Location
Provincia di Reggio nell'Emilia | Italy
Job description
IBM ACE Developer
Skills Required IBM ACE development
IBM Certified Solution Developer
IBM App Connect Enterprise
IBM Certified System Administrator
Job Details
Our client in White Plains NY is looking IBM ACE Developer.
This is a 12month contract with possible extension. This is hybrid role.
We are looking for IBM ACE Developer
Job Functions & Responsibilities **Key Responsibilities:** 1. **Production Support:** Monitor and respond to incidents alerts and service requests related to the IBM ACE integration platform deployed in the production environment. Diagnose and troubleshoot issues with message flows connectivity and data transformation to minimize disruptions to business operations. Implement temporary workarounds and permanent fixes to resolve incidents within defined SLAs ensuring minimal impact on business continuity. 2. **BAU Activities:** Perform routine maintenance tasks including configuration changes software updates and patch deployments to keep integration solutions uptodate and aligned with best practices. Monitor system performance resource utilization and capacity trends to identify opportunities for optimization and efficiency improvements. Implement enhancements and updates to existing integration solutions to support evolving business needs and technological advancements. 3. **Change Management:** Implement approved changes to integration solutions following established change management processes including development testing deployment and documentation. Coordinate with stakeholders including business users IT teams and external vendors to ensure smooth and seamless implementation of changes with minimal disruption to production operations. 4. **Documentation and Knowledge Sharing:** Maintain accurate and uptodate documentation of integration solutions including design specifications configuration settings deployment procedures and troubleshooting guides. Share knowledge and expertise with internal team members through training sessions knowledge transfer sessions and documentation reviews to build capacity and enhance collective skills. 5. **Performance Optimization:** Identify opportunities for performance optimization capacity planning and resource utilization improvements to enhance the efficiency and scalability of integration solutions. Implement performance tuning techniques such as message flow optimization cache configuration and resource pooling to improve system responsiveness and throughput. 6. **Incident Management:** Participate in incident management processes including incident triage root cause analysis and resolution to ensure timely and effective resolution of production incidents. Collaborate with crossfunctional teams including developers system administrators and support engineers to coordinate incident response efforts and minimize business impact. Skills
- **IBM App Connect Enterprise (ACE):** Proficiency in IBM ACE development including message flow design message transformation and connectivity configuration. Experience with ACE Toolkit ACE administration console and ACE runtime environments. Ability to design and implement integration patterns message routing and data transformation logic using ACE nodes and ESQL (Extended Structured Query Language). 2. **IBM MQ (Message Queuing):** Knowledge of IBM MQ concepts architecture and messaging protocols. Experience with IBM MQ administration tasks such as queue creation configuration and monitoring. Ability to integrate IBM ACE with IBM MQ for reliable and asynchronous message delivery between systems and applications. 3. **IBM DataPower Gateway:** Experience with IBM DataPower Gateway including configuration administration and troubleshooting. Knowledge of DataPower features and capabilities such as XML Firewall MultiProtocol Gateway and Web Application Firewall (WAF). Ability to configure DataPower policies security settings and service endpoints to facilitate secure and efficient data exchange. 4. **Integration Concepts and Standards:** Strong understanding of integration concepts protocols and standards including ESB (Enterprise Service Bus) messaging REST SOAP and JSON. Familiarity with integration design patterns such as publishsubscribe requestreply and message transformation patterns. Knowledge of industry best practices and standards for integration architecture governance and security. 5. **Scripting and Programming Languages:** Proficiency in scripting languages such as JavaScript Python for implementing custom logic and automation tasks. Familiarity with programming languages such as Java for extending functionality and integrating with external systems and APIs. 6. **Troubleshooting and Performance Optimization:** Excellent problemsolving and troubleshooting skills with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex integration issues in a timely manner. Experience with performance tuning capacity planning and optimization techniques for integration solutions to ensure scalability and efficiency. 7. **DevOps and Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD):** Experience with DevOps practices version control systems (e.g. Git) and CI/CD pipelines for automated build test and deployment of integration solutions. Knowledge of containerization technologies such as Docker and orchestration platforms like Kubernetes for deploying and managing integration containers. 8. **Communication and Collaboration:** Strong communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to nontechnical stakeholders and collaborate with crossfunctional teams. Experience working in Agile or Scrum methodologies participating in sprint planning daily standups and sprint reviews.
Education & Certifications Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology or related field. Minimum of 8 years of experience in IBM ACE development and support roles. IBM Certified Solution Developer IBM App Connect Enterprise IBM Certified System Administrator IBM App Connect Enterprise
If you are interested in this opportunity please send me your updated resume in word format or call ASAP so that we can discuss it in more detail.
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