Lead Architect at NEXT RECRUIT | Boutique Financial Recruitment

Job description

Position: IIB Lead Architect - Banking and Insurance (Permanent and Contract)

Primary Areas of Accountability

• Implementation of process automation, leveraging on integration technologies based on the Enterprise Service Oriented Architecture Framework
• Implementation of SLA and Notification Services for process and service monitoring
• Orchestration technology implementation, administration and customization
• Implementation of Business Activity Monitoring with performance indicators and dashboards for services
• Solution design and analysis for process integration
• Provide final Level support on middleware and service integrations
• Provide 3rd level support for platform based solutions under purview before final escalation to vendor/OEM
• Perform other duties as may be assigned by the Department Head, Solution Delivery

Mandatory skills/ knowledge:

• IIB Version: 10.06 or anything above
• MQ Environment
• Rest API, SOAP & WSDL
• Oracle or DB2
• Mongo DB would be an added Advantage
• XSD Configuration, Message Model, Message Set Configuration

Other Development Skills:

• Java
• Extended Structure Query Language (ESQL)
• JMS and Web Service Development
• Data Format Description Language (DFDL) for non-XML data
• XML data formats, structures, and schemas
• XPath

Experience and Qualifications:

• Insurance and Banking consulting experience
• At least 3+years of technical consulting experience or as an architect/programmer, with a minimum of 2 years’ experience in Java, IBM IIB and MQ, Oracle 9i/10g/11g, SQL 2005/2008/2012
• Excellent knowledge of programming/systems analysis, as well as quality assurance, prototyping, construction, integration, and migration functions
• Good problem solving and analytical skills, using them to resolve technical problems; possesses an excellent understanding of business requirements and IT strategies
• Relevant degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Systems Engineering or Business related discipline with strong Information Systems component

Other requirements:

Must be willing to travel to clients in Johannesburg