Perform the ongoing application development and application integration work necessary to maintain the company ’s strategic Enterprise Service Bus based on WebSphere ESB •Use WebSphere Integration Developer (WID) to maintain existing and to create new reusable components within the ESB •Ensure the stability and manageability of the ESB by authoring and communicating standards and best practices for the creation of service mediations on the ESB •Ensure new mediations developed on the ESB conform to standardsDesired Skills and Experience: •2-4 years of experience in the development of SOA Enterprise Service Bus architecture in a high message volume environment •7-10 years of experience in Java / J2EE Service Oriented Architecture development Experience •Strong Demonstrable Background in the following technologies: SOAP, JSP, JDBC, XML/XSD/XSLT, JMS, WebSphere Application Server (6.1 and above), Rational Application Developer (7.0 and above), Eclipse, ANT, and Shell Scripting •Experience in SOA ESB with a Major Service Provider (Utilities, Security, Configurations, and etc.) is a plusRequired Skills: •Expertise with WebSphere ESB 6.x and above •Deep understanding of SOA principals and ESB concepts •Hands-on experience in WebSphere ESB mediation development using various data bindings (HTTP, Messaging, SCA, and Web Service) •Extensive knowledge about XML, XSD, and XSLT related technologies •Expertise with Webservices and JMS based communication •Strong Java background (JDK 1.5 and above)