I/T Architect
• Developed strategic integration patterns, API architecture, and interface prototypes, leveraging established enterprise goals. Assessed and prioritized interfaces and requirements to identify extensible long-term integration points and canonical data models. Analyzed interface complexity to provision accurate project estimates. • Designed interfaces to integrate systems such as: legacy applications, databases, Web servers, and supply chain packages. • Developed secure interface prototypes, establishing secure network paths across lines of business, and assuring secure data validation and transforming data models. • Developed Web Services interfaces using JMS, WMQ, sftp, and IBM Integration Bus. • Provided mentoring and leadership to other interface developers in subsequent Agile time-boxes, by guiding reuse of interface templates, and data models. • Ensured successful completion of all SDLC or Agile life-cycle stages of these projects: requirements, design, construction, testing, deployment, and production support, with daily Agile stand-ups and time-boxes. • Led systems integration projects across industries including government, energy, insurance, banking, and distribution. • Built customer-facing relationships at more than 26 IBM customer locations throughout the USA. • Tools: Web Services, SOAP, WSDL, XML, Java, IBM Integration Bus (IIB), WebSphere Message Broker (WMB), WMQ, and Agile development practices.