IBM Data Power Admin

TEKsystems

Website: teksystems.com
Job details:

• Integration & API Expertise (SOAP/REST, XSLT, Message Transformation, Unix scripting, Firmware upgrades, Certificate Management )
• Production Support, Troubleshooting & Operational Excellence (CI/CD pipeline, Production Incident)
• Security & Authentication Mechanisms like (AAA policies, SAML, LDAP)
  
  

Role Overview

We are seeking a Senior IBM DataPower Platform Administrator with 6–8 years of experience to manage and support enterprise IBM DataPower platforms. The role is primarily focused on platform administration, production support, and operational stability, with exposure to development and CI/CD processes.

This position requires a hands‑on senior resource who can independently own firmware upgrades, certificate management, performance tuning, and production incident handling in a high‑availability environment.

Key Responsibilities

Platform Administration

• End‑to‑end administration of IBM DataPower deployed on physical servers
• Perform firmware upgrades, patching, and version management
• Manage staff and server certificate renewals and SSL/TLS configurations
• Maintain overall platform health, uptime, and capacity
  
  

Performance, Monitoring & Security

• Analyze and tune DataPower performance
• Integrate and manage monitoring and logging using Kibana, OpenSearch, or similar tools
• Support DataPower security features including AAA policies, SAML, LDAP, SSL/TLS
  
  

Production Support & Operations

• Act as an L3 support resource for complex production and non‑production incidents
• Troubleshoot connectivity, policy, certificate, and integration issues
• Participate in incident management, RCA, and preventive actions
• Provide weekend support on a need basis
  
  

Development & CI/CD Enablement

• Working knowledge of SOAP/REST, XML, XSLT, message transformations
• Support deployments via CI/CD pipelines
• Familiarity with Linux/Unix scripting
  
  

Required Skills & Experience

• 6–8 years of hands‑on IBM DataPower platform experience
• Strong expertise in firmware upgrades, platform maintenance, and certificate management
• Experience with production support (L3) in enterprise environments
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and logging
• Strong communication and ownership mindset
  
  

Ideal Candidate

• Platform‑focused DataPower expert (not limited to one‑time upgrades or certifications)
• L3 support background with exposure to development projects
• Comfortable handling high‑severity production incidents independently

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