Project Leader/Architect

Experience in designing, developing, and testing applications in multiple system environments. Combines multiple technologies to provide alternative physical solutions. Performs analysis of business models, logical specifications and/or user requirements to design solutions for the application environment. Understands the various types of tools and technologies on the market and their appropriate usage. Can design an entire system configuration including hardware, software, and communications. Can lead a tool evaluation effort, including the definition of the evaluation criteria, identification of tools to be evaluated, and the actual evaluation. Can work with various platforms, including mainframes, minis and micros. Can define a total disaster recovery plan and present the client with various options. Applies, as appropriate, activity and data modeling, transaction/workflow analysis, internal control and risk analysis and modern business methods, and performance measurement techniques. Provides technical direction to personnel performing systems analysis and system/ subsystem development tasks.
Coordinates and performs logical and physical systems design.
Reviews and prepares system documents and specifications.
Prepares reports, studies, and documentation, delivers presentations, and participates in meetings

 

Preferred candidates will have experience with Document System technologies - Exstream Dialogue and Documentum in particular. Document Systems application may be distributed across many platforms - IBM Mainframes, Sun and HP Unix systems, Windows servers. Solutions are mix of vendor s/w and internally developed COBOL and JAVA applications, some VB, C. Experience with property/casualty insurance or direct mail applications is a plus. This position may become permanent after 6 months