IBM Tech Expert - Albany, NY – 24 months # J18021/260761

Location: Albany, NY

Duration: 24 Months

Day to Day Tasks

Designing and developing the following Architecture/Design artifacts:

1. Business Object Models (business entities/objects and their relationships)
2. Service Models describing the service layers in the desired business domain
3. Service Specifications describing the input and output interfaces for the service, as well as its security, editing and interface protocol requirements
4. eXtensible Markup Language (XML) interfaces and files
5. XML Schema Definitions (XSDs)
6. Web Services Description Language (WSDL) files
7. Writing and documenting enterprise level SOA standards, best practices and patterns.

Specific activities include:

1. Designing and developing enterprise foundational services such as Identity and Access Management, Workflow (Human Task Management), Logging (Router layer), Messaging (Enterprise Service Bus – ESB), Enterprise Correspondence Management, Enterprise Data Access Layer (DAL). Designing various services (web services, Service Component Architecture (SCA), etc) and working with development teams to establish patterns for composite application development.

2. Use of IBM’s Business Process design and development tools: WebSphere Business Modeler (WBM), WebSphere Process Server (WPS), WebSphere Integration Developer (WID). This includes importing models from WBM into WID and implementing service orchestration using Business Process Execution Language (BPEL).

3. Designing and developing J2EE applications using IBM’s Rational Software Architect (RSA), including the generation of Service Models, Service Classification Diagrams, Activity Diagrams and Sequence Diagrams) for model driven development in Rational Application Developer (RAD).

4. Using IBM’s ESB tools such as WebSphere Message Broker (WMB) and WebSphere ESB for message flow routing and enterprise application and service integration.

5. Using SOA Backplane technologies such as IBM DataPower and/or SOA Software Network Director, Policy Manager and Repository Manager to manage Service Repository facilities for service end-point lookup and service contract lifecycle management.

6. Strong communication skills to work closely with System and Business Analysts, Developers, Architects and IT managers and Project Managers.

60 months leading efforts as a Sr. Architect dedicated to activities to communicate SOA design and development patterns to larger group of EA and Application architects, system analysts, SOA architects, developers and other IT functional and Project Managers.

60 months designing application architectures and developing J2EE composite applications including foundational services/components (SCA – Service Component Architecture) such as Identity and Access Management for user Authentication and Authorization, Human Task/Workflow Management, Router based Logging/Messaging and Error Handling, Electronic Customer Correspondence Management, Data Access Layer (DAL) etc.

36 months using IBM’s Business Process design/development tools such as WebSphere Business Modeler (WBM), WebSphere Process Server (WPS)/Business Process Manager (BPM) and/or WebSphere Integration Developer (WID). This includes importing models from WBM into WID and implementing service orchestration using Business Process Execution Language (BPEL).

36 months using IBM’s Rational Software Architect (RSA), including the generation of Service Models, Service Classification Diagrams, Activity Diagrams and Sequence Diagrams) for model driven development in Rational Application Developer (RAD).

36 months using IBM’s ESB tools such as WebSphere Message Broker (WMB)and WebSphere ESB for message flow routing and enterprise application and service integration. 

36 months using SOA Backplane technologies such as IBM Data Power and/or SOA Software Network Director, Policy Manager and Repository Manager to manage Service Repository facilities for service end-point lookup and service contract lifecycle management.