Application Architect

The contract is with a large Consultancy to be on an assignment at a large European site in Brussels as follows:- TASK DESCRIPTION:

Propose systems, components and/or services architecture (eg SOA, ESB, MDM, Legacy, framework, security), COTS software products, standards; and/or to evaluate technical offers of other contractors;

Investigate and recommend solutions (including cost benefit analyses, assessment of implementation's duration); and/or to evaluate technical solutions proposed by other contractors;

Understand, apply and suggest improvements of methodology, security policies, tools, best practices, etc.

EXPERIENCE AND CAPABILITY REQUIRED:

Good communication skills and ability to work autonomously are mandatory;

Minimum 5 years of recent practical experience in IT systems architecture and design;

Capability for modelling components, data and services;

Capability for specification of service interfaces, service data and reference models;

Good knowledge of interoperability technology (eg web services, message oriented Middleware, service oriented bus);

Experience in architecture methodology and framework (eg TOGAF);

In-depth knowledge of service implementation patterns (synchronous, asynchronous, request/response, publish and subscribe, etc.), distributed system design and messaging layer;

Deep technical knowledge of IT technology; the list of possibly required skills for a specific position includes but is not limited to:

Interoperability: SOA, ESB, MOM

Master Data Management

IT protocols: MQ Series, WS, HTTP(S), SMTP, SNMP, etc.

EDIFACT, XML, XSLT, etc.

Identity and Access Management