Job Description: SOA Enterprise Architect

This sample job description will help you evaluate the skill set of your next Services-Oriented Architect hire to manage technologies such as SOAP and REST, as well as standard architecture frameworks.


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The attached document is a typical job description for a SOA Enterprise Architect.

Typical experience expectations for this position include:

  • Delivering at least two SOA Enterprise-level Projects including at least one involving legacy systems.
  • Experience with one or more Enterprise Architecture Frameworks such as Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework (FEAF), Zachman or TOGAF Frameworks.
  • Experience with UML. Knowledge of design patterns.
  • Experience with SOA implementations to address distributed service transaction requirements with support for standards such as WS-Coordination, WS-AtomicTransaction, etc.
  • Clear understanding of Web services approach including Web service protocols such as SOAP and REST.

The attached Zip file includes:

  • Intro Page.doc
  • SOA Enterprise Architect.doc
  • SOA Enterprise Architect.odt
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