Skills Required
XML Web Services SOAP REST SOA web technologies Oracle Service Bus Web Application Servers SOA middleware platforms Database Technologies MQSeries messaging patterns Oracle COTS
Additional Skills
Weblogic TOGAF French Prince2 ArchiMate PMBOK ARIS ITIL Processes PMP SOA Suite Oracle RAC architecture models and tools DBs Access Manager Directory Services ISO 27000 ISC2 security software Vivansa LXR
Expertise
Middleware Architect/ Project Manager
Total Experience (months or years)
108
Description
- Participate in the definition of sub-projects by specifying scope, objectives, identifying risks and preparing risk mitigation;
- Set up and enforce the respect of organisation, procedures and project office tasks, raising warnings in case of non-respect of these;
- Enforce the delivery of the project(s) according to the agreed schedule, with the expected quality and with the resources provided;
- Structure the information in ways that are appropriate to the target audience;
- Report on the project status (tasks progress, plan, actions, risks, issues, decisions, changes, etc.) within the Institution and/or with immediate stakeholders or other partners;
- Escalate issues, in particular the ones with potential impacts on time or quality;
- Ensure that the systems, components and/or services' design are consistent with the Institution’s Reference architecture;
- Design Institution's SOA platform components and services (or supervise contractors' design), encouraging re-use of building blocks and ensuring that the design of the system will fulfil the system's requirements, including non-functional requirements (volume, scalability, confidentiality, integrity, availability);
- Produce, review and evaluate technical documents. It includes reviewing technical offers from Institution's contractors;
- Propose, challenge, approve technical solutions (including cost benefit analyses, assessment of implementation's duration) and/or supervise Institution's contractors in this field;
Qualifications
- Bachelor Degree in IT or related field
- At least 9 years of experience as an IT Project Manager;
- At least 4 years of specialised experience, in the areas mentioned below:
- Technical Design of SOA middleware platforms involving technologies such as: web technologies, web services (SOAP/REST), web application servers, SOA, Oracle Service Bus, Database Technologies (Oracle), message queueing services (MQSeries), XML, messaging patterns, storage and backup services, application infrastructure services and related domains
- Producing designs of complex systems, including requirements analysis, identification and cost-benefit analysis of alternative solutions, technology selection and configuration
- Knowledge of Oracle COTS (preferably: Soa Suite, Weblogic, DBs, Access Manager, ORacle RAC, Directory Services)
- Experience on the following (in priority) would be considered as strong asset:
- Experience with Customs and/ or Taxation domains of expertise
- Experience with architecture modelling tools (e.g ARIS)
- IT Security Knowledge and/or relevant certifications (ISO 27000 series, ISC2) and knowledge of Security Software and appliances (pref. F5 or Axway).
- Vivansa LXR
- ITIL methodology
- Proven ability to write business cases and/ or vision documents,
- Industry certification of Project Management or architecture (e.g PMBOK, Prince2, Togaf, Archimate, PMP).
- Very good (B2 or higher) English, written and spoken, is required. Knowledge of French would be considered an assset
Duration
8 Months
Possible extension for: