Service Designer/Developer

We specialize in Staffing, Consulting, Software Development, and Training along with IT services to small to medium size companies. AG's primary objective is to help companies maximize their IT resources and meet the ever-changing IT needs and challenges. In addition, AG offers enterprise resource planning and enterprise application integration, supply-chain management, e-commerce solutions, and B2B public exchanges and B2B process integration solutions. Our company provides application analysis, design, development and programming, software engineering, systems development, testing, integration, and implementation, and management consulting services to various clients – including governmental agencies and private companies – throughout the United States and India. We provide these services in multiple computing environments and use technologies such as client/server architecture, object-oriented programming languages and tools, distributed database management systems, state-of-the-art networking, and communications infrastructures. Our honest and realistic approach to recruiting dictates that AG does not entice or lure engineers from their employers. We represent only high caliber technical professionals who have committed to making a change required by career. Job Requirements  7+ years IT experience  5+ years SOA development experience  3+ years Agile development experience  3+ years IBM SOA development platform experience (IIB, WMB, WAS, WSRR, Data Power)  3+ years Java development experience  2+ years Web Services Security Experience (WS-Security)  2+ years Rules Engine development experience preferrably Corticon  Strong communication and interpersonal skills  Detailed knowledge of SOA, service orchestration, and design  Broad knowledge of service interface and related standards like XML, JCA, JMS, SOAP, WSDL, etc.  Thorough knowledge of drawing up functional and technical designs  Thorough knowledge of system development methods and techniques  Well-developed analytical and troubleshooting intellect Service Designer/Developer Purpose  Designs service orchestration and formalize service descriptions into WDSL, XSD, etc. Develop SOA services Responsibilities/Tasks  Responsible for placing service reference documents in the Registry (WSDL and XSD)/Repository (usage scenarios annotated with nominal requirements...)  Reconcile candidate service interfaces with existing infrastructure and identify missing components (e.g., mainframe service enablement)  Analyze all candidate service interfaces and check for gaps, inconsistencies, and redundancies (e.g., overlapping service boundaries)  Match technical solutions to outlined design constraints (e.g., WS-Security to solve integrity and confidentiality constraints)  Formalize Service Descriptions into WSDL, XSD, etc.  Work with Application Architect and Data Architect to ensure consistency with existing XML data formats and conventions  Create virtualized endpoints in the SM to be used in the Registry  Drive policy in SM in collaboration with the Application Architect and IT Security  When changing the interface for pre-existing services, assume responsibility for defining appropriate elements (e.g., versioning, and content based routing) that facilitate simultaneous deployment of multiple versions of the service  Ensure compliance with published WS-I Basic Profile and Standards  Perform design of code-based deliverables  Create reusable components to streamline development  Develop and unit test services  Participate in design and code reviews  Adhere to service development best practices, standards, and naming conventions  Provide required development related documentation and code for service repository and development reuse repository  Adhere to service lifecycle methodology prescriptive governance and architecture best practices  Generate high-level and detailed business requirements from application teams and work with SOA COE architects and developers for clarification and design  Collaborate with QA in creating test plans and business scripts for the identified process flows  Investigate service orchestration possibilities (e.g., aggregation, composition)  Assist with providing metrics to SOA COE where applicable  Define testing strategy, standards, processes, and tools for services  Test for interoperability, scalability, regression, and any other standards conformance GOOD COMMUNICATION SKILLS DURATION: 6+ Months Contract INTERVIEW: Telephonic and Skype / Face 2 face