Insurance Java Coe Lead
Tata Consultancy Services (Detroit, Michigan)

TCS PROFILE:

TATA Consultancy Services (TCS) is one of the world's leading information technology companies. Through its Global Network Delivery Model™, Innovation Network, and Solution Accelerators, TCS focuses on helping global organizations address their business challenges effectively. A part of the TATA Group, India's largest industrial conglomerate, TCS has over 111,000 of the world's best trained IT consultants in 50 countries. The company generated consolidated revenues of US $5.7 billion for fiscal year ended 31 March, 2008 and is listed on the National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange in India. For more information, visit us at www.tcs.com. Come join us and experience certainty as never before!

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE:12+ Years of IT; 6= as Architect in Java (JEE and Portal) technologies

TECHNICAL/FUNCTIONAL SKILLS:

· Ability to define strategy for Customers in Java and its sub-focus areas (JEE/Portal/eCommerce/Web2.0).

· Should be recognized as an industry leader in Java and/or function as Java partner for major Clients.

· Must be able to conduct project reviews and play an active role in Architecture Governance.

· Ability to create solutions and defend them with Customer as well as Project Architects.

· Capable of creating and delivering pre-sales and proposals to Executive stakeholders, all the way up to C Level Executives.

· Must have published white papers in Java topics.

· Excellent verbal and written communications skills are a must..

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

· Must have defined and implemented Java solutions or any of its sub-focus areas for more than one large MNC.

· Must have led CoE, for at least one Java sub-focus area.

· Must have experience working with multiple clients in the Insurance industry; and awareness of Java related needs and trends for such Clients is a must.

· Must have trained/mentored Architects and Analysts in the past.

· Experience in multiple Java platform technologies is a must.

· Experience in creating and rolling out JEE, Portal and eCommerce solutions are a must.

· Experience in creating and rolling out solutions using open source Java industry frameworks and tools

· Experience in atleast one RDBMS.

· Experience in application security implementation.

· Experience in Web2.0 technologies.

· Experience in performance tuning of Java applications.

· Experience in sizing infrastructure is preferred.

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

· Lead the Java CoE for Insurance Unit in North America.

· Align with and promote enterprise charter around assets, collaboration and branding.

· Collaborate with alliance partners.

GENERIC MANAGERIAL SKILLS:

· Mentor and provide care and feed for Architects in the respective region.

· Grow Java competency in the respective region, while working with Enterprise organization.

EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Engineering; Masters degree preferred.

LOCATION:

Michigan - with ability to travel for short period with less than a day's notice.