Our client is currently seeking a Java / J2EE Developer. This position is responsible for building, delivering, enhancing and supporting Products and Services in support of several key disciplines, such as: telecommunications and the cellular industry strategic goals. The incumbent will possess a high degree of experience and technical skill working across multiple projects. The incumbent will be responsible for advising in matters of architecture and design to multiple messaging product lines. Main Duties: * Define Solution architecture that meets functional/ performance/ user experience requirements; derive software modules with the integration interfaces * Task break-down and associated Level of Effort for deliverables * RFPs: Define Technical sections of RFPs meeting customers' expectations that include capacity assessments, scalability, high availability assessments in addition to the functional requirements * Prototyping and Proof-of-concepts related to demonstration of new technology/ concept * Co-ordination with Quality Assurance team for Verification and Validation * Co-ordination with Product/ Program/ Operations Teams to support software releases * Co-ordination with Customer support/ Customer(s) in supporting the resolution of customer issues Job Specific Preferences: * Core Java, Java runtime performance-tuning, multi-threading * Message-transfer protocols, MMS (MM4 and MM7) and SMS * Sendmail * Linux diagnostic commands, Syslog * Apache/Tomcat * Oracle 10g Requirements: * Strong leadership & self motivation in terms of evaluation of new technologies * 10-13 years of Software Development Experience * Bachelors degree in Engineering in Computer Science/ Electronics or equivalent * Experience in Java/J2EE and other related technologies * Strong analytical and problem solving skills of complex systems * Knowledge of SDLC * Ability to work independently as well within the team * Strong knowledge of RDBMS design and concepts. * Experience in building/designing highly scalable products on various platforms (Linux / Windows) * Extensive Experience in Software design and architecture of Enterprise systems * Extensive Experience working in telecommunications and wireless industry knowledge * Experience in performance tuning heavy volume applications * Experience working with teams in diverse geographic locations * Cross functional group co-ordination experience like QA, Operations, Release Engineering etc. * Strong knowledge in deriving statistical and benchmarking software products.