Oracle SOA Developer

Qualifications & Skills

Mandatory

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.


• Hands-on experience in Oracle SOA Suite development and production support.


• Strong expertise in Oracle SOA Suite components including BPEL, Mediator, Oracle Service Bus (OSB), Business Rules, and Oracle Adapters.


• Strong knowledge of XML, XSD, XSLT, XPath, WSDL, SOAP, REST, and JMS.


• Experience administering Oracle WebLogic Server and Oracle Fusion Middleware environments.


• Hands-on experience with middleware deployment, configuration, patching, migration, troubleshooting, and environment management.


• Good working knowledge of Linux/Unix operating systems and shell scripting.


• Understanding of Oracle Database concepts, SQL, and database integration.


• Experience troubleshooting production issues, log analysis, performance tuning, and root cause analysis.


• Familiarity with ITIL processes including Incident, Change, Release, and Problem Management.


• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Good-to-Have

• Experience administering Oracle Service Bus (OSB) environments.


• Knowledge of Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) monitoring and middleware performance optimization.


• Experience with middleware security, SSL configuration, identity management, and access controls.


• Exposure to DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and scripting.


• Experience working in Managed Services, Customer Success, or Production Support environments.


• Oracle Middleware or Oracle Cloud certifications.
  
  Self-Assessment Questions


• Before applying, ask yourself:


• Do I have hands-on experience developing and supporting Oracle SOA Suite integrations using BPEL, Mediator, OSB, and Oracle Adapters?


• Am I comfortable administering Oracle WebLogic Server and Oracle Fusion Middleware environments, including deployments, patching, configuration, and troubleshooting?


• Have I successfully diagnosed and resolved production issues by analyzing middleware logs, performing root cause analysis, and implementing long-term fixes?


• Do I have practical experience working with XML, XSLT, XPath, SOAP, REST, JMS, Oracle databases, and Linux environments?


• Have I worked in customer-facing production support or managed services environments where platform availability, performance, and service excellence were critical success factors?

• Design, develop, enhance, and support enterprise integrations using Oracle SOA Suite components including BPEL, Mediator, Oracle Service Bus (OSB), Business Rules, and Oracle Adapters.
• Develop and maintain integration services between Oracle applications and third-party systems using SOAP, REST, XML, XSD, XSLT, XPath, WSDL, JMS, and related technologies.
• Participate in the complete software development lifecycle, including requirement analysis, solution design, development, testing, deployment, production support, and continuous improvement.
• Administer Oracle SOA Suite, Oracle WebLogic Server, and Oracle Fusion Middleware environments, ensuring platform stability, security, and high availability.
• Perform deployments, environment configuration, cloning, migration, patching, and release management across development, test, and production environments.
• Monitor middleware health, analyze logs, troubleshoot incidents, perform root cause analysis (RCA), and implement preventive measures to improve platform reliability.
• Manage WebLogic domains, managed servers, data sources, JMS resources, security configurations, SSL certificates, and environment maintenance activities.
• Collaborate with application, database, infrastructure, and customer teams to resolve complex technical issues while driving automation, performance tuning, and operational excellence.

Career Level - IC4