SOA Analyst

SOA Analyst

Organization:   Technology Growth PlatformLocation:          Location NegotiableTravel:              100% (Monday - Friday) Technology Growth Platform (TGP) offers a full range of global delivery services-including enterprise solutions, system integration, technical architectures, business intelligence, infrastructure consulting, and technology research/development. Our TGP consultants can expect to:

• work with cutting edge technology

• deliver high-quality solutions across multiple industries

• work on a variety of projects ranging in both size and scope

• receive continuous training

• gain rapid career progression

Job Description: These Analyst level positions are within our SOA Practice Group. As professionals within our global SOA Practice, Consultants work with our senior SOA architects to design and implement information systems for our clients, using the latest SOA technologies and practices.  Specific Consultant responsibilities vary by project.  Key Responsibilities May Include:

• Conducting diagnosis/ assessment activities and defining high-level program/action plans.

• Design and develop solutions that provide clients with secure, robust and scalable solutions, taking into account userrequirements, technical requirements, etc. (e.g. solution architecture).

• Planning and managing technology development activities.

• Being recognized as an expert on one or more technology vendors/products/areas, such as Oracle/BEA, IBM, or Tibcos Integration Suites.

• Leading the technology evaluation and selection effort for a clients SOA platfrom

• Planning and managing capacity planning activities.

• Leading the delivery of technology build, test and deployment activities.

• Being an expert in troubleshooting and performance tuning one or more technology products.

• Detail design and implementation of an SOA/Integration Architecture

• Detail design and implementation of integration patterns, web services, and system integrations

• 100% US travel (Monday-Friday) required

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum of 1 year of professional experience, with at least 6 months experience in one or more of the following:
  
  
  • Integration solutions using an SOA platform (examples:  TIBCO, Oracle/BEA, IBM, webMethods, Biztalk)
  
  
  • Service definition, design or implementation using WSDL and/or SOAP
  
  
  • Implementing Business Process Orchestration using BPEL or an equivalent proprietary solution
  
  
  

• Minimum of a Bachelors Degree

• Must be open to 100% travel

Preferred Skills:

• Full development lifecycle experience:  requirements, design, build, test, deploy 

• Previous Consulting or client service delivery experience

• Broad architectural experience, across OS (Windows, UNIX), Database (Oracle, DB2, SQL Server), application server (J2EE, .NET) and other technologies (MQSeries, JMS, Struts, Junit, etc.)  

• Hands-on XML experience  

Professional Skill Requirements:

• Excellent communication skills (both written and oral)

• Strong interpersonal skills

• Ability to be flexible and work analytically in a problem solving environment.

• Attention to Detail

• Strong organizational & multi-tasking skills

• Strong analytical skills and thought processes

 Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration. Applicants for employment in the U.S. must possess work authorization which does not require now or in the future sponsorship by the employer for a visa. Accenture is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 

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