DataPower Developer

We are hiring a DataPower Developer for our Financial client in Fort Mill, SC (3 days onsite, relocation accepted). This is a 12+ month contract role available and requires working on W2 only (USC, GC, H4EAD). The position involves one 30-minute virtual interview round. Must Have: • 10+ years of experience on DataPower X2 appliances secure integrations. • Strong knowledge on DataPower proxy implementations/Design, DataPower Administration, Appliances Initialization, Setup and Networking. • Experience with implementation on security (OAuth 2.0 / WS-Security / Authentication and Authorization / JWTs) etc. and knowledge on DataPower Gateway scripts / XSL Transformations etc. Requirement: • Provide innovative integration solutions and able to define the common standard frameworks. • Good amount of knowledge on Protocols / Orchestration / Mediation / Encryption / Description etc. • Good knowledge on TLS Certs / Renewal / Coordination with teams to seamlessly upgrade in lower/production environments. • Drive through the configurations of each domain/appliances and make sure to work with app teams on API cleanup and should maintain pristine configurations. • Deep dive into error handling along with more detailed troubleshooting knowledge of APIs. • Debugging skills should be very high in identifying the root causes and documenting production RCAs and Production Tasks. • Ability to work with many application teams and educate/guide the LPL secure integration design patterns. • Drive initiatives of LPL new Data Center DataPower and WMQ builds. • Partner with cross functional teams (ex: Security/Infra Architecture/Scale/EA/App Dev and define the best routing patters between/across the multiple Data Centers. • Good knowledge on CI/CD Dev Ops automations using (Team City / Octopus / GIT Actions / Terraform / Python / Ansible). • Good knowledge on SOMA/REST management automations on code/config migrations to higher environments. • Good knowledge on setting up/Installations of IBM Websphere MQ environments. • Setup failover / HA on WMQ environments. • Should have setup and operating knowledge on DataPower Ops Dashboard (DPOD). • Should have good amount of API debugging skills through Dynatrace/Solar Winds etc. • Must have a positive attitude, quality team building skills, quick learner, good interpersonal skills and soft skills. • Excellent written and verbal and visual communications skills. • Should have good documentation skills to draft the strategies/migration plans/runbooks/knowledge articles etc using Confluence