Role: SR. ARCHITECT JAVA AND GCPLocation: Westlake, TX (Onsite)Hire Type: FULL-TIMEResponsibilities: Perform product analysis and development tasks of increasingly complex nature which may require extensive research and analysis. Work independently in the development, testing, implementation and maintenance of complex systems with fast turn-around. Provide detailed analysis of problems, prepare detailed design documents with recommendations. Apply innovation, creativity and improvement to development process and implement process and procedural improvements. Stay current with technology and industry best practices to ensure proper utilization of these in software development. Work on multiple projects utilizing and leading global/offshore teams. Provide adequate and proactive support for various applications.Experience:Qualifications: 4 year degree in Computer Science or related experience Experience with Architecture design of multi-tiered client/server applications. Able to interpret business requirements and programming specifications to write Java programs that solve business needs. Significant exposure to and demonstrated proficiency in all aspects of programming and analysis, including design factors, software requirements, systems facilities, and execution protocols. Must be well organized and self motivated and be able to work with minimal supervision. Strong verbal/written communication skills. Ability to work with others in a team environment. Ability to work on aggressive schedules. May require work beyond normal hours (weekends or evenings Ability to lead and influence other developers onshore as well as offshore.Technical Skills: Must haves: Extensive experience with Java 8 and higher language construct and features. Strong working experience in service-oriented architecture, SOLID design principles, coding practices and designing enterprise-level applications and data pipelines. Experience with large scale application modernization and migration to Cloud hyperscalars. Expertise in GCP and related technologies with strong GCE, Cloud Storage, PubSub, BigQuery, App Engine, Cloud Run, Anthos/GKE containerization. Expertise with streaming and messaging technologies (Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ) Expertise with multithreaded UI based on Swing UI libraries and UI extensions, Java FX, J2SE, J2EE, JDBC, JMS, JMX, JNI, Design Patterns, Rest services. Strong understanding and working experience with Spring boot, Spring Batch, Spring Integration, REST, SOAP and RMIs. Strong understanding of batch processing of large data sets Strong Caching and large data sets handling (experience with any: Redis, Aerospike, Ehcache, GigaSpaces, Hazelcast or any others) Very Strong PostgresSQL and Oracle Ability to develop on Linux / Windows / MAC OS Strong knowledge of various configuration/source code management tools (Git, Bitbucket, Confluence, JIRA, Bamboo, TeamCity) Pluses: Strong knowledge of complex Options, Futures, Order Matching and Routing principles Experience converting hardware-based server-side components to VM based (containerization: Kubernetes, Docker or other GWT o Experience in the financial/brokerage industry