Platform Architect (Middleware/Cloud) Contract Dublin.

My client a leading global firm is in urgent need of a talented and experienced Platform Architect to join them on a contract basis for 12 months with view for a further 12 months and even perm there after.

You will be responsible for gathering requirements, conducting infrastructural analysis, and producing robust designs that adhere to approved my clients technologies, and ensuring the design meets all of my clients technology and security policies.Responsible for meeting with peers, engineers, application team(s) and user(s), to determine that all the high-level requirements have been met. You will be responsible for generating products such as Technical Architecture Documents, technical memos, logical flows, and models to keep the users, architects, and the engineers constantly up to date and in agreement on the architecture and infrastructure layout of an application, system, or platform. You will be responsible for ensuring that all architectural products and products with architectural input are maintained in the most current state and never allowed to become obsolete.Responsible for implementing, managing, and supporting application infrastructure components while leveraging current standards and best practices. You will be in charge of resolving Internet architectural and operational problems impacting infrastructure and product availability and performance globally.Leads and collaborates to achieve the definition of new standards.

Successful candidates will have advanced knowledge of Web application architecture and project delivery. Advanced knowledge of how the Java Virtual Machine works, how Garbage collection works.Advanced knowledge of load balancers and web application Firewalls.Advanced knowledge of network and operating system principles.Vast knowledge of Middleware technologies (Web Servers, Application Servers, Queue Managers, Messaging, Caching).Working knowledge of Database technologies.Working knowledge of cloud technologies.Solid knowledge of techniques or methodologies to achieve non-functional requirements like reliability, availability, resilience, performance, security. If this sounds like an interesting role drop me a CV so that we can speak in more detail.