Successful applicants will possess the following qualifications and skill sets:

Design Pattern approach to writing... no sausage coders please.
Must be proficient in TCP/IP, multi-threaded socket communication, XML, Java and C. Servlet Containers an asset.
Must be capable of designing in 3+ tiered web applications.
Your usage of server resources and CPU clock cycles is 'surgical'.
Technical Director made us add this:
When we ask you about your design patterns, it is forbidden to have a confused blinking stare....