Oracle SOA Platform Admin

Version 1 has celebrated over 28 years in Technology Services and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver solutions that drive customer success. Version 1 has several strategic technology partners including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, OutSystems and Snowflake. We’re also an award-winning employer reflecting how employees are at the heart of Version 1. 

We’ve been awarded: Innovation Partner of the Year Winner 2023 Oracle EMEA Partner Awards, Global Microsoft Modernising Applications Partner of the Year Award 2023, AWS Collaboration Partner of the Year - EMEA 2023 and Best Workplaces for Women by Great Place To Work in UK and Ireland 2023. 

As a consultancy and service provider, Version 1 is a digital-first environment and we do things differently. We’re focused on our core values; using these we’ve seen significant growth across our practices and our Digital, Data and Cloud team is preparing for the next phase of expansion. This creates new opportunities for driven and skilled individuals to join one of the fastest-growing consultancies globally. 

What you’ll be doing;

As part of our expert consultant team, you’ll play a key role in supporting and optimising our customers’ Oracle SOA integrations.

You will:

• Provide day-to-day technical support and ensure quality assurance across SOA integrations.
• Deliver hands-on technical development for implemented new SOA integrations, ensuring performance and stability.
• Translate business requirements into clear technical specifications, managing documentation throughout the project lifecycle.
• Support process improvement initiatives by helping define and streamline business processes.
• Drive projects forward — from planning through to delivery — ensuring they are delivered on time and meet customer expectations.
• Contribute to design, testing, implementation, and post-implementation support using AIM/OUM methodology.
• Collaborate with other teams to troubleshoot, resolve, and enhance system customisations.
• Assist with risk and change management to ensure smooth project execution.

What We’re Looking For

You will have:

You’ll bring a SOA development expertise and problem-solving ability.

Ideally, you have:

• Hands-on experience with Oracle SOA, JDeveloper and Weblogic Server
• Expertise with SQL, PL/SQL, and Oracle EBS.
• Experience with setting up and maintaining continuous delivery and deployment pipelines
• Understand legacy, current and evolving integration principles and the state of the Technology/architecture landscape.
• Understand where SOA solutions are appropriate to propose or act as the basis for design, and where other solutions are more appropriate ( for example Data Integration / ETL / OIC)
• Understand and be able to communicate enterprise architecture principles, especially for SOA integrations, to include:
  • • Bindings
    • Composite applications
    • Service Components
    • JCA and JMS
    • Events and their delivery patterns, including EDN
    • Design of sync and async flows
    • Routing rules
    • Message Transformation
    • BPEL flows
    • Service Versioning

• Create innovative and efficient technical applications by identifying Oracle Middleware technologies solutions that are realistic, practical and are in alignment with the client’s business strategies.
• Good knowledge of the WebLogic application Server and Service Composite Application deployment procedures.

• Architect, design and develop classic successful SOA flows and integrations, to include the above architecture pieces.
• Experience in web services standards, technologies and tools (e.g. XML, JSON, SOAP, WSDL, UDDI, Java Script, etc.).
• Experience with UNIX and shell scripting.

• Working knowledge of Message Oriented Middleware and Enterprise Service Bus technologies in general.
• Experience with the use of SOA Suite to integrate with third party applications
• Experience working with AWS cloud, core AWS services such as EC2, RDS, Lambda and S3
• Working knowledge of Git
• Desirable experience utilizing and creating AWS Cloud Formation templates to automate creation of AWS images
• The ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• ITIL process knowledge and a solid understanding of ERP best practices.
• Experience working in Agile product delivery teams.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, a willingness to learn, and the ability to work across multiple projects.
• Great communication skills — both written and verbal — to work effectively with business stakeholders.

Additional Information

              This role requires the candidate to be able to get UK Security clearance.

At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their well-being, professional growth, and financial stability. 

One of our standout advantages is the ability to work with a hybrid schedule along with business travel, allowing our employees to strike a balance between work and life. We also offer a range of tech-related benefits, including an innovative Tech Scheme to help keep our team members up-to-date with the latest technology. 

We prioritise the health and safety of our employees, providing private medical and life insurance coverage, as well as free eye tests and contributions towards glasses. Our team members can also stay ahead of the curve with incentivized certifications and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat. 

Our employee-designed Profit Share scheme divides a portion of our company's profits each quarter amongst employees. We are dedicated to helping our employees reach their full potential, offering Pathways Career Development Quarterly, a programme designed to support professional growth.