmatic use of)
Experience with various EC2 systems
Experience with Python
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