Sterling Connect:Direct Integration Engineer; DoD TS

Introduction

A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You’ll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you’ll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results.

Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.

The Sterling Connect:

Direct Integration Engineer position is responsible for migrating and configuring IBM Sterling Connect:

Direct system from the mainframe environment to AWS cloud (Linux).

• Diagnosing and resolving issues related to file transfers, connectivity, and process failures
• Understanding data format differences, character set conversions and potential challenges during migration
• Write and troubleshoot unix shell scripts
• Create, modify, and troubleshoot Connect:
  
  Direct processes for file transfers and job execution
• Communicate and convey complex, technical information in an understandable manner
• Manage competing priorities flexibly and address each in an effective and timely manner in a fast‑paced working environment

• Five or more years of experience in installing, configuring, and administering IBM Sterling
• Direct
  
  Experience with Connect:
  
  Direct, including setting up secure connections, user permissions, and system parameters
• Understanding initialization parameters, user authorization (userfile.cfg, sysacl.cfg), and how they differ from mainframe to Linux
• Experience installing, configuring, and managing Secure Plus parameters, including certificate management, key stores, and security policies
• Expertise in defining and maintaining network maps, node records, and other configuration parameters
• Must have and be able to maintain DoD Top Secret Clearance

• Experience in designing, implementing, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines Ex:
  Jenkins, Git Lab etc.
• Ability to list and describe the basic elements of Terraform Infrastructure as Code (IaC), including Providers, Resources, and Data Sources
• Experience with AWS VPCs, Subnets & Availability Zones, understanding Regions vs. Availability Zones, and working with Compute Instances

IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal‑opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.