Senior IBM Master Data Management (MDM) & Integration Developer

Job Location: Lansing, MI

Employment Type: Contract

Skills/Attributes: GitHub, J2EE, Oracle, PowerShell, SDLC, UNIX

Position Description:

***Only qualified Senior IBM Master Data Management (MDM) & Integration Developer candidates will be considered Accepting local Lansing MI candidates as well as non-local candidates who are willing to relocate at their own expense with no delays ***

Required Education:

Bachelor s degree in an Information Technology (IT) related field

Required Experience, Knowledge & Skills:

8+ years of software development experience supporting enterprise-scale systems

Strong hands-on experience with IBM Infosphere MDM v11x including MDM data models entities transactions batch processing configuration customization and troubleshooting

Strong understanding of MDM concepts and IBM MDM product capabilities with the ability to understand maintain and enhance an existing MDM implementation built by a third-party vendor

8+ years of Java / J2EE experience including Java JSP and REST/SOAP-based services with strong production troubleshooting skills

5+ years of experience working with Linux/Unix operating systems including command-line usage log analysis and system-level troubleshooting

Hands-on experience with Apache Kafka including topic creation and configuration producer and consumer development message flow troubleshooting and understanding of Zookeeper and Kafka KRaft concepts using strimzi operator

Experience with batch processing using WildFly and Kafka

Experience working with application servers such as WildFly including application deployments start-up configuration health checks and runtime issue resolution

Experience integrating Kafka with WildFly-based applications and IBM MDM

Proficiency in writing and optimizing SQL queries in Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server environments

Strong Linux/Unix shell scripting skills (Bash) including automation and operational scripting

Experience creating scheduling and maintaining CRON jobs for batch and scheduled processes

Experience with CI/CD pipelines using Azure devops azure GIT repo or similar tools

Experience deploying and supporting applications in cloud and OCP containerized environments

Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS and/or Azure

Exposure to OpenShift and Kubernetes is a strong plus

Experience with ELK / Elastic Stack for log monitoring and troubleshooting including correlating logs across Kafka WildFly and MDM

Experience working with data and supporting mission-critical production systems

Ability to independently own maintain and support complex systems with minimal external dependency

Job Responsibilities:

Write high level functional requirement documents

Work in of Linux Operating Systems

Develop scripts in PowerShell

Work in Git and GitHub for repositories

Work closely with Database Administrators to develop and execute SQL scripts

Create monthly reports for MDM applications

Work with client for task and ticket resolutions in MPI and MIDSP

Work on creating and deploying certificates on Windows and Linux systems

Work closely with Infrastructure teams like Server team (Linux Windows) and Network team for maintenance and issue resolution

Execute full software development life cycle (SDLC) including experience in gathering requirements and writing functional/technical specifications for complex projects

Experience developing prototypes mockup for users review and approval

Exposure to flowcharts screen layouts and documentation to ensure logical flow of the system requirements

Assist with Enterprise Architecture Solution Assessment (EASA) Hosting document and Firewall Rules

Design develop and implement test plans and test reports for applications or subsystems

Create or collect test data and execute approved tests to determine the accuracy of program logic to produce desired results

Assist with UAT Testing Test cases Post Implementation testing

Provide defect and incident tracking information

Assist with implementation of Request for Change (RFC - application changes infrastructure changes etc)

Maintain/update system documentation as a result of system upgrades

Monitors applications both production and non-production environments

Provide application support for business client applications that are maintained by CLIENT

Delivering product and service based upon the core concepts of software Development