DataPower Platform Engineer

Position:
Data Power Platform Engineer

Company:
Global Professional Services Organization

Client Industry: Transportation

Location:

Dallas, TX or San Antonio, TX

Work Arrangement:
Hybrid – Onsite at Client HQ 2 Days per Week

Employment Type:

W2 Contract-to-Hire

Engagement Requirement: W2 candidates only; C2C is not permitted

The IBM API Connect / Data Power Platform Engineer will provide hands‑on engineering, administration, configuration, deployment, and production support for enterprise API infrastructure supporting a major Transportation client. The primary responsibility is maintaining a stable, secure, and reliable IBM API Connect and IBM Data Power environment while enabling technical teams to deploy and operate APIs effectively. This is a hands‑on platform engineering position rather than an API development‑only or architecture‑only role.

The successful candidate must be capable of working directly within IBM API Connect and Data Power environments to configure platform components, support deployments, troubleshoot failures, monitor platform health, investigate production incidents, and resolve issues affecting API availability or performance. The engineer will also work with Linux environments and CI/CD processes supporting platform operations and API deployment. Because this position operates within a Global Professional Services organization, the individual must combine strong technical execution with the ability to work effectively with client stakeholders, engineering teams, infrastructure resources, and other delivery partners.

Take direct ownership of API infrastructure that enables critical applications and services to communicate reliably across a major Transportation enterprise. Your work will directly influence API availability, deployment reliability, production stability, and the ability of engineering teams to deliver technology capabilities to the business. Expand expertise across enterprise API platform engineering, IBM API Connect, Data Power, Linux, monitoring, deployment automation, troubleshooting, and CI/CD while operating within a large professional services and client environment.

The contract‑to‑hire structure provides an opportunity to demonstrate technical leadership and potentially transition into a longer‑term position. This opportunity is well suited to an engineer who enjoys hands‑on platform ownership and solving difficult production problems. Rather than simply developing individual APIs, the engineer will help ensure that the underlying API platform is configured correctly, monitored effectively, deployed consistently, and capable of supporting enterprise workloads reliably.

Hands‑on IBM API Connect administration and platform configuration experience is required. The candidate should be able to describe specific environments they have personally administered, the platform activities they owned, production problems they encountered, and how they diagnosed and resolved those problems. Hands‑on IBM Data Power operational experience is also required.

• 1. Establish Operational Ownership of IBM API Connect and Data Power. Within the first 30–60 days, develop a detailed understanding of the client's IBM API Connect and Data Power environments, including platform configuration, runtime components, deployment processes, integrations, monitoring, operational dependencies, and known issues. Assume increasing responsibility for day-to-day platform administration and independently resolve routine-to-moderately complex operational problems while appropriately escalating issues requiring broader support.
  
  Document critical gaps or risks discovered during the assessment and prioritize corrective actions with the responsible…