IIB and MQ Platform Engineer

Global Health Optimization Engineer

Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities.

Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office for a minimum of four days per week.

• Design, develop, test, and deploy integration services using IBM App Connect Enterprise (ACE)
• Provide support during testing phases and troubleshoot IBM Integration Bus (IIB) issues with upstream and downstream teams
• Develop and maintain Grafana and Splunk dashboards for telemetry, operational analysis, and status reporting
• Build applications to support MQ system management and enhance productivity using Python, Java, React, Go, Docker, and Git Hub Actions
• Implement proactive monitoring solutions that alert symptoms rather than outages, leveraging Git Hub Actions, Ansible, Prometheus, Grafana, and Splunk
• Remediate security vulnerabilities identified in healthcare platform scans across applications built with Python, Java, Go, React, and Java Script
• Demonstrate strong expertise in Git Hub Actions and HCC Kubernetes
• Understand IBM MQ configurations, including local, remote, and cluster queues, processes, channels, SSL/TLS, ciphers, and firewall settings
• Configure and maintain REST APIs and MQ API setups to support application connectivity from cloud and on-premises environments
• Support infrastructure and PLM initiatives, including DB2 and MySQL databases
• Diagnoses and troubleshoot complex production issues beyond the scope of application teams, ensuring timely resolution and system stability; experienced in on-call support for critical incidents
• Leverage enterprise-approved AI tools to streamline daily engineering workflows, automate routine operational tasks, and drive continuous process improvement
• Evaluate emerging technical trends and AI-assisted productivity tools to inform solution design, incident triage, and technical innovation

• 5+ years of software engineering or systems engineering experience managing enterprise messaging and integration infrastructure
• 5+ years of expertise in designing and implementing IBM Integration Bus (IIB) and IBM App Connect Enterprise (ACE) message flows using various nodes and formats, including XML, JSON, SOAP, and Kafka
• 3+ years of application development experience with Java and Spring Boot frameworks
• 3+ years of hands-on development experience with Python and React
• 3+ years of practical experience with Ansible, Docker, Git Hub, Git Hub Actions, Kubernetes
• 2+ years of proficiency in implementing authentication and authorization for Python and Java applications using Ping Federate SSO, OIDC, LDAP, and managing secrets with Cyber Ark and Hashi Corp Vault
• 2+ years of extensive experience with IBM MQ, including configuration and management of local, remote, and cluster queues, processes, channels, SSL/TLS, ciphers, and firewall settings
• 1+ years of experience with Grafana, Splunk, Prometheus, MySQL, and DB2
• 1+ years of understanding security protocols such as OAuth, JWT tokens, and SSL certificates
• 1+ years of familiarity with mainframe concepts, including COBOL copybooks and CICS
• 1+ years of experience utilizing enterprise-approved AI tools or AI-assisted development applications to augment daily productivity and technical workflows
• Knowledgeable in firewall rules and API Gateway concepts

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline, or equivalent hands-on industry experience
• Proven experience administering and supporting IBM MQ and IBM App Connect Enterprise (ACE) in High-Performance Computing (HPC) environments and/or IBM MQ Appliance deployments
• Strong expertise in deploying, configuring, and managing containerized messaging solutions using Kubernetes
• Experience designing, developing, and implementing RESTful APIs to enable secure and scalable application integration
• Demonstrated ability to leverage AI-assisted tools and technologies to enhance incident management, automate scripting tasks, and improve technical documentation
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with a proven track record of working effectively across globally distributed engineering teams spanning multiple time zones