FatWire Technical Lead

Title: FatWire Technical Lead

Skills:
FatWire, J2EE, JSP, JMS, Struts, Spring, Velocity, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, JSON, XML, SOAP, Apache Axis, Unix/Linux Red Hat, Fedora, HTTP, TCP/IP, RDBMS Oracle, MS SQL Server, JBoss, Tomcat, Apache Web Server, Squid Web Proxy, Virtual Machine environments, UML

Job Description:
SD3 is seeking a FatWire Technical Lead. This is a contract-to-hire opportunity with an SD3 client located in a northwestern suburb of Chicago.

The Web Content Management System supports customer facing Websites, including: the hotspot purchase path Websites with optimized versions for both laptop and handheld devices, and the ground based product and company Websites. The FatWire Technical Lead is responsible for optimal utilization of the FatWire platform, including best practices for: application design best practices for templates and assets, configuration including caching, clustering, logging, and maintenance procedures.

Key Responsibilities:

• Guides implementation of best practices for application design, including templates and assets.
• Guides implementation of best practices for configuration including caching, clustering, and interfaces with other systems.
• Ensures the platform is maintained including log management, patch and upgrade schedules are safely met.
• Resolve technical issues with the FatWire platform, including code and environment issues.
• Reviews and provides feedback business and technical requirements, high-level architectural designs, and interface specifications.
• Writes detailed design documents that fully specific functionality and map to requirements.
• Day to day technical leadership for specific issues, projects or initiatives with adherence to release timeline schedules - actively managing and escalating issues with Web system(s) solution providers and partners.
• Provide level of effort estimates for new and proposed projects and change requests.
• Review of all graphic designs and Front End code - including HTML, CSS and JavaScript, delivered by design team to ensure standards, feasibility and technological fit.
• Review artifacts produced by the Web development team including design documents and code.
• Ensure that build, release and deployment processes and tools provide reliability, consistency and visibility.
• Produce complete and detailed release notes.
• Risk identification and mitigation on a daily basis ensuring appropriate communication and resolution delivery in a timely manner.
• Support testing, including review of test cases and procedures, helping to plan and execute performance tests, evaluate results. Review, assign and resolve defects.

Key Requirements:

• BS in Computer Science or Equivalent. Advanced degree preferred.
• At least 2 years experience with FatWire Web CMS as a team lead.
• 6 years of experience in Website development with Java, including portal and E-commerce Websites.
• Experience with the entire software development life cycle including requirements analysis, design, development, deployment, testing and maintenance.
• Familiarity with fundamentals of TCP/IP Networking and routing.
• Demonstrate capabilities to work independently, with a pro-active, service-level oriented, customer-focused mindset.
• Ability to partner with various teams, soliciting help from and providing help to other departments as needed.
• Superior communication skills required; demonstrable ability to communicate in both a technical and non-technical environment.
• Experience and/or interest in the Airline and/or Telecommunications industries are desired.

About SD3:
SD3 is an Information Technology consulting firm dedicated to providing superior service, quality, and satisfaction to our clients. SD3 specializes in managing projects and/or providing expert consultants for the areas of custom application and database development, Datawarehouse and system integration. At SD3, we value our consultants' ability to blend into our client's organization, fill in their gaps, and work cooperatively within their team while at the same time bringing an outside, out-of-the-box perspective to all of their information technology issues.

For Additional Information:
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Candidates for this position must be located in the Chicago area and have the following skills: strong written and oral communications, and demonstrated ability to work independently and as a strong team member.

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No third party candidates will be considered. Only qualified candidates with suitable experience will be contacted.