SOA Administrator

Key Responsibilities

1. Install, configure, administer, patch, and upgrade Oracle SOA Suite, OSB, and WebLogic Server environments.
2. Manage SOA domains, managed servers, clusters, data sources, JMS resources, security, and deployments.
3. Monitor and troubleshoot SOA composites, BPEL processes, Mediator services, OSB services, and adapters.
4. Support production incidents, performance tuning, log analysis, root-cause analysis, and service recovery.
5. Configure and manage SOA security, certificates, SSL, keystores, and access controls.
6. Perform deployments, rollback activities, backup/restore, and environment cloning.
7. Coordinate with infrastructure, database, application, and development teams.
8. Automate routine administration tasks using shell scripting, WLST, or Ansible.
9. Assist developers with basic composite development, deployment, testing, and debugging.

Required Skills

1. 3-6 years of experience in Oracle SOA Suite administration.
2. Strong knowledge of Oracle WebLogic Server administration.
3. Experience with Oracle SOA Suite 12c, including BPEL, Mediator, Human Workflow, BAM, and Enterprise Manager.
4. Basic knowledge of Oracle Service Bus (OSB), JMS, JDBC, and Web Services.
5. Basic development experience with SOA composites, XML, XSD, WSDL, XPath/XSLT, REST, and SOAP services.
6. Experience with Oracle Database connectivity and SQL troubleshooting.
7. Familiarity with Linux/Unix, shell scripting, and deployment automation.
8. Knowledge of SSL certificates, keystores, and middleware security.
9. Good analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.

Preferred Skills

1. Experience with OCI, Kubernetes, Docker, or Oracle Integration Cloud.
2. Knowledge of Git, Jenkins, Maven, and CI/CD pipelines.
3. Experience with Ansible or Terraform automation.
4. Oracle SOA Suite or WebLogic certification.