Required Skills
- 8+ years of software development experience supporting enterprise-scale systems
- Strong hands-on experience with IBM InfoSphere MDM v14.x Standard Edition (Virtual MDM), including MDM data models, entities, transactions, batch processing, configuration, customization, and troubleshooting
- Hands-on experience with Apache Kafka
Desired Skills
· Strong understanding of MDM concepts and IBM MDM product capabilities, with the ability to understand, maintain, and enhance an existing MDM Standard Edition 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, startup, configuration, health checks, and runtime issue resolution
· Experience integrating Kafka with WildFly-based applications and IBM MDM Standard Edition
· 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 in development of Flowable is a strong plus
· Experience with CI/CD pipelines using Azuredevops, 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".