1. crafting the architecture to solve business problems
2. define, document, and communicate it
3. translate business strategy into technical vision and strategy
4. capture organizational and business requirements on the architecture
5. identify and interact with stakeholders to make sure their needs are being met
6. creating technology road maps
7. vendor and tool analysis and selection
8. plan for evolutionary paths
9. plan for new technology adoption
10. identify and address architectural challenges
11. drive technical evaluation of ideas

Skills :

- Languages: Java/J2EE 7 & 8 (must), Angular JS (good to have), IOS-Swift (it could be a plus)

- Application servers: J boss EAP & AS (must), Karaf (good to have)

- Frameworks: Spring (must), Camel (must)

- Middle ware: REST & SOAP services (must), Active MQ (good to have), Kafka (good to have), Drools (good to have), BPM (good to have)

- ESB: having experience with one is a must, having experience with Talend ESB (not only Talend Data Integration) could be very helpful

- Continuous Integration & Development: Jenkins (must), Nexus (must), Maven (must), Eclipse (must), Sonar (good to have), Confluence (good to have), JIRA (good to have), FishEye/Crucible (it could be a plus)

- Architecture: exposure to different types of architectures: SOA, microservices, message-driven…