Location: San Jose, CA Hands on Architect profile with 10 plus year of experience in Java / J2EE. Hands on experience in designing / architecting large scale applications. Experience in the entire software development life cycle from requirements to production deploy Can visualize system end to end. Strong in Core Java, JDK 1.6 Good in Data structures and Algorithms Design skills (have good exposure on design patterns) JDBC, EJB3 Good knowledge of XML / parsers Good understanding of protocol stack Good knowledge on Software Security implementation Good understanding of Web services, preferred Rest Ant, Maven JBOSS, Tomcat Basic Unix exposure Good communication skills Good Leadership qualities. Can guide team on day to day issue resolution, review design, code and recommend them right implementation approach Product development background is preferable