Senior Integration Specialist

Reserve Bank of Australia; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Reserve Bank of Australia is seeking an Integration Specialist to design, build, test and manage integration services across the Bank's systems. You will oversee lifecycle management, security controls and 24x7 availability, working to uplift resilience and governance with enterprise platforms like IBM WebSphere.

You will participate in 3rd line incident response and provide design consultancy to ensure secure, reliable inter-system connections and data exchanges, across a multinational IT

Qualifications

• Proven design, build, test and change implementation of integration services.
• Lifecycle maintenance including upgrades, patching, assets management and incident response.

Responsibilities

• Deliver integration capital projects and BAU enhancements interfacing external parties with internal systems.
• Provide integration design consultancy for inter-systems connection, security and availability.
• Support 3rd line incident response for B2B file transfer services, aligning with ITIL practices.
• Maintain Centre of Excellence for integration with up-to-date documentation.

Skills

Linux

Windows

Scripting: Python

Java

PowerShell

XML

JMS

SQL

CI/CD: Azure DevOps

Cloud infrastructure

Tools

IBM WebSphere MQ

WebSphere BPM

Tomcat

JBoss

Connect Direct

FTP/SFTP

HTTP/HTTPS

SOAP/REST

SSL certificates

Active Directory

LDAP

Job description

Reserve Bank of Australia – Baulkham Hills NSW

• Fixed term contract until September 2027

The Reserve Bank of Australia is looking for Integration Specialists who will manage and provide expert services in relation to the strategy, plan, design, build, test, change implementation and lifecycle management of integration services used at the Bank. In this role, the Integration Specialist will ensure that the Bank's highly available, cyber security controls and data protection requirements are met throughout the 365 days, 24 x 7 business operation.

About the role

• Deliver capital projects and BAU enhancements that require integration technologies to interconnect and exchange information between external parties and internal users and business systems.
• Provide expert services in relation to the integration technologies selection and roadmap, plan, design, build, test and change implementation of integration services used at the Bank.
• Perform BAU lifecycle maintenance support of all integration services/technologies used at the Bank, including obsolescence management, system upgrades, patching, contract/support renewals, assets management, health check remediations, problems/issues management, as well as addressing cyber security vulnerabilities and high availability performance requirements in a proactive and timely manner.
• Provide strong expertise to uplift the resilience and cyber security control of the integration services used by business systems to ensure operational stability is met throughout the 365 days, 24 x 7 business operation and best practice in high availability and security implementation.
• Participate in a 3rd line incident response for operational issues related to the B2B file transfer services, with applied ITIL and IT Service Management best practice.
• Provide integration design consultancy to achieve inter-systems connection, security, reliability, availability and accountability for information exchanged throughout the Bank.
• Assist with the data collection for asset management, audit, operational and management insight reports and strategic initiatives.
• Maintain the Centre of Excellence for integration, including artefacts for maintaining and uplifting intellectual property, accurate up-to-date technical knowledge and documentation pertaining to the Bank's integration technologies and end-to-end infrastructure.
• Ensure a Bank wide culture of applying integration best practice guidelines and governance through consultation, collaboration, coaching, advice, guidance and knowledge sharing with peers across IT and business staff.

About you

• Highly competent using Linux (preferred) and Windows operating systems.
• Strong programming and scripting experience with at least two of the following languages, Shell, JAVA, PowerShell, Puppet, Ansible, Perl, Python, XML, XPATH, JMS, MS SQL, PL/SQL.
• Solid knowledge and hands on experience in the design, build, administration, maintenance and support of software technologies, such as IBM WebSphere Suites (MQ, BPM, ACE, ODM), WebSphere, Tomcat, JBoss.
• Deep understanding and experience in various data transmission protocols, including Connect Direct, FTP/SFTP, HTTP/HTTPS, SOAP/REST, SMTP and SWIFTNet, TCP/IP, UDP.
• Experience in implementing and managing CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, with a strong understanding of cloud infrastructure.
• Proven hands-on experience with complex enterprise systems migration, software upgrades, security patching, asset inventory registry, SSL certificate installation and renewal, audit traceability, monitoring alerts, performance analysis and tuning, and cyber security controls administration.
• Engage, collaborate and communicate effectively with peers and senior management.
• Mature approach to troubleshooting problems, root cause analysis, locating faults quickly, restoring service and applying permanent corrective actions.
• Solid understanding of the use of firewall, load-balancer, Active Directory, LDAP, virus scan, PGP cryptography and SSL infrastructures in the end-to-end solution design.

Be More

Working for an organisation that truly makes a difference to the people of Australia, we can offer development and career opportunities in a collaborative environment that supports your growth, wellbeing and promotes flexibility. Your individual growth and success drives the RBA forward as an organisation. Be more means you can do more, for yourself and for Australia.

Why RBA?

The RBA makes an important contribution to the Australian economy through the pursuit of national economic policy objectives and associated activities in financial markets and banking. We also issue Australia's banknotes and operate infrastructure critical to the payments system, all of which contribute to the welfare of the Australian people. Made up of specialists across a wide range of fields, our people, values, and culture play a critical role in achieving our objectives. Striving to be Open & Dynamic, we consider and incorporate different perspectives, work across teams and are transparent with each other, whilst delivering quality together effectively and focusing on outcomes by prioritising, testing, learning, and refining as we go.

Our people conduct themselves with a high degree of integrity, while striving for excellence in the work they perform and the outcomes they achieve. We encourage intelligent inquiry and we treat one another with respect while promoting the public interest through our efforts. We know it is the growth and success of our people that drives the RBA forward.

Come and make a bigger contribution while you build and develop your own skills too, because being more means you can do more, for yourself and for Australia.

The Reserve Bank of Australia is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion through key initiatives. We welcome and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse background, those living with a disability and from the LGBTQ+ community. We are committed to making the recruitment process fair and equitable for all our candidates