Senior Globalscape MFT Engineer

Job Title: Senior Globalscape MFT Engineer (Consultant)

Primary Location preference: Irvine, CA Onsite (5 days/week)

Secondary Location preference: SNO, TX Onsite (5 days/week)

Duration: 12 months, starting October 1, 2025, with potential extension through December 2026

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end design of MFT solutions using Globalscape EFT, including DMZ Gateway, RAM agents, and AWE configurations.
• Define and implement high-availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) strategies for MFT infrastructure.
• Develop and deploy secure file transfer workflows across internal and external systems using SFTP, FTP, FTPS, HTTPS.
• Integrate MFT with enterprise platforms (e.g., MuleSoft, Kafka, etc.) and support API-based automation.
• Provide L3 support for production incidents, emergency break-fix, and minor enhancements.
• Perform root cause analysis (RCA), patching, certificate management, and log maintenance.
• Support internal audits, periodic access reviews (PAR), and end-of-life upgrades.
• Maintain documentation, SOPs, and knowledge articles for operational transparency.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams including network, infrastructure, and application support.
• Train and coach internal team members on MFT best practices and tools.

Required Skills & Expertise

• Advanced configuration, administration, and troubleshooting of EFT Server, DMZ Gateway, expert level AWE code development and workflows that allow heavy customization for a variety of file transfer scenarios, and expert level performance tuning (parallelism, memory, channels, etc).
• Deep understanding of SFTP, FTP, FTPS, HTTPS, SSL/TLS, encryption/decryption, and key management.
• Deep understanding of Operating Systems, File Systems, Network Adapters, Network Interface Cards, IO, latency, throughput, frame size, block size, bandwidth, etc.
• Proficiency in Python, PowerShell, Unix shell scripting, github, and integration & automation tools like Harness, Terraform, and SLM release.
• Experience with system monitoring tools (e.g., Splunk and DataDog) performance tuning, and incident response.
• Ability to maintain Confluence pages, dashboards, and JIRA workflows for visibility and governance.
• Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills. Ability to work independently and lead initiatives.

Experience Expectations

• 10+ years in IT with at least 5 years focused on MFT technologies.
• Proven track record in designing and deploying complex MFT solutions in enterprise environments.
• Familiarity with audit processes, access control, and compliance frameworks.

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