Re: [AM] Experienced domain modeler needed

Job postings for agile modelers are definitely good things to have posted 
here. ;-)

- Scott


At 07:17 AM 2/25/2004, you wrote:
>Hello all,
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>I apologize in advance if this is off-topic, but I’m in search of a 
>domain modeler who can assist with a large-scale J2EE product / project in 
>the financial services industry. I’m a big fan of agile development / 
>modeling and thought this might be the best place to try and find a 
>modeler who can fit in well with the team I’m assembling.
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>As background, I’m a consultant working as the architect for a client 
>who develops financial software for loans, leasing and collections 
>systems. My client has been in business for 30+ years developing these 
>COBOL systems running on the mainframe and PC. We’re in the initial 
>phase of completely re-writing these systems from the ground-up using 
>J2EE. This is shaping up to be a multi-year project with deliverables to 
>very large banks and captive finance companies.
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>The good news is that over these 30 years my client has developed a lot of 
>domain expertise. The subject matter experts (SME’s) I’m working with 
>know their business (and their current systems) like the back of their 
>hands. The problem is they know little if anything about object oriented 
>technology, including how to model their domain using OO. Right now I’m 
>wearing both the domain modeling and architect hats, but I’m quickly 
>becoming the bottleneck and need to bring in some expertise to back-fill 
>me that can devote 100% of their energy to domain modeling. I’m 
>assembling a team of heavy-hitters by putting very experienced people in 
>key strategic areas of the system. Central to all of this is the domain 
>model, which will be leveraged in the rules (rules engine), stored in the 
>database and displayed in the user interface.
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>The ideal candidate would have experience modeling complex financial 
>transactional systems. They would collaborate directly with the SME’s in 
>developing the domain model using best practices from agile modeling. They 
>would be part of an agile development team, have very strong communication 
>skills and could implement their models in code in a quick, iterative 
>manner (i.e. no ivory-tower architects). They would work with the other 
>aforementioned team leads and me directly in shaping the design of the 
>system. They would also be very well-read :-) [I enjoy publications by 
>folks like Martin Fowler, Robert Martin, Scott Ambler and more recently 
>Luke Hohmann]
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>I could write more, but I’ll stop here, hopefully this gives you enough 
>of a sense of the type of person I’m seeking. The candidate would 
>sub-contract through my company and be expected to do some traveling 
>(I’m based in Virginia and some of the SME’s are in Texas). My 
>thoughts on travel are that there would be a good bit up front to get 
>started and after that if you could do your work from home, I’m fine 
>with that (and so is my client). I can be flexible for the right candidate.
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>If you’re interested, please contact me ([email protected]) and provide 
>a resume and a brief note. Thanks in advance.
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>-ryan
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>For more information about AM, visit the Agile Modeling Home Page at 
>www.agilemodeling.com

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Scott W. Ambler
Senior Consultant, Ronin International, Inc.
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