TasmanAve looking for SOA Consultants

One of Najdorf's portfolio companies is looking for SOA Consultants. Here is the full spec from TA's website:

SOA Consultant
TasmanAve is a venture-backed software company in the web services space. Our client base is growing rapidly and we are looking to add a few experienced SOA consultants to our Professional Services group. As a TasmanAve consultant, you should have developed information systems using RUP or iterative methodology. Your technical strengths must include XML technologies, J2EE Design Patterns, Enterprise Java Beans and Component Interface, Implementation level of EJB as Service and Web Services as Service. You must also have been a leader in an Enterprise Software development Environment.

Essential Job Functions & Skills-5-10 years of Industry experience -Excellent problem solving, analytical skills and technical troubleshooting skills-Strong knowledge of complete project life cycle -Will develop innovative and appropriate architectures, acting as the engagement architect when required. -Understand issues about scalability, reliability, performance optimization and distributed architectures-Have worked on projects from conception through delivery including developing and deploying to production architectures. -A background in SAP and/or Oracle Applications integration is preferred.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:-Development of POC and prototypes. -Conduct training or custom workshops. -Work effectively with Customers and Partners. Develop strong working relationships.-Develop and implement innovative data integrations. Effectively transfer knowledge on a formal and informal basis.-Effectively manage time and people to deliver key project components. Report status and raise issues on a timely basis. --Utilize extended CI resources effectively (sales, engineering, product marketing etc.).-Contribute to knowledge database within CI. Capture and share information/knowledge from each engagement
-Respond to e-mail requests for support internally and externally. -Author and deliver Detailed Design Documents, and integration white papers.-Support Sales Efforts. Be able to scope and deliver Proof of Concept.
-Look for opportunities to increase sales of products and services.
-Customer Management & Customer Experience Skills-Strong communication and customer focus skills - Must be able to define -Customer problems and articulate current situation to customers-Exceeds customer expectations garnering "high ratings" in "customer satisfaction"-Technical Project Management and Requirements Gathering Techniques-Understands "Enterprise Business Processes" in at least 2 industries

Technology Skills
-Significant depth of expertise in four or more of the following areas:-RDBMS (any of Oracle, SQL Server) -Strong Understanding of Databases, distributed objects, guaranteed delivery, performance optimization techniques.
-Working knowledge of SQL, Triggers, PL/SQL stored procedure.-XML technologies (DTD, XSLT, XPATH, XSD, XQuery), development using XML, HTTP/S, Web Services, SOAP, SOA, WSM, Security-Experience with mapping tools, flat-files parsers, batch processing, messaging-EAI, middleware, or other integration experience at the enterprise level (Tibco, webMethods, BEA WebLogic, J2EE/JMS)-Java/C++/object oriented programming and Distributed computing-Unix/Linux, NT,
Vertical applications/industry experience helpful (any of the following):-ERP Functional and or Technical Interface experience ( Oracle Financials, SAP, PeopleSoft, JDE, Baan, QAD, Siebel, other CRM -Telecommunications, Financial Services, Manufacturing, Chemicals, Automotive-E-Commerce (Portal Application, B2C, B2C, B2E or other)-EDI, FlatFile, FTP, Secure FTP, SSL, Ariba, WebMethods
-Experience in the following areas will be very helpful and will be considered a plus
-Strong understanding of Integration including e-commerce and web integration, EAI, middleware.-Guaranteed delivery, Error handling, Re-submission, Highly Available Systems, Clustering-Business Process Management - Understanding of different Industries and common Business Processes in industries-Human Work Flow and Long-Lived Processes

Personal Skills:-Excellent oral and written skills-Provides senior-level presence on behalf of the company to named accounts-Strong customer focus and consultative skills -Ability and desire to learn rapidly without supervision-Willingness to take on new challenges and environments on a frequent basis

Travel:
Depends on client location.

Education Level:
BS/MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or similar technical degree

Please e-mail resume to careers@tasmanave.com