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Introduction Joining the IBM Technology Expert Labs teams means you'll have a career delivering world-class services for our clients. As the ultimate expert in IBM products, you'll bring together all the necessary technology and services to help customers solve their most challenging problems. Working in IBM Technology Expert Labs means accelerating the time to value confidently and ensuring speed and insight while our clients focus on what they do best—running and growing their business. Excellent onboarding and industry-leading learning culture will set you up for a positive impact, while advancing your career. Our culture is collaborative and experiential. As part of a team, you will be surrounded by bright minds and keen co-creators—always willing to help and be helped—as you apply passion to work that will positively impact the world around us. Your Role And Responsibilities As an IBM APIC Architect, you would be responsible for Be a trusted Advisor of the Customer on IBM APIconnect. Have the ability to influence decision makers on technical feasibility. Guide and implement strategy to transform customer business needs into a technically viable solution. Create solution blueprint, estimates, gap analysis, and conceptual designs/customer demos. Implement solutions within defined architectural guardrails, principles and framework. Use industry/functional expertise to guide customers with the potential capability of IBM APIConnect. Work on IBM APIConnect – configurations, workflows etc. Provide development support, deployment support, post go-live support. Responsible for IBM APIC Implementation within customer landscape. Abie to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced, dynamic development environment Be the central point of connect across various teams working on the solution. Be the technical SPOC for customer and guide them with your technical expertise. Actively involve in customer proposals and support business development activities. Act as a mentor to junior engineers and guide them on IBM APIC. Required Technical And Professional Expertise Must have minimum 12-18 year’s experience with IBM EAI tools like IBM API Connect, IBM Datapower and IBM MQ Good expertise in enterprise integration, API management and middleware technologies. Design and Development of API Proxies with Policy configurations on IBM API Connect Hands experience on IBM API connect with knowledge on Developer Portal, API Manager Developer toolkit Strong knowledge of API design principles, RESTful architecture, and microservices. Experience with API security, authentication, and authorization protocols. Hands-on experience in DevOps and CI/CD tools such as Git, Jenkins, Nexus etc Good experience in Java/J2EE, Microservices architecture, APIs (REST and GraphQL) Must have experience in OAuth2.0, SAML, JWT and SSO Must have experience in IBM API Management for implementing REST API, SOAP APIs, Plans, Security Policies. Good expertise in enterprise integration, API management and middleware technologies. Install, configure, and maintain IBM DataPower appliances and API Connect infrastructure in a clustered environment, ensuring high availability and load balancing for APIs. Collaborate with development teams to design and implement API policies and security configurations on DataPower and API Connect to protect sensitive data and enforce API governance. Monitor system performance and troubleshoot issues related to DataPower, API Connect, API traffic, and overall system health. Manage and maintain SSL certificates, cryptographic objects, and security configurations on DataPower devices and API Connect gateway. Work closely with network and security teams to integrate DataPower appliances and API Connect into the existing infrastructure and enforce security best practices. Assist in capacity planning and scalability efforts to accommodate future API growth and traffic demands. Develop and maintain documentation related to DataPower configurations, API Connect configurations, API policies, and troubleshooting procedures. Good monitoring, logging and troubleshooting skills Good knowledge in Docker and Kubernetes container orchestration systems Experienced with IBM Data Power development activities like service design, creation, AAA creation. XSLT, XQuery, Gateway Script, XSD, SOAP web services, REST services, SAML. Should have experience on Crypto profiles and debugging skills. Strong knowledge in XML, WSDL, XSLT, JSON, XML Schema, and XPATH Should have experience in Gateway script and XSLTs. Should have good knowledge in Node JS and framework available for it (such as Express, etc depending on your technology stack) Experience in Administration and configuration management tasks Good Troubleshooting skills and monitoring activities Strong knowledge in DP Firmware Upgrades Should have knowledge on installation and networking concepts. Creating Users, domains, access restrictions Hands-on Experience in AAA (authentication, authorization, auditing) and Customization of AAA Policy Hands-on Experience in SSL/TLS Proxy configuration and certificate management. Good knowledge of SOA, SOAP, REST, WSDL, XSD, XML, XSLT, XPATH and JSON Error Handling & Logging in DataPower Preferred Technical And Professional Experience Good to have knowledge on CP4I,APIC,ACE,AWS. Experience on connecting the applications with the other application using different protocols( HTTPS, FTP, MQ, TCP etc.) Experience in IIB/ACE administration on windows and UNIX systems. Troubleshooting and Managing IBM WebSphere channels, listeners, intercommunications (TCP/IP) and triggering. Experience in writing reusable, testable, and efficient code Experience in writing Automation scripts Experience in creating backend connections with different platforms MQs, Stored procedures, Data tables, APIC. Experience with cloud service providers like AWS/Azure/GCP Familiarity with API security standards such as OAuth, JWT, SSL, and API key management. Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Shell, Python) to automate tasks and implement monitoring solutions. Strong communication, written, and presentation skills Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
