Java Architect

Job Title: Senior Java Architect

Location: Albany, New York

Position Type: Contract

Job Summary: The Senior Java Architect will assist the OSC Division of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Office of Unclaimed Funds (OUF) in developing, operating, and maintaining the OUF Online Claiming application. The role involves overseeing development activities, integrating standardized frameworks, providing technical guidance, and ensuring the successful implementation and maintenance of solutions.

Key Responsibilities

OSC is seeking a contractor that can supply a Consultant to develop, operate, and maintain its Java-based OUF Online Claiming application and to replace other applications built on legacy platforms. Consequently, the following service description is not intended to be all-inclusive but is representative of common activities. The Consultant will:

• Oversee, mentor, and provide solutions for all development and/or support activity that is being conducted by OSC and its other consultant staff.
• Complete integrations with standardized frameworks, tools, and other ancillary technologies as necessary.
• Work with OSC technical staff to configure such solutions as needed (e.g., servers configured, access rights).
• Work with vendors to support the OUF Online Claiming application.
• Research and prototype solutions to meet business needs.
• Document technical specifications.
• Consult with OUF business analysts and users to determine requirements.
• Work with project teams to define system requirements and assist with requirements analysis.
• Provide guidance to OSC in interface design and integration of the user interface.
• Provide final application architecture and design.
• Code, test, and deploy solution, following best practices and supported OSC Java standards and industry best practices.
• Develop and implement system test plans to satisfy acceptance requirements and test scenarios based on the as-is and the to-be models.
• Analyze and debug complex application and system issues.
• Conduct extensive testing of the functionality including integration with other systems (e.g., Unclaimed Funds Processing System) and applications (e.g., fraud detection services).
• Develop and update OUF Online Claiming application reports.
• Attend design sessions and review resulting deliverables and provide feedback.
• Provide guidance to development teams who are inexperienced with new technologies.
• Mentor and provide knowledge transfer to OSC staff.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

The Consultant must possess the following minimum qualifications:

• Five years’ experience developing and maintaining Java web applications.
• Five years’ experience analyzing project requirements and designing Java web applications to meet these requirements.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

OSC will give additional consideration to candidates with the following qualifications:

• Experience developing Java web applications leveraging the Apache Wicket framework.
• Experience implementing LexisNexis Risk Solutions, specifically: Device Assessment, Consumer Instant ID, and Instant Authenticate products, in a Java application.
• Experience in providing web services development in a Java application.
• Experience in using Hibernate ORM in a Java application.
• Experience developing Java applications that connect to an IBM DB2 database.