Covestic is looking for a Senior Architect to guide the transformation of a major mainframe application (thousands of users and millions of lines of code) to a new Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) based application. The successful candidate will work with a large Covestic team to deliver a detailed architecture recommendation and phased implementation roadmap for the replacement of the legacy application.

Responsibilities of the Senior SOA Architect include:

- Validation of the clients technical architecture and direction. This includes validation of development environment, operating system, database technology BPM (BPMS) vendor, and rules engine.
- Working closely with the Covestic Business Process Analysts to determine the building blocks/services required to support the client business processes.
- Recommend sequencing and timeline for the decommissioning of the legacy application.
- Work with Covestic team to develop a detailed implementation plan for the phased replacement of the legacy application.
- Lead analysis of technology industry and market trends to determine their potential impact on the enterprise architecture

Experience - External:
Required Experience
- Understanding of architectural disciplines, processes and concepts
- Demonstrable ability to communicate effectively, to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Experience as the Lead Architect for designing and developing architectures for large, complex and mission critical business applications
- Service Oriented Architecture experience (SOA)
- Enterprise Application Integration
- Web Services: SOAP, XML, WSDL
- Mainframe experience or familiarity is required
- Experience with Microsoft Operations & Development Environments (.Net), Windows/Vista and SQL Server

Preferred Skills
- Experience with BPMS platforms (FileNet P8, Appian, Lombardi, etc)
- Experience with claims management and billing applications

Education & Experience
- BS/MS in Computer Science preferred
- 10+ years of related technology experience

This role is located in the Olympia, WA area. Consultants travel will be allowed to the client's location from the western US.

PLEASE APPLY DIRECTLY TO:
http://www.covestic.com/careers.html