IBM DataPower / API Connect Engineer
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Terms of Employment:
W2 Contract-to-Hire, 9 months
This position is remote.
Overview:
Our client is seeking a Lead Systems Engineer responsible for configuration, administration, troubleshooting, and maintenance of technology solutions, especially IBM DataPower/APIM. The Lead Infrastructure Engineer provides technical support, troubleshooting, and diagnostics, and performs scripting/programming to ensure stable and efficient operation of technology solutions.
Responsibilities:
• Performs installation, monitoring, testing, configuration, migration, maintenance and troubleshooting of assigned technology.
• Manages system/application environment and ongoing operations.
• Ensures that the technologies are updated with current, stable, and compliant architecture and applications that meet enterprise standards.
• Researches, designs, implements, and tests technology solutions.
• Proactively monitors and reports performance and utilization of assigned technologies.
• Troubleshoots software and/or hardware issues/failures.
• Resolves alerts and performs remediation activities.
• Manages problem or escalated tickets and tasks and out of cycle requests from systems/software owners.
• Collects and presents data for reporting and planning.
• Assists with developing tactical strategies, processes and procedures related to systems/application administration.
• Determines migration and upgrade impacts and diagnose/resolve complex technology/application errors.
• Collaborates with IT and business area partners on work groups and initiatives.
• Determines best course of action for meeting business needs.
• Provides input into infrastructure architecture designs.
• Writes programming/scripting.
• May participate in Disaster Recovery planning and exercises.
• Ensures execution and alignment to architectural standards and blueprints.
• May contribute input to infrastructure architecture.
• Performs on-call activities as needed for the environment and technologies.
• DataPower Configuration: Configuring DataPower appliances for security, traffic management, mediation, and data transformation policies.
• API Gateway Management: Managing API gateways on DataPower, including access control, rate limiting, and throttling.
• Integration Development: Integrating applications and systems using DataPower capabilities like XSLT, XPATH, and various messaging protocols.
• API Lifecycle Management: Managing the full lifecycle of APIs from design to deployment, including versioning, documentation, and monitoring.
• Troubleshooting and Support: Identifying and resolving issues related to API connectivity, DataPower configuration, and API performance.
Required Skills & Experience:
• 6+ years of DataPower and API Connect administration and support.
• Environment Infrastructure Build and Automation.
• Strong Scripting and Automation experience.
• Strong Hands-on Middleware experience.
• Extensive SDLC experience.
• Ability to analyze and trouble-shoot Mid-tier/Mainframe infrastructure issues.
• Hands on technical and Architecture skills.
• Automation experience.
• Troubleshooting DataPower domain application issues and certificate crypto object issues.
• Installation and configuration of DataPower Appliances.
• Experience automating the configuration of servers / virtual machines with solutions such as Ansible or equivalent.
• Understanding of Middleware architecture and working knowledge of various Middleware application server integration.
• Configure and administration of IBM API Connect and IBM DataPower appliances.
• Maintain working knowledge of API security standards and implementation (Oauth 2.0, OpenID, JSON, Web Token, JOSE, x509 certificates); Maintain knowledge of API security certification, authentication, authorization, IP security setup, and endpoint configuration.
• Good knowledge of Network concepts and F5 Load balancers.
• Working knowledge on SSL certificates implementation.
• Solid understanding of J2EE application deployment patterns and n-tier architectures.
• Understanding of SOA and web services and their deployment in DataPower.
• Expert knowledge of Scripting for automation (BASH, Python, or Ruby).
• Product knowledge on the functionality and different components of the product. Experience on DP and APIC version 10.x.
• Extensive experience in configuration and administration of IBM DataPower and IBM APIM Appliances.
• Experience in IBM DataPower XI52 architectures.
• Configuring certificates / encryption decryption – filed level message level.
• Expertise in troubleshooting DataPower, channels, listeners, intercommunications (TCP/IP) and triggering.
• Experience in initializing/setup of IBM DataPower SOA appliances.
• Perform administrative tasks on IBM DataPower configuration, Interface design, development, maintenance and administrative activity.
• Working knowledge of general security concepts (Authentication, Authorization, Encryption, and Digital signatures), PKI concepts, and TLS.
• Good troubleshooting skills with overall knowledge on DataPower features/concepts.
• Strong UNIX/LINUX experience.
• Strong focus on IBM DataPower and requires extensive knowledge of various integration patterns and security standards, best practices, hands-on experience with administration and management of DataPower.
• Experience with Mid-tier/mainframe platforms and their associated Operation Systems and Tools including: MQ Series, Strong UNIX/scripting, RHEL, Tomcat.
• Solid leadership and technical experience.
• Excellent communication skills.
• The internal drive, intellectual curiosity, ability to learn, lead, and desire to help the customers succeed.
• Ability to work proactively and engage Stakeholders.
• Consistently demonstrates passion and drive, with a desire to improve solutions.
• Extensive working knowledge of multiple technologies and their interfaces and integration.
• Competent working in one or more environments highly integrated with an operating system.
• Extensive experience implementing and administering/managing technical solutions in major, large-scale system implementations.
• High critical thinking skills to evaluate alternatives and present solutions that are consistent with business objectives and strategy.
• Ability to manage tasks independently and take ownership of responsibilities.
• Ability to learn from mistakes and apply constructive feedback to improve performance.
• Ability to communicate technical information clearly and articulately.
• Ability to adapt to a rapidly changing environment.
• Experience analyzing business requirements and translating them into technical solutions.
• Experience using Agile and Devops methodology.
Preferred Skills & Experience:
• Exposure to a variety of other platforms and Technologies is a Plus, including IBM, RHEL, TOMCAT, Cloud AWS, Ansible.
• Java/J2EE programming background is a plus.
• Programming Languages: Java, JavaScript, Python
• Web Services Standards: SOAP, REST, JSON, XML
• Cloud Platforms: AWS, IBM SAAS
• Other IBM Middleware Tools: MQ Series, IBM Sterling Gateway, Tomcat, Control M,.
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Terms of Employment:
W2 Contract-to-Hire, 9 months
This position is remote.
Overview:
Our client is seeking a Lead Systems Engineer responsible for configuration, administration, troubleshooting, and maintenance of technology solutions, especially IBM DataPower/APIM. The Lead Infrastructure Engineer provides technical support, troubleshooting, and diagnostics, and performs scripting/programming to ensure stable and efficient operation of technology solutions.
Responsibilities:
• Performs installation, monitoring, testing, configuration, migration, maintenance and troubleshooting of assigned technology.
• Manages system/application environment and ongoing operations.
• Ensures that the technologies are updated with current, stable, and compliant architecture and applications that meet enterprise standards.
• Researches, designs, implements, and tests technology solutions.
• Proactively monitors and reports performance and utilization of assigned technologies.
• Troubleshoots software and/or hardware issues/failures.
• Resolves alerts and performs remediation activities.
• Manages problem or escalated tickets and tasks and out of cycle requests from systems/software owners.
• Collects and presents data for reporting and planning.
• Assists with developing tactical strategies, processes and procedures related to systems/application administration.
• Determines migration and upgrade impacts and diagnose/resolve complex technology/application errors.
• Collaborates with IT and business area partners on work groups and initiatives.
• Determines best course of action for meeting business needs.
• Provides input into infrastructure architecture designs.
• Writes programming/scripting.
• May participate in Disaster Recovery planning and exercises.
• Ensures execution and alignment to architectural standards and blueprints.
• May contribute input to infrastructure architecture.
• Performs on-call activities as needed for the environment and technologies.
• DataPower Configuration: Configuring DataPower appliances for security, traffic management, mediation, and data transformation policies.
• API Gateway Management: Managing API gateways on DataPower, including access control, rate limiting, and throttling.
• Integration Development: Integrating applications and systems using DataPower capabilities like XSLT, XPATH, and various messaging protocols.
• API Lifecycle Management: Managing the full lifecycle of APIs from design to deployment, including versioning, documentation, and monitoring.
• Troubleshooting and Support: Identifying and resolving issues related to API connectivity, DataPower configuration, and API performance.
Required Skills & Experience:
• 6+ years of DataPower and API Connect administration and support.
• Environment Infrastructure Build and Automation.
• Strong Scripting and Automation experience.
• Strong Hands-on Middleware experience.
• Extensive SDLC experience.
• Ability to analyze and trouble-shoot Mid-tier/Mainframe infrastructure issues.
• Hands on technical and Architecture skills.
• Automation experience.
• Troubleshooting DataPower domain application issues and certificate crypto object issues.
• Installation and configuration of DataPower Appliances.
• Experience automating the configuration of servers / virtual machines with solutions such as Ansible or equivalent.
• Understanding of Middleware architecture and working knowledge of various Middleware application server integration.
• Configure and administration of IBM API Connect and IBM DataPower appliances.
• Maintain working knowledge of API security standards and implementation (Oauth 2.0, OpenID, JSON, Web Token, JOSE, x509 certificates); Maintain knowledge of API security certification, authentication, authorization, IP security setup, and endpoint configuration.
• Good knowledge of Network concepts and F5 Load balancers.
• Working knowledge on SSL certificates implementation.
• Solid understanding of J2EE application deployment patterns and n-tier architectures.
• Understanding of SOA and web services and their deployment in DataPower.
• Expert knowledge of Scripting for automation (BASH, Python, or Ruby).
• Product knowledge on the functionality and different components of the product. Experience on DP and APIC version 10.x.
• Extensive experience in configuration and administration of IBM DataPower and IBM APIM Appliances.
• Experience in IBM DataPower XI52 architectures.
• Configuring certificates / encryption decryption – filed level message level.
• Expertise in troubleshooting DataPower, channels, listeners, intercommunications (TCP/IP) and triggering.
• Experience in initializing/setup of IBM DataPower SOA appliances.
• Perform administrative tasks on IBM DataPower configuration, Interface design, development, maintenance and administrative activity.
• Working knowledge of general security concepts (Authentication, Authorization, Encryption, and Digital signatures), PKI concepts, and TLS.
• Good troubleshooting skills with overall knowledge on DataPower features/concepts.
• Strong UNIX/LINUX experience.
• Strong focus on IBM DataPower and requires extensive knowledge of various integration patterns and security standards, best practices, hands-on experience with administration and management of DataPower.
• Experience with Mid-tier/mainframe platforms and their associated Operation Systems and Tools including: MQ Series, Strong UNIX/scripting, RHEL, Tomcat.
• Solid leadership and technical experience.
• Excellent communication skills.
• The internal drive, intellectual curiosity, ability to learn, lead, and desire to help the customers succeed.
• Ability to work proactively and engage Stakeholders.
• Consistently demonstrates passion and drive, with a desire to improve solutions.
• Extensive working knowledge of multiple technologies and their interfaces and integration.
• Competent working in one or more environments highly integrated with an operating system.
• Extensive experience implementing and administering/managing technical solutions in major, large-scale system implementations.
• High critical thinking skills to evaluate alternatives and present solutions that are consistent with business objectives and strategy.
• Ability to manage tasks independently and take ownership of responsibilities.
• Ability to learn from mistakes and apply constructive feedback to improve performance.
• Ability to communicate technical information clearly and articulately.
• Ability to adapt to a rapidly changing environment.
• Experience analyzing business requirements and translating them into technical solutions.
• Experience using Agile and Devops methodology.
Preferred Skills & Experience:
• Exposure to a variety of other platforms and Technologies is a Plus, including IBM, RHEL, TOMCAT, Cloud AWS, Ansible.
• Java/J2EE programming background is a plus.
• Programming Languages: Java, JavaScript, Python
• Web Services Standards: SOAP, REST, JSON, XML
• Cloud Platforms: AWS, IBM SAAS
• Other IBM Middleware Tools: MQ Series, IBM Sterling Gateway, Tomcat, Control M,.
