Sr File Transfer & Messaging Engineer (DataPower)

Senior File Transfer & Messaging Engineer (DataPower)

Location: Cincinnati, OH (Hybrid – 3 days remote & 2 days onsite)

Duration: 1 yr +

Interview: 2 rounds; Offer

Job Description:

Client is seeking a contracting position as an Integration Platform Engineer on the Integration Platforms and Engineering Team. This team is responsible for providing engineering for IBM MQ, IBM ACE, MQFTE Connect: Direct and Message Sight platforms. We are looking for an Integration Platform Engineer to join our organization and help us with administration, support, and to automate and self-service enable integration technologies. This position will report to the Integration Services Manager.

Integration Platform Engineer candidates develop and maintain software & systems to integrate internal and cloud systems. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in IBM MQ and DataPower, and will employ DevOps tools to improve accessibility, visibility, and production stability. Expert knowledge IBM DataPower is required. Proficiency in IBM MQ all running on the RHEL Operating Systems is required. Experience in Azure Integration Technologies is also preferred.

TOP 3 SKILLS

Enterprise-wide responsibility: This is not simply a file transfer support position. It supports how the entire organization communicates and exchanges data.

Mission-critical infrastructure: DataPower and messaging services facilitate essential business transactions and represent a critical operational dependency.

Senior engineering ownership: The role requires advanced troubleshooting, production support, technical expertise, and the ability to resolve complex issues across multiple platforms.

The Senior File Transfer & Messaging Engineer is responsible for the design, administration, support, and ongoing reliability of enterprise file transfer and messaging services that enable critical communication and data exchange across the organization. This role ensures seamless connectivity between business applications, retail/store locations, enterprise systems, and the corporate data center.

The position serves as a key technical resource for enterprise messaging, managed file transfer, IBM DataPower, and EUI support. These technologies facilitate the majority of the organization's mission-critical data transfers and represent a critical path for daily business operations.

Messaging: how do applications talk and how does the store talk to the data center

Data Power: facilitates most of the mission critical transfers. Critical path of operations

REQUIREMENTS

• Expert level knowledge of one or more of the following: IBM DataPower
• Proficient MQ experience in administration and configuration on RHEL operating systems.
• A good working ability to write UNIX shell scripts, PERL
• A good working knowledge of Azure.
• Experience in Grafana preferred
• Experience in Terraform preferred
• Experience in Github & Github actions preferred
• Experience Artifactory
• Experience automating infrastructure provisioning, DevOps, or Continuous Integration/Delivery
• Knowledge of containerization and container orchestration technologies.
• Familiarity with standard IT security practices such as identity and access management, SSO, data protection, encryption, certificate, and key management
• Must be very organized, able to balance multiple priorities, and self-motivated.

Key Responsibilities

Essential Job Functions

• Perform Integration Engineering functions including but not limited to:
• IBM DataPower Administration
• IBM MQ Administration
• Fulfill service requests
• Diagnose root cause issues
• Develop Monitoring Dashboards
• Design, develop, and implement integrations based on user feedback.
• Analyze support data and trends to reduce time and money spent towards support activities.
• Analyze security and compliance issues and be able to remediate.
• Troubleshoot production issues and coordinate with the development team to streamline code deployment.
• Implement automation tools and frameworks (CI/CD pipelines).
• Collaborate with team members to improve the company’s engineering tools, systems and procedures, and data security.
• Deliver quality customer service and resolve end-user issues in a timely manner.