IBM Consultant

Title:

Senior IBM API Connect (APIC) & Data Power Developer

Duration: 24 Months

Work Type:
Contract - Onsite (Hybrid
-4 days onsite/week) – W2

As a Senior Data Power and APIC Developer, this person will perform the following tasks, including but not limited to:

• Designs, develops, tests, and deploys enterprise‑grade API and integration solutions using IBM API Connect and Data Power.
• Creates, publishes, secures, and manages REST and SOAP APIs within APIC environments.
• Develops GatewayScript, XSLT, XPath, and transformation services to support complex integration requirements.
• Designs scalable integration architectures supporting cloud, hybrid‑cloud, and on‑premises applications.
• Implements API security, authentication, authorization, encryption, and governance policies.
• Deploys and supports APIC and Data Power solutions within Open Shift and containerized environments.
• Integrates enterprise applications, including Salesforce, Loan Origination Systems, Servicing Systems, Payment Gateways, Fraud Platforms, and third‑party vendor solutions.
• Builds reusable integration components and establishes API development standards and best practices.
• Collaborates with Business Analysts, Architects, Product Owners, Security Teams, and Infrastructure Teams to deliver technical solutions aligned with business objectives.
• Conducts code reviews, design reviews, and technical solution reviews to maintain platform standards and quality.
• Troubleshoots production issues related to APIs, middleware, networking, cloud connectivity, and application integrations.
• Supports automated deployment pipelines and Dev Sec Ops  initiatives using Git Hub, Azure Dev Ops, Jenkins, Git Lab, or similar technologies.
• Implements monitoring, logging, analytics, and observability solutions to improve platform reliability and operational visibility.
• Provides technical mentoring and knowledge transfer to development and support teams.
• Follows established SDLC, Agile, change control, configuration management, and release management processes.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related technical field.
• 8+ years of overall software development and integration experience.
• 5+ years of hands‑on experience designing, implementing, and supporting IBM API Connect (APIC) and IBM Data Power solutions in enterprise environments.
• Experience with in Banking, Financial Services, Consumer Lending, Automotive Finance, or related regulated industries preferred.

• Strong experience with IBM API Connect (APIC) and IBM Data Power Gateway platforms.
• Extensive experience with REST, JSON, SOAP, XML, WSDL, XSD, XPath, XSLT, GatewayScript, EDI, and related integration technologies.
• Strong understanding of API lifecycle management, API governance, and API security best practices.
• Experience implementing OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), JWT, Mutual TLS (mTLS), LDAP Integration, and certificate‑based authentication.
• Experience creating APIs, products, plans, catalogs, and developer portals in IBM APIC.
• Experience configuring Data Power services, security objects, crypto profiles, and transformation policies.
• Experience integrating Salesforce, Loan Origination Systems, Servicing Systems, Payment Gateways, Fraud Platforms, and external partners.
• Experience designing and deploying integration solutions in AWS cloud environments.
• Knowledge of AWS services including VPC, NLB, S3, security controls, networking, and hybrid‑cloud architectures.
• Experience enabling secure communication between cloud‑hosted and on‑premises applications.
• Experience with Open Shift Container Platform (OCP), Kubernetes concepts, ingress/egress policies, secrets, routes, and container deployments.
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines utilizing Git Hub, Git Lab, Jenkins, Azure Dev Ops, or similar automation tools.
• Experience with monitoring and observability platforms such as Splunk, Dynatrace, App Dynamics, ELK, Grafana, or Prometheus.
• Experience performing production support, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and performance tuning activities.
• Experience with IBM MQ integration and messaging patterns.
• Working knowledge of event‑driven architectures,…