Lead Infrastructure Engineer (IBM DataPower/APIM)

Lead Infrastructure Engineer (IBM DataPower/APIM)

Contract Length

12-month T2P (USC or GC holder only)

Convertible candidates only

Must reside in DC, Maryland, Virginia or West Virginia only

Conversion to perm: yes -- Salary: $154,980.00

- One submitted slot - Hybrid - DMV or WV candidates ONLY - CTH - Salary = $154,980 (US Citizen / GC) - Business Justification: IBM Datapower/APIM Product Administration Support - Environments Day to Day Support - Infrastructure build and maintenance of it

Seeking a Lead Infrastructure Engineer responsible for Configuration, Administration, troubleshooting and Maintenance of technology solutions, especially IBM DataPower/APIM. Provides technical support, Troubleshooting and Diagnostics, and performs scripting/programming to ensure stable and efficient operation of technology solutions. Essential functions:

Key responsibilities:

- 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.

Depending on the specific role and company needs, you might also be required to have experience with:

- 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,

Required Skills

Specific Required Skills:

a. This Role requires 6+ years of DataPower and API Connect administration and Support.

b. Environment Infrastructure Build and Automation

c. Strong Scripting and Automation experience

d. Strong Hands-on Middleware experience

e. Extensive SDLC experience

f. Ability to analyze and trouble-shoot Mid-tier/Mainframe infrastructure issues.

Job Duties:

- Hands on technical and Architecture skills

- Exposure to a variety of other platforms and Technologies is a Plus, including IBM

- RHEL, TOMCAT, Cloud AWS, Ansible is a Plus

- Automation experience is a required

- 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.

Required Experience

- Expert knowledge of Scripting for automation (BASH, Python, or Ruby).

- Should have good product knowledge on the functionality and different components of the product. Experience on DP and APIC version 10.x is preferred.

- 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.

- The candidate should have a strong focus on IBM DataPower and would require extensive knowledge of various integration patterns and security standards, best practices, hands-on experience with administration and management of DataPower.

- Java/J2EE programming background is a plus.

- Experience with Mid-tier/mainframe platforms and their associated Operation Systems and Tools including:

o MQ Series

o Strong UNIX/scripting

o RHEL

o Tomcat