IT Solutions Architect- ESB
Charlotte, NC, United States
Ref#: 1085008
Date published: 4-May-2015
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Charlotte, N.C.-based Belk, Inc. (www.belk.com) is the nation’s largest family owned and operated department store with more than $4 billion in sales and 300 Belk stores located in 16 Southern states and a growing digital presence on belk.com. Founded on May 29, 1888 by William Henry Belk in Monroe, N.C., the company is in the third generation of Belk family leadership. Our mission is to satisfy the modern Southern lifestyle like no one else, so that customers get the fashion they desire and the value they deserve. Our vision is for the modern Southern woman to count on Belk first – for her, for her family, for life. Belk has been committed to community involvement since its inception and today gives 2.5 percent of its pretax income back to the communities it serves. During the past fiscal year the company and its associates, customers and vendors donated more than $20.9 million to those communities.
The Senior Application Architect specializing in ESB technology is responsible for comprehensive technical design, implementation, administration, and support of the ESB and related integration for Belk IT. This includes all aspects of ESB design, install, creation, administration, tuning, and support.
•Solid organizational and planning skills: Detail oriented to manage customer requirements, product understanding and ongoing management. Is multi-task oriented to meet deadlines
•Leadership Skills: Is comfortable performing as technical and work stream lead for ESB technology. Has a positive leadership style.
•Action-oriented: Must demonstrate a capacity to operate successfully in a fast paced, changing environment to make fact based decisions and implement recommendations quickly to drive for continuous improvement. Reacts to business trends in a timely and efficient manner, while ensuring continuity with strategic goals.
•Analytical skills: Able to review data, determine conclusions, and take action on the next steps.
•Communication skills: Ability to communicate effectively at all levels. Strong team building skills. Partners with others.
•End to End knowledge in requirements gathering, solution architecture, solution design, development, implementation and post implementation support.
•At least 4 years’ experience leading Data Integration projects
•Ability to understand Message Broker interfaces written in ESQL and Java is required.
•Strong knowledge of XML, XSLT, SQL and FTP
•Should have good experience of working with databases (Oracle and DB2)
•Should have a strong understanding of the following concepts in Message Broker: a. WebServices with SOAP and HTTP nodes; b. MQ and file nodes; c. Message-sets & DFDL; d. Message domains like XML, MRM and BLOB (knowledge of DataObject domain is a plus); e. Exception handling and audit logging concepts; f. Using debugger and trace files for troubleshooting and testing; g. Logical message tree structure and specific use of Environment and LocalEnvironment sub-trees; h. Message parser concepts
•Working knowledge of WebSphere Data Power is desirable
•Ability to troubleshoot and fix complex WebSphere Message Broker and WebSphere Data Power interfaces in an Unix environment.
•Ability to guide junior team members on ESB concepts
