Senior Administrator - Apache Kafka, Windows PowerShell

Job Summary

The IBM Sterling File Gateway Specialist is responsible for designing, configuring, administering, supporting, and optimizing enterprise managed file transfer solutions using IBM Sterling File Gateway, IBM Sterling B2B Integrator, and related technologies. The role ensures secure, reliable, and compliant file exchanges between internal systems, external partners, vendors, and customers

Key Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities • Configure, administer, and support IBM Sterling File Gateway and IBM Sterling B2B Integrator environments. • Manage secure file transfer workflows using protocols such as SFTP, FTP/S, HTTPS, AS2, and Connect:Direct. • Onboard trading partners, customers, vendors, and internal applications for managed file transfer processes. • Create, configure, and maintain partners, routing channels, mailboxes, certificates, keys, schedules, and transfer rules. • Develop, maintain, and troubleshoot business processes, workflows, maps, service adapters, and protocol configurations. • Monitor file transfer activity, identify failures, and resolve production incidents within agreed service levels. • Perform root cause analysis for file transfer issues related to connectivity, authentication, certificates, encryption, permissions, and data formats. • Support installation, upgrades, patches, migration, configuration changes, and environment maintenance activities. • Implement encryption, decryption, signing, certificate management, and PGP key handling in line with security requirements. • Collaborate with infrastructure, network, security, application, and business teams to deliver scalable and resilient MFT solutions. • Maintain operational documentation, runbooks, configuration guides, partner onboarding documents, and support procedures. • Participate in 24/7 production support, on-call rotation, change management, and release deployment activities as required.

Skill Requirements

Key Responsibilities • Configure, administer, and support IBM Sterling File Gateway and IBM Sterling B2B Integrator environments. • Manage secure file transfer workflows using protocols such as SFTP, FTP/S, HTTPS, AS2, and Connect:Direct. • Onboard trading partners, customers, vendors, and internal applications for managed file transfer processes. • Create, configure, and maintain partners, routing channels, mailboxes, certificates, keys, schedules, and transfer rules. • Develop, maintain, and troubleshoot business processes, workflows, maps, service adapters, and protocol configurations. • Monitor file transfer activity, identify failures, and resolve production incidents within agreed service levels. • Perform root cause analysis for file transfer issues related to connectivity, authentication, certificates, encryption, permissions, and data formats. • Support installation, upgrades, patches, migration, configuration changes, and environment maintenance activities. • Implement encryption, decryption, signing, certificate management, and PGP key handling in line with security requirements. • Collaborate with infrastructure, network, security, application, and business teams to deliver scalable and resilient MFT solutions. • Maintain operational documentation, runbooks, configuration guides, partner onboarding documents, and support procedures. • Participate in 24/7 production support, on-call rotation, change management, and release deployment activities as required.

Other Requirements

Key Responsibilities • Configure, administer, and support IBM Sterling File Gateway and IBM Sterling B2B Integrator environments. • Manage secure file transfer workflows using protocols such as SFTP, FTP/S, HTTPS, AS2, and Connect:Direct. • Onboard trading partners, customers, vendors, and internal applications for managed file transfer processes. • Create, configure, and maintain partners, routing channels, mailboxes, certificates, keys, schedules, and transfer rules. • Develop, maintain, and troubleshoot business processes, workflows, maps, service adapters, and protocol configurations. • Monitor file transfer activity, identify failures, and resolve production incidents within agreed service levels. • Perform root cause analysis for file transfer issues related to connectivity, authentication, certificates, encryption, permissions, and data formats. • Support installation, upgrades, patches, migration, configuration changes, and environment maintenance activities. • Implement encryption, decryption, signing, certificate management, and PGP key handling in line with security requirements. • Collaborate with infrastructure, network, security, application, and business teams to deliver scalable and resilient MFT solutions. • Maintain operational documentation, runbooks, configuration guides, partner onboarding documents, and support procedures. • Participate in 24/7 production support, on-call rotation, change management, and release deployment activities as required.