Lead Integration Engineer (IBM/MQ/MFT)

TIAA has an opportunity for a Lead WMQ MFT Engineer who will be a part of our Enterprise Data Movement Team. This role will have the responsibility for creating the design specifications, perform unit testing and prepare technical documentation. In addition, will manage the plans and technology roadmaps and provide third-level support for the core hardware, software, data and infrastructure components with the EDM team. The Software focus areas will include software infrastructure components, continuous improvement and automation related to middleware and enterprise data movement within a mission-critical, multi-site enterprise environment.
The ideal candidate will have experience with the administration and development of IBM WMQMFT on Windows and Linux platforms (diagnosis, performance management, scripting).

We work in a fast-paced environment and offer the opportunity to work as part of a globally distributed team. You will assist us to deliver transformational changes and improvement to our mission-critical infrastructure. This position can be located in the following office locations: Broomfield, CO, Denver, CO, Charlotte, NC, Iselin, NJ, Dallas, TX and Jacksonville, FL.

Key Responsibilities and Duties
• Perform full-lifecycle software application development for the infrastructure platforms.• Evaluate and identify new technologies for implementation.• Design, develop and implement solutions based on standards and processes that establish consistency across the enterprise data, reduce risks, and promote efficiencies in support of the organizational goals and objectives.• Design, code and debug applications in various software languages.• Perform analyses in the following areas: software, code and requirements, software review, identification of code metrics, system risk analyses, and software reliability analyses.• Perform Object-Oriented Design and Analysis (OOA & OOD).• Perform software modeling and simulation.• Support, maintain and document software functionality.• Integrate software and existing systems.• Diagnose and troubleshoot complex issues, restores services and performs root cause analyses.• Documents the design, operation and troubleshooting of technology platforms and procedures.• Build, configure, patch and upgrade core infrastructure platforms.• Participate in project level architecture governance to include the collaboration on and development of solution architectures and designs.• Facilitate the review, vetting of these designs with the architecture governance bodies, as required.• Mentor junior staff on architecture best practices, design patterns and reference architectures.

Educational Requirements

• University (Degree) Preferred

Work Experience

• 5+ Years Required; 7+ Years Preferred

Physical Requirements

• Physical Requirements: Sedentary Work

Career Level
8IC

Requirements:

• Minimum of five (5) years' experience with the core skills of administration and development of IBM MQ and MQ MFT (MQ FTE).
• Minimum of five (5) years' experience working with Enterprise level data movement products;
• Minimum of five (5) years' experience with scripting to enable automation of standard activities

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with clustered/grid architectures and associated High Availability, workload management and Disaster Recovery practices
• Experience with IBM MQ Appliance Administration

• Master's degree
• Previous experience working in the financial services industry sector
• Experience working in an Agile environment
• ITIL experience or certification
• Experience working with IBM Data Movement products
• Project management experience
• Strong communications skills, both verbal and written
• Ability to facilitate meetings
• Experience in development and administration utilizing Flink, Scala, JSON, MuleSoft, and IBM Information Server
• Experience working with Linux, AIX, Windows, and Mainframe Operating Systems,
• Experience with Azure, z/OS, SMP/E
• Experience with one of the following scripting languages: and tools: Ansible Tower, HTML, PHP, Python, Perl or JavaScript
• Ability to communicate effectively (i.e. verbally & written)
• Experience with Amazon (AWS) messaging services, (i.e. Kafka and Message Queues)

Potential Salary: $140,000.00 USD

Actual base salary may vary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience, time in role, base salary of internal peers, prior performance, business sector, and geographic location. In addition to base salary, the competitive compensation package may include, depending on the role, participation in an incentive program linked to performance (for example, annual discretionary incentive programs, non-annual sales incentive plans, or other non-annual incentive plans).

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TIAA is the leading provider of financial services in the academic, research, medical, cultural and government fields. We offer a wide range of financial solutions, including investing, banking, advice and education, and retirement services.

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