SCEA Certification clarify you about Java Enterprise Edition technologies, but architecture concepts go beyond SUN, Microsoft, IBM and other players in the market. I think, a certification can help you be hired, but it don't give warranties how long you will be there.
Don't matter how long you have an IT area, but your experience to solve conflicts, capturing client's neededs and transforming to technical requirements, keeping a common vocabulary among participants, and give they a product what they waiting, attending your whishes and expects.