Java/J2ee Solution Architect Albany, NY MANDATORY EXPERIENCE 1. Candidate must have 8 years experience in IT application development with a minimum of 4 years JAVA/JEE programming experience. 2. Candidate must have strong knowledge of object oriented methodology. 3. Candidate must have experience with Websphere Application Server, knowledge of RAD 4. Candidate must have strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including technical writing and communication skills. 5. Candidate must have experience of UML Modeling tools such as Software Architect, Rational Rose, etc, and experience with UML diagrams such as Use Case Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams and Class Diagrams. ASSOCIATED SKILL SETS 1. Familiar with Software Change, Configuration Management, and Build Processes in a complex environment of re-useable Java components. 2. Familiar with Full life cycle software development experience of large-scale enterprise applications (requirements, design, implementation, integration, testing). 3. Candidate must have experience in PORTAL development using WebSphere portal Server (WPS) and WebSphere Portal Toolkit 6.1 or higher. 4. Experience in use of a Messaging Architecture ( MQ Series, JMS). 5. Candidate must have experience in distributed technology with recent emphasis on JEE, Web Services, and SOA. 6. Candidate must have experience in implementing Web Services and understanding of SOAP. 7. Familiar with criminal justice business processes and terminology. 8. Candidate must have experience in XML-based technologies including XML Schema, and XSL.