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.

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

Contract

Remote