IBM Integration Architect - Remote

 Location: Remote

Duration: 6 months to a year with possible to convert at the end

Type: Contract to Hire (W2 or 1099)

Interview: Phone/Video

Description:

• Proven experience in the architecture beyond lead design duties with thorough understanding of application architectural componentization
• Must demonstrate a deep knowledge of architecture principles and describe the employment of those on several projects
• Clear and complete understanding of the difference and delineation between architecture and high level design is required
• Architecture experience required should be heavily based in System Integration
• Demonstrated architecture experience with Service Interface Design utilizing Service or Data Bus technology with a focus on performance is required
• Experience with Service and API management applications (e.g. IIB, APIc, etc.) is required
• Strong UML experience is essential
• Understanding of rules engine and business process management (BPM) applications and tools is preferred
• Proven project experience and ability to lead a group through an architectural development process and collaborate with application development teams, architects, Business and other project constituents
• Ability to discover and define technical requirements and their relationship to functional requirements and to determine the adequacy of documented requirements for architecture definition
• Strong business and technology decision making skills are required
• Candidate must have prior experience in a technical leadership role
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills and strong leadership skills to effectively influence decisions and positively impact progress are required
• Experience with Agile Methodology including Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) is desired
• Healthcare or Insurance/Financial services industry knowledge is preferred, but not required

Required:

• Excellent communication skills
• Knowledge of APIs, IIB (IBM Integrated Bus) technology stack
• Experience working with integration/API patterns
• Experience using Rational Software Architect (RSA) to build schema, swagger, service orchestrations
• Knowledge of security patterns, token management, OAuth
• Taking accountability to drive the integration design