A top global company in San Antonio is looking for a Senior SOA Developer/Architect to join their team for a contract-to-hire opportunity. Responsibilites/Skills: SOA architecture and Design: - Knowledge of SOA end-to-end security and security standards. - 5-10 years experience in IT architecture or enterprise architecture. - Deep understanding of IBM SOA software capabilities. Knowledge and experience with DOP (IBM middleware) stack is preferred, but not required. Other middleware product experience will be considered as well. - Deep understanding of IBM SOA security capabilities - DataPower. - Ability to gather customer requirements and produce recommended architecture. Web Service experience: - WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus/Message Broker experience with 2 or 3 transformations. - WebSphere Application Server - experience with hosting web services and defining WSDL interfaces. - WSRR- Some experience with Governance and Web Services Registry and Repository. - LDAP experience Working knowledge of Tivoli WebSeal, Tivoli Security Manager, Tivoli Directory Server, Datapower, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, VmWare 5. Government Security Clearance Requirements: Active TS/SCI, previously held TS/SCI in the last 2 years that can be reactivated, or previously held SSBI in the last 5 years. Candidates that don't meet this criteria or have never held a clearance will not be considered.