Job Purpose:
The IBM DataPower Expert is responsible for the design implementation configuration and maintenance of IBM DataPower Gateway appliances to support secure and highperformance API web service and application integrations. The role focuses on enforcing security policies optimizing traffic flow and ensuring the seamless operation of enterprise integrations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and configure IBM DataPower Gateway appliances for API SOAP REST and MQbased integrations.
- Implement security protocols including SSL/TLS OAuth SAML and mutual authentication.
- Develop and maintain multiprotocol gateways (MPGs) XML firewalls and web service proxies.
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to service mediation routing and transformation.
- Create and maintain XSLT XPath and XQuery scripts for data transformation.
- Integrate DataPower with external systems (LDAP SIEM backend services).
- Manage deployment artifacts across development staging and production environments.
- Perform performance tuning health checks and capacity planning for DataPower appliances.
- Collaborate with API developers DevOps and security teams to ensure consistent policies and architecture.
- Maintain documentation of configurations deployments and operational procedures.
- Participate in audits and compliance reviews related to secure data exchange.
Required Qualifications & Skills:
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems or a related field.
- A minimum of 8 years of total career experience.
- 4 years of handson experience with IBM DataPower Gateway appliances (physical or virtual).
- Strong understanding of web services technologies (SOAP REST WSDL JSON XML).
- Experience with security implementations (OAuth 2.0 TLS JWT API keys LDAP).
- Proficiency with XSLT XPATH XQuery and DataPowerspecific scripting.
- Solid understanding of network protocols (HTTP HTTPS TCP/IP DNS).
- Familiarity with IBM API Connect IBM MQ and other IBM Integration tools is a plus.
- Experience working in DevOps environments with CI/CD pipelines and automation tools.
- Strong analytical troubleshooting and documentation skills.
- Preferred Qualifications:
- IBM Certified Developer DataPower Gateway or similar certification.
- Experience in hybrid cloud environments (AWS Azure or IBM Cloud).
- Knowledge of containerized deployments (Docker Kubernetes Red Hat OpenShift).
- Experience integrating with enterprise IAM monitoring or logging systems (e.g. Splunk QRadar).
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