Our customer is a privately-held, New York-based company and the world's
largest independent provider of directory assistance and enhanced
information services. During their twenty year history, they have built
some of the most successful brands in the telecommunications, customer
care, and digital media sectors. Last year they served more than a hundred
million consumers globally.
 They are now seeking to add a *Senior SOA Architect* to their expanding
team in Austin, Texas.
 *Here’s what you’d get to work on:*

   - Working directly with other System Architects in order to create the
   business and technical services for a complex SOA implementation.
   - May be involved in SOA Governance, oversee activities of other
   architects and developers, and participate in source code reviews.
   - Will assist in establishing standards and will interact with the
   partners and engineers to ensure that all technical deliverables comply
   with these standards.
   - Will communicate in formal presentation settings including medium to
   large-sized groups of key decision-makers; therefore, strong leadership and
   communications skills will be vital to the success of this position.
   - Detail design and implementation of an SOA/Integration Architecture.
   - Detail design and implementation of integration patterns, web
   services, and system integrations.
   - Conducting diagnosis/ assessment activities and defining high-level
   program/action plans.
   - Design and develop solutions that provide secure, robust and scalable
   solutions, taking into account user requirements, technical requirements,
   etc. (e.g. solution architecture).
   - Planning and managing technology development activities.

 *Here’s what your background looks like:*

   - Experience utilizing the SOA framework to simplify existing
   applications.
   - Acquainted with integration architecture and creating scale and
   support.
   - Experience working on application domains to utilize tools like
   Business Processes Orchestration.
   - Ability to communicate clearly with technical and non-technical
   personnel, development teams, and management; and to tailor presentations
   to the needs and interests of a specific audience.
   - Excellent written skills for the development of white papers and
   articles covering technical areas.
   - Knowledge of current commercial standards and best practices as they
   apply to Web Services.
   - Familiar with and able to follow the industry-standards for SOA design
   patterns and SOA coding practices.
   - Experience designing, developing, testing, and integrating web
   services into a large SOA application.
   - Comfortable with the agile development processes, participation in
   daily SCRUM meetings, and adhering to designing, coding, unit-testing, and
   deployments within bi-monthly agile Sprints

 *You’ll* *probably be really happy here if:*

   - You’re passionate about software development
   - You're looking to contribute not just to our code, but to our culture
   and roadmap
   - You love working collaboratively
   - You are high energy and low ego
   - You’re comfortable giving feedback and receiving constructive criticism

 *Who is Stark?*
Stark has been engaged by our client to assist in locating and screening
the most qualified candidates for this opportunity. We are precise in our
processes, but inspired in our approach. We are committed to providing
value – and most importantly – results, to our clients and candidates.

APPLY HERE<http://careers2.hiredesk.net/viewjobs/jobdetail.asp?comp=stark&PROJ_ID={CAE83C9B-5571-4D34-B8DF-5CA001D8FFD9}&tp_id=1&TPPreview=1&LAN=en-US>