Beschreibung
The key responsibilities of the role are:
Acting as a key authority within Group IS for design and pragmatic implementation of application integration solutions, considering the specifics of the Back End systems and the integration platform as well as the present SOA maturity level and staff expertise.
Translating business requirements into solutions ready to be developed, implemented and rolled out and/or supervising the solution design process.
Designing and guarding the implementation of standards for cross-system information workflows, technical validation schemas, message transformation rules, service orchestration, exception definitions and their handling as well as notification services.
Designing and implementing high availability integration solutions to ensure business continuity and minimize risk in cooperation with Development and Technical Services departments.
Guarding the quality of integration solutions and their compliance with defined frameworks (in particular for error-handling, monitoring, technical logging, alerting and service development).
Acting as main escalation point for service development related issues within project delivery activities.
Researching emerging technologies, market trends and best practices in the IS system integration and advise management of the potential application of these emerging trends.
Active supporting various application integration projects ensuring appropriate implementation of the integration architecture
Qualifications & skills:
Subject related university degree or demonstrated equivalent work experience
At least 5 years of Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) and SOA/EDA experience. Preferred on a webMethods (Software AG) based integration platform.
5+ years of Enterprise Application Integration with cross-domain, cross-functional and cross- business industry work experience.
Proven knowledge of fundamental SOA concepts and terminology as well as proficiency in the usage of industry design patterns and service-oriented design processes.
Proven track record of experience in application integration.
Pro-active, pragmatic, customer focused, seeking for solution optimizations (also beyond own area of responsibility).
Excellent communication skills.
Ability to communicate at all levels of management and staff in differing cultures.
Proven networking skills and stakeholder management skills with a good understanding of the wider objectives.
Enthusiasm to act as a change enabler. Driven, influencing, collaborative, focused.
Highly accountable and dependable.
Fluent oral and written English language skills.