Now Hiring: Top Notch System Architect

High-Speed, Low-Drag Consulting

Chessiecap, Inc. is looking for qualified candidates for a Senior System Architect/Technology Team Lead position. The successful candidate will be responsible for working as a hands-on, consulting System Architect/Technology Team Lead helping our clients navigate a variety of enterprise architecture refactoring and "to be" projects. The candidate will also be an advisory resource for other Chessiecap engagements, performing technology assessment and due diligence, as well as specialized troubleshooting.

The ideal candidate will have a successful track record of managing complex, high profile technology projects using a risk-based assessment approach, and an excellent understanding of best practices around the development, testing, configuration management, and Agship productAh life cycle. Candidates should be able to go hands-on as needed, addressing a variety of tasks that might include writing code, analyzing and re-factoring existing code, and assessing downstream effects of application changes. Candidates should possess skills and have experience with the design and development of enterprise, server-based, and web-based applications, using C/C++, J2EE technology, XML, relational databases, and service-oriented architectures.

This position requires the staff member to be located in the metro Washington DC area.

Required Skills:

• 10+ years of experience in:
• System design and development
• Hard-core software development experience (C/C++, Java, Python, or other worthy languages...)
• 3+ years of experience in:
• Successfully leading small team technology efforts: managing resources and shipping the right product on time
• Experience with the following or similar technologies:
• Web-based applications
• Java (J2EE, JSP, Servlets, Struts)
• Oracle / SQL / Informix
• Unix / Linux
• Open Source technologies and applications
• Windows / .NET
• 3+ years of experience with the following technologies:
• SOAP / XML / SOA
• Practical uses of UML for system design and description - e.g. RUP 4+1 approach
• Excellent communication and writing skills
• Product development methodologies
• Experience using software development best practices and an appreciation for the value of having strong process on a software development project

Education:

• Bachelors degree in computer science or related field

Why Chessiecap?

• Work with a group of highly skilled technologists
• Opportunity to do things the right way
• Work on a variety of diverse engagements
• Small team work environment
• Participate in the success of the company through the company incentive pay plan

About Chessiecap:

Chessiecap, Inc. is an investment bank built to serve the transaction needs of technology companies in the Mid-Atlantic region. Our mission is to maximize value for companies by providing services that dramatically increase operating performance and then to execute transactions that realize that value. These services are provided by our Technology Consulting, Strategy Consulting and Investment Banking practices. Our clients are growth and middle market companies, private equity backed companies, and divisions of major corporations. Our business model is about value generation. When a client is ready to go to market, we execute many different types of transactions through our highly-experienced investment banking team. If a client needs to perform some operational work in advance of a transaction, we work with them to achieve key business milestones that increase value, so that they are transaction-ready.

Investment banking transactions are conducted through our wholly owned subsidiary: Chessiecap Securities, Inc. — Member NASD — Member SIPC — Copyright © 2004, Chessiecap, Inc. All rights reserved.