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*Position : healthcare industry; data architect* *Location: Richmond, VA* *Length: 2 months* *Rate: Open* Specific Job Functions: Identifies and defines business services that provide common functionality to consumer applications across the WellPoint enterprise. Responsible for working with application program teams or business domain experts to identify existing or new services that will meet enterprise requirements. Defines service interfaces, specifications and test scenarios for each service that will provide common enterprise functions for key business domains. Consults with application teams to support implementation of enterprise services according to specification. Maintains consistency of service elements and concepts with enterprise models. Supports enterprise integration architects and developers to ensure successful service version management and integration. Specific Skill Set Requirements: Demonstrated experience in Object or Service-Oriented Analysis and Design using Use Cases and UML Modeling techniques Demonstrated experience using and creating Data or Object models Experience using Business Process models Expert level knowledge of XML and supporting XML editing tools Excellent oral and written communication skills, including facilitation and presentation Understanding and experience in Healthcare Payor business processes and concepts strongly preferred Strong understanding of Service-Oriented Architecture and Enterprise Integration concepts and practices Ability to demonstrate leadership, collaboration and independence in a virtual team environment Responsible for aligning data solutions to business requirements by planning and managing data architecture work. Coaches others on data architecture matters. MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Applies and adapts industry-accepted data architecture practices and techniques appropriately. Under guidance, integrate these practices and techniques across allied disciplines and help develop enterprise roll-out and adoption strategies. Applies and adapts data architecture principles, standards, guidelines and concepts appropriately. Under guidance, integrate architecture practices, techniques, principles, standards, guidelines and concepts across allied disciplines and help develop enterprise roll-out and adoption strategies. At the enterprise level, in collaboration with specialists from allied disciplines, produces data models that meet business requirements. Identifies opportunities and recommend approaches that will increase the business value of data. Designs and leads model design sessions. Manages project-level modeling efforts. Under guidance, manages enterprise-level modeling efforts. Stays apprised of best practices for physical design for at least one major DBMS platform on the technology tool stack and ensures that this knowledge is reflected in Data Architecture work practice documentation. Designs data architecture work practices to support data quality standards and guidelines. Develops work practices for the modeling tool. Institutes metric collection/tracking in IT project assessments and assists in data quality improvements. Serves a Data Architecture Project Manager role within Data Architecture to assist with Major projects. Works with the Project Management Office and other significant stakeholders to ensure that work processes related to SLAs are incorporated in the system development life cycle methodology. EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE Requires BA/BS degree in related discipline; 6-8 years related data management experience; or any combination of education and experience which would provide an equivalent background. Data modeling background required. 4 years of health care industry experience preferred. SKILLS: Analytical, communication and planning skills required. Additional Job Description Details Specific Job Functions: Identifies and defines business services that provide common functionality to consumer applications across the WellPoint enterprise. Responsible for working with application program teams or business domain experts to identify existing or new services that will meet enterprise requirements. Defines service interfaces, specifications and test scenarios for each service that will provide common enterprise functions for key business domains. Consults with application teams to support implementation of enterprise services according to specification. Maintains consistency of service elements and concepts with enterprise models. Supports enterprise integration architects and developers to ensure successful service version management and integration. Specific Skill Set Requirements: Demonstrated experience in Object or Service-Oriented Analysis and Design using Use Cases and UML Modeling techniques Demonstrated experience using and creating Data or Object models Experience using Business Process models Expert level knowledge of XML and supporting XML editing tools Excellent oral and written communication skills, including facilitation and presentation Understanding and experience in Healthcare Payor business processes and concepts strongly preferred Strong understanding of Service-Oriented Architecture and Enterprise Integration concepts and practices Ability to demonstrate leadership, collaboration and independence in a virtual team environment Please send the updated resume of the consultant along with the rate, location and contact information. Please make sure the Consultant's skills match the requirement. After reviewing the resume I will contact you if I need more information. Thanks, Anand Bandarupally Nihaki Systems Inc 346 Georges Road, Suite # 1, Dayton, NJ 08810. Direct: 732-645-1215 Phone: 732-823-6471/6472 Extn: 111 Fax : 732-438-6973 www.nihaki.com an...@nihaki.com Note: Under Bill s.1618 Title III passed by the 105th U.S. Congress this mail cannot be considered Spam as long as we include contact information and a remove link for removal from our mailing list. Click here to REMOVE from the mailing list -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SAP ABAP" group. To post to this group, send email to sap-a...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sap-abap+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sap-abap?hl=en.