IBM ACE

Role & responsibilities

• Design, develop, configure, deploy, and support integration solutions using IBM App Connect Enterprise (ACE) and IBM Integration Bus (IIB).
• Develop and maintain integration flows involving APIs, messaging, data transformation, and event-driven communication.
• Work extensively with IBM MQ, including queue/channel configuration, validation, connectivity, and migration activities.
• Analyze MQ requirements and collect queue, channel, connection, and access details required for integration setup.
• Coordinate MQ access/setup requests and ensure required queues and channels are available.
• Handle integration connectivity with AKS/OCP (OpenShift Container Platform) environments.
• Work with DevOps and infrastructure teams for file-share, FTP, firewall, network, and service-account connectivity.
• Configure and validate FTP connectivity and credentials in OCP environments.
• Perform production deployment validation, including flow deployment, flow status, server availability, and data validation.
• Validate that all required ACE/IIB flows are deployed and active across the appropriate production servers.
• Analyze and troubleshoot integration issues related to messaging, connectivity, data transformation, deployment, and runtime failures.
• Coordinate code migration and deployment requests, ensuring correct server/environment details are provided.
• Validate queue names and configuration during migration and resolve discrepancies between environments.
• Participate in testing, deployment, release management, and post-deployment validation activities.
• Follow CI/CD practices for integration development and deployment.
• Work closely with developers, DevOps, infrastructure, QA, application teams, and business stakeholders.
• Communicate technical issues, dependencies, risks, and progress clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Take ownership of assigned deliverables and ensure activities are completed within agreed timelines and quality standards.
• Prepare and maintain technical documentation related to integration flows, configurations, connectivity, deployment, and troubleshooting.

Preferred Candidate Profile

We are looking for an experienced IBM ACE Developer / Integration Lead with 3-11 years of experience who can independently handle integration development, deployment, troubleshooting, and technical coordination.

Must-Have Skills

• 3-11 years of overall IT experience
• Strong hands-on experience with:
• IBM App Connect Enterprise (IBM ACE)
• IBM Integration Bus (IIB)
• IBM MQ / WebSphere MQ
• Good understanding of:
• Integration patterns
• API integration
• Messaging
• Data transformation
• Event-driven architecture
• Experience developing and supporting ACE/IIB integration flows
• Experience with MQ queues, channels, connectivity, and configuration
• Experience in deployment and production support
• Strong integration troubleshooting and debugging skills
• Understanding of CI/CD and DevOps practices
• Experience working with OCP/OpenShift and/or AKS/Kubernetes environments
• Exposure to FTP, file shares, firewall/network connectivity, and service-account configuration
• Good understanding of testing, release, migration, and deployment processes
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills

Good-to-Have Skills

• Experience with REST/SOAP APIs
• Experience with JSON/XML data transformation
• Exposure to Linux/Unix environments
• Experience with Git, Jenkins, Azure DevOps or similar CI/CD tools
• Experience supporting enterprise-scale integration platforms
• Production incident management and root-cause analysis
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum teams
• Experience leading or mentoring junior ACE/IIB developers