Senior IBM Integration Technical Consultant

Job Description

Job Description

About Client:
The client specializes in delivering technology solutions and services to help businesses with digital transformation, software development, and IT consulting. It provides custom software development services across various platforms and technologies, catering to different industries and domains. The client helps businesses modernize their IT systems, adopt new technologies, and transform their operations to stay competitive in the digital age.
Client is known for its emphasis on innovation, agility, and a collaborative work culture. The company encourages its employees to explore creative solutions and stay updated with the latest technology trends.

Rate Range: $50-$55/Hr

Job Description:

• 8 10 years of strong experience as an Integration/Technical Consultant with expertise in enterprise application integration and middleware technologies.
• Strong hands-on experience with IBM MQ, IBM Cognos, Informatica, and IBM Workload Scheduler (IWS).
• Experience in designing, developing, maintaining, monitoring, and troubleshooting enterprise integrations and batch processing solutions.
• Strong understanding of integration architecture, messaging frameworks, data movement, ETL processes, scheduling, and enterprise application interfaces.
• Experience in developing and supporting integration solutions across multiple applications, databases, and external systems.
• Strong experience in troubleshooting integration failures, analyzing logs, tracing message/data flows, identifying root causes, and implementing permanent fixes.
• Experience working with production support, incident management, problem management, and change management processes.
• Ability to lead technical discussions, analyze requirements, design solutions, and provide technical guidance to team members.
• Experience in maintaining technical standards, procedures, development guidelines, and integration best practices.
• Strong experience working with cross-functional teams, application teams, infrastructure teams, database teams, and business stakeholders.
• High level of commitment to client satisfaction, ownership, accountability, and agility.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to mentor junior and mid-level technical resources.

Must have skills :

• IBM Cognos, IBM MQ, IBM Workload Scheduler, Informatica

Preferred:

• IBM MQ
• Strong hands-on experience with IBM MQ administration, development, monitoring, and production support.
• Good understanding of MQ architecture, Queue Managers, Queues, Channels, Listeners, Message Flow, and MQ connectivity.
• Experience in configuring and troubleshooting MQ channels, queues, message delivery, and connectivity issues.
• Experience with MQ security, SSL/TLS, certificates, and authentication.
• Ability to troubleshoot message failures, queue depth issues, channel errors, and connectivity problems.
• Experience with MQ integration between enterprise applications and external systems. IBM Cognos
• Strong experience with IBM Cognos Analytics development and support.
• Experience in developing and maintaining Cognos reports, dashboards, queries, and data models.
• Good understanding of Cognos Framework Manager and reporting architecture.
• Experience in troubleshooting report failures, data issues, performance issues, and scheduling problems.
• Experience with Cognos integration with databases and enterprise applications.
• Knowledge of Cognos administration, security, scheduling, and deployment is preferred. Informatica
• Strong hands-on experience with Informatica PowerCenter and/or Informatica Cloud.
• Experience in designing and developing ETL workflows, mappings, transformations, sessions, and workflows.
• Good understanding of data integration, data extraction, transformation, validation, and loading processes.
• Experience integrating data from multiple source and target systems, including databases and flat files.
• Strong experience in troubleshooting Informatica workflow failures and performance issues.
• Experience with Informatica workflow scheduling, parameterization, error handling, and production support.
• Good understanding of SQL and database concepts for ETL development and troubleshooting. IBM Workload Scheduler
• Strong hands-on experience with IBM Workload Scheduler (IWS/TWS).
• Experience in creating, configuring, monitoring, and troubleshooting jobs, job streams, schedules, and dependencies.
• Good understanding of job dependencies, calendars, variables, resources, alerts, and event-based scheduling.
• Experience in scheduling Informatica workflows, Cognos reports, scripts, file transfers, and enterprise application jobs.
• Experience in monitoring batch processes and resolving job failures within defined SLAs.
• Experience with workload automation across multiple environments.
• Ability to analyze job logs and dependencies to identify and resolve batch processing issues. Integration & Technical Skills
• Strong understanding of enterprise integration architecture and integration patterns.
• Experience with application-to-application (A2A) and business-to-business (B2B) integrations.
• Good understanding of synchronous and asynchronous integration patterns.
• Experience working with REST/SOAP APIs, XML, JSON, CSV, Flat Files, FTP/SFTP, and database integrations.
• Strong SQL knowledge and experience working with relational databases.
• Experience with Linux/Unix shell scripting and Windows scripting is preferred.
• Experience with SSL/TLS, certificates, authentication, encryption, and secure file transfer mechanisms.
• Experience with source control/versioning tools such as Git.
• Exposure to CI/CD and automated deployment processes is preferred.
• Experience working across Development, SIT, UAT, and Production environments.
• Good understanding of ITIL-based incident, problem, change, and release management processes.

Responsibilities:

• Act as a Senior Integration Technical Consultant responsible for designing, developing, implementing, and supporting enterprise integration solutions.
• Design and implement integration solutions using IBM MQ, Informatica, IBM Cognos, and IBM Workload Scheduler.
• Analyze business and technical requirements and translate them into scalable and supportable integration solutions.
• Develop and maintain MQ-based integrations, including queues, channels, message flows, and connectivity configurations.
• Design and support Informatica ETL workflows, mappings, transformations, and data integration processes.
• Develop and maintain IBM Cognos reports, dashboards, queries, and reporting solutions.
• Design, configure, and maintain IBM Workload Scheduler jobs, job streams, schedules, dependencies, and calendars.
• Integrate batch processes across multiple enterprise applications using IBM Workload Scheduler.
• Monitor enterprise integrations, batch jobs, message queues, ETL workflows, and reporting processes.
• Troubleshoot production issues by analyzing application logs, MQ messages, Informatica workflows, Cognos reports, scheduler jobs, database processes, and system interfaces.
• Perform detailed Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for recurring integration and batch processing issues.
• Implement corrective and preventive actions to improve integration stability and performance.
• Coordinate with application, infrastructure, database, middleware, security, and business teams to resolve complex technical issues.
• Lead technical discussions with customers and stakeholders and provide recommendations for integration improvements.
• Perform performance tuning and optimization of integration, ETL, reporting, messaging, and scheduling processes.
• Support deployment activities across Development, SIT, UAT, and Production environments.
• Prepare technical design documents, integration specifications, deployment documents, operational procedures, and support documentation.
• Establish and maintain integration development standards, monitoring procedures, and best practices.
• Participate in production support activities, incident management, problem management, change management, and release management.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to junior and mid-level integration resources.
• Ensure solutions comply with enterprise security, architecture, coding, and operational standards.
• Work independently and effectively as a senior technical resource in a high-pressure, client-facing environment.
• Demonstrate strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.

Mandatory Technical Skills:

• IBM MQ | Informatica | IBM Cognos | IBM Workload Scheduler (IWS/TWS) | SQL | REST/SOAP | XML/JSON | FTP/SFTP | Linux/Unix | Enterprise Integration | Production Support | Incident/RCA

Good-to-Have Skills:

• IBM MQ Administration
• Informatica PowerCenter / Informatica Cloud
• IBM Cognos Administration
• IBM Workload Scheduler Administration
• API Integration
• Shell Scripting
• Git
• CI/CD
• Database Integration
• ITIL Processes
• Cloud Integration Technologies
• Enterprise Monitoring Tools

About ApTask:
ApTask is a leading global provider of workforce solutions and talent acquisition services, dedicated to shaping the future of work. As an African American-owned and Veteran-owned company, ApTask offers a comprehensive suite of services, including staffing and recruitment solutions, managed services, IT consulting, and project management. With a focus on excellence, collaboration, and innovation, ApTask provides unparalleled opportunities for professional growth and development. As a member of the ApTask team, you will have the chance to connect businesses with top-tier professionals, optimize workforce performance, and drive success across diverse industries. Join us at ApTask and be part of our mission to empower organizations to thrive while fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment.

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