Technical Specialist(Websphere MQ/WMB/WTX/Datapower)

With more than 800 consultants working on six continents, Verinon offers tailored solutions to clients. We are specialists in systems-integration around document and content management, collaboration, business intelligence, data warehousing, conversions and interfaces/adapters coupled with a select pool of custom development areas to clients around the globe. We offer a mix of products as well as services around these products which are within our stated areas of specialty.

Our relationship with our clients varies anywhere from one specialist in a form of staff augmentation to full project rollouts for clients where we are developing and deploying across multiple continents. We focus on quality but are aggressive in our costs and timelines by bringing in a mix of delivery options ranging from on-site, off-site, off-shore as well as a mix of hybrid approaches. Our off-shore development teams have earned both an ISO-9001 certification and have been rated CMMi Level 3 capable. Our team is committed to progress where we are well down the path of our CMMi Level 5 validation which we on schedule to earn within the next twelve months.

We have been recognized as one of the fastest growing companies with a recognition that included inclusion into the 2007 group that qualified for the INC 500. Our approach is unique where we recruit both locally and globally for the best resources. Our specialists have origins from each of the habited continents. We embrace and practice diversity not for compliance but out of mere necessity of business.

Skills & Attributes 

1.  Strong technical skill (minimum 10 years relevant working experience as technical specialist) on IBM product particularly WebSphere MQ, WebSphere Message Broker, WebSphere Transformation Extender (WTX), and WebSphere Datapower
2. Technical experience in Integration tools (webMethods / WebSphere / J2EE server), protocols (web service, JMS, MQ) and Java programming language 
3. Written & Spoken communication; technical specification documentation 
4. Familiar with IBM Integration Bus Solution for SWIFT FIN Messaging (IA0T) and the SWIFT FIN MT standards
5. Able to support integration tools on AIX, Linux, Solaris, Windows, z/OS operating system platforms

Nice to have

1. Enterprise Application Integration knowledge & experience
2. Experience with or exposure to IBM lab or R&D 
3. Experience in working in Banking / Financial system organisation
4. Extensive knowledge of XML related standards and technologies, Java, ESB middleware like WebMethods Integration Suite, IBM data Power, Message Queues frameworks, Business Process modeling/orchestration (BPM). 
5. Familiarity with Enterprise Architecture frameworks such as TOGAF or Zachman; modeling techniques, such as BPM, UML, ER, etc. 
6. Other programming languages (C / C# / C++, etc.)

Key Responsibilities 

• Participate in integration development projects. Provide reliable and scalable integration solutions to meet business requirements. Understanding of the function within an integration architecture  
• Design and support integration services that are scalability, secure, high performance, and reliable 
• Provides technical leadership within the integration team to facilitate and coordinate current and future efforts that involve integration design 
• Coordinate with product vendors to provide product update, bug fixes and best practises
• Perform impact analysis and assess the relevance of new fix-packs and recommendations
• Establish and manage design standards and best practices. Provide support and mentorship to engineers in all aspects of technical integration, standards, and best practices 
• Work with network admin, server admin, and application development & support teams to indentify and remediate integration issues in QA, development, staging, and production environments. 
• Conduct code reviews and design walkthroughs 
• Actively gather statistics from production systems to increase efficiency, improve reliability, and minimize downtime
• Support enterprise wide EA management processes, defining and maintaining integration architecture standards
• Keep abreast of interface standards used in the industry & within SCB
• Work with Project Managers, Business Analysts and Business users to drive out technical requirements
• Evaluation of alternate products/technology where applicable
• Documentation of technical solution & architecture. 

1. Field of Study Computer Science, Information Technology / Systems, Software Engineering
2. Certification Certified IBM professional on WebSphere MQ, WebSphere Message Broker