Senior Integration Architect-IBM ITX
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and implement integration architectures that leverage APIs, microservices, and enterprise service buses (ESB).
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand integration requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
- Develop and maintain integration frameworks and standards that promote best practices and facilitate efficient integration across the organization.
- Evaluate and recommend integration tools, technologies, and platforms to enhance integration capabilities and performance.
- Provide technical leadership and guidance to development teams on integration practices, patterns, and tools.
- Conduct system assessments to identify integration challenges and opportunities for improvement.
- Stay updated with industry trends and emerging technologies related to integration solutions.
- Ensure the security and compliance of integration solutions, adhering to data governance policies.
Requirements
Core Technical Skills
1. IBM ITX (Transformation Extender) Expertise
- Design, develop, and debug ITX maps (formerly WebSphere TX, Mercator)
- Use of Type Trees, Maps, and Schemas
- Strong experience with DataStage TX, Launcher, Command Server, and Adapters
2. Integration Architecture
- Design end-to-end integration flows across heterogeneous systems
- Expertise in SOA, ESB, API-led integration, and event-driven architecture
- Knowledge of middleware tools (e.g., IBM Integration Bus / ACE, MuleSoft, Dell Boomi, etc.)
3. MMIS Domain Knowledge
- Understanding of Medicaid modules (e.g., Eligibility, Claims, Provider, MCOs)
- Familiarity with HIPAA X12 transactions (e.g., 270/271, 837, 835, 278, 999/TA1)
- Hands-on experience with EDI standards, validation, and translation
4. Cloud & Infrastructure
- Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, IBM Cloud) for hosting integration components
- Containerization concepts (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) if ITX is deployed in cloud-native environments
5. Data Management & Mapping
- Proficiency in handling complex data transformations, validations, and mapping between different formats (e.g., XML, JSON, X12, flat files)
- Experience with data lineage and impact analysis
6. Security & Compliance
- Strong understanding of HIPAA, PII/PHI protections
- Experience with encryption, authentication, authorization, audit trails, and secure file transfers (SFTP, HTTPS)
7. Solution Architecture
- Ability to create high-level and low-level design artifacts
- Define integration patterns, data flow diagrams, error handling, and recovery strategies
8. Performance Optimization
- Experience tuning ITX performance (e.g., memory, throughput, map execution time)
- Familiarity with scalability and high availability design patterns
Benefits
Contract
Remote