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Job Title: SOA Software Architect
Place of Performance: State Offices Harriman Campus, Building 12, Albany, NY 12240 (50% Remote)
Minimum Experience: 5+ Years
Rate: $59/hr - $64/hr
Employment Type: Contract
Duration: 30 Months
Position Overview: We are seeking a Senior Software Architect to lead Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) efforts for critical applications and services. This role involves designing scalable, high-availability infrastructure, implementing service orchestration, and resolving performance issues across enterprise systems. The ideal candidate will have deep experience with Java architecture and IBM SOA/ESB tools.
Key Responsibilities: - Develop and enforce SOA design standards to ensure consistent object naming, structure, and deployment
- Architect and implement optimized batch processing systems
- Integrate third-party software services into SOA infrastructure
- Utilize IBM SOA tools such as WebSphere Business Modeler, Process Server, BPM, and Rational Software Architect
- Design and implement BPEL solutions and infrastructure for IBM BPM and Integration Developer
- Use IBM ESB tools (WebSphere Message Broker, WPS/BPM, DataPower) for data mapping and transformation
- Implement orchestration workflows across diverse business domains
- Apply ORM technologies including JPA and Hibernate for data persistence
Qualifications: - Minimum 5 years of experience in Java-based application architecture including design, integration, and persistence layers
- Minimum 3.5 years of experience designing API-wrapped services using SOAP, REST, EJBs, and SCA
- Minimum 3 years of experience using IBM SOA tools (WBM, RAD, WAS, WPS, WID, RSA) for BPM integration
- Minimum 3 years of experience with IBM ESB tools (WMB, WPS, DataPower) for data transformation and messaging
- Minimum 1 year of experience importing WBM models into WID and RSA, and implementing BPEL-based orchestration
- Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science or a related field
- SOA Architect Certification strongly preferred