IBM Data Power Consultant

IBM Data Power
Phoenix, AZ (Onsite)
Exp: 6-8 Years
Job Description:

• At least 8 years of relevant Information Technology experience and minimum of 5 years hands on working experience in IBM DataPower with 4 years of experience in application development and production support.
• Worked on XI52, IDG, X3 device. Working knowledge on other devices like XB50/52 and XC10 are added as an advantage.
• Must have experience in creating WSP, XFW, MPGW, FSH and Log targets.
• Able to understand and work with AAA policy.
• Should have worked with Certificates and Encryption.
• Programming in XSLT, proficient in XML, sound knowledge on SOA, JavaScript, Webservices, SOAP, WSDL & REST.
• Familiarity with JSON to XML, XML to JSON, and JSON to SOAP transformations using XSLT's.
• Creating XML schema, JSON schema and development using XSLT and WebSphere Transformation Extender (WTX) and configuration using DataPower
• Error Handling and troubleshooting in DataPower
• DP Extension functions.
• Should have knowledge in SoapUI, Postman and other testing tools for DataPower. Knowledge in JMeter is an added advantage.
• A background in software lifecycle management and understanding of testing process.
• Working experience on Splunk and ELF.
• Design, build, test, document, and implement software applications
• Troubleshoot issues
• Collaborate with developers and stakeholders
• Participate in training and assessments
• Provide development, production support, maintenance and technical consulting for software components & infrastructure
• Should be able to work in flexible hours and work in production support activities.

Primary skill required (must have):

• IBM Data Power, WSP, XFW, MPGW, FSH,
• X152, IDG, X3 Device
• Certificate and Encryption policy experience
• XSLT, XML, SOA, WSDL, REST, Schema, JSON, WTX
• Splunk and ELF experience

Additional skills (plus to have but not required):

• Basic knowledge of cloud native platforms and tools - AWS & AWS API Gateway
• IBM WebSphere MQ knowledge
• IBM DataPower certification is good to have.
• Knowledge on load balancing functionality, VIPs.