Security Specialist

vTech Solution; Ontario; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is looking for a Security Specialist with extensive experience in middleware technologies like IBM DataPower and API Connect. The role involves responsibilities such as planning, designing, and supporting middleware products while ensuring robust security protocols. You will be part of a hybrid work model, balancing between onsite collaboration and remote work.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in internet/intranet application integrations.
• Strong understanding of ITIL standards.
• Experience with structured methodologies for application lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Provide support and maintenance for middleware products.
• Debug DataPower transactions and manage security policies.
• Automate deployments using Unix scripting and monitor application performance.

Skills

DataPower XML Gateway

API Connect

Unix scripting

Security protocols

Middleware services

Application development life cycle

Change management

System monitoring

Job description

This Security Specialist position requires extensive experience in middleware technologies, particularly IBM WebSphere, DataPower XML Gateway, and API Connect. The role involves planning, designing, deploying, developing, testing, implementing, maintaining, upgrading, and providing daily support for these products. Responsibilities include debugging DataPower transactions, managing security policies and authentication, and automating deployments using Unix scripting. The candidate will work with various application development lifecycles and collaborate with teams to meet deadlines. A strong understanding of security protocols and ITIL standards is crucial.

Responsibilities :

• Provide planning, consulting, technical analysis, design, deployment, development, testing, implementation, maintenance, upgrades, and daily support of middleware products.
• Debug DataPower transactions.
• Manage DataPower operations, monitoring, deployment policies, backup, and restore.
• Design DataPower integration solutions.
• Create complex Web Service proxies and multi-protocol gateways.
• Configure and manage DataPower security, security policies, authentication, and authorization.
• Develop and maintain Unix scripts for deployment automation.
• Analyze results from functional, security, load, and stress testing and resolve reported issues.
• Analyze and solve data integrity, security, configuration, and recovery issues.
• Support application monitoring.
• Participate in change management and release management processes.
• Produce design artifacts, code, configurations, scripts, and test cases.
• Work with IBM API Connect.
• Implement and support XML / XSLT technologies.
• Configure and monitor system logging and audit repositories.

Required Skills & Certifications :

• Experience with DataPower XML Gateway.
• Experience supporting IBM API Connect.
• Experience with Unix scripting & deployment automation.
• Experience with DataPower security, security policies, authentication, and authorization.
• Experience with Middleware services (e.g., IBM WebSphere).
• Experience with messaging services and adapters.
• Experience with application development life cycle.
• Experience with change management and release management.
• Experience in structured methodologies for application design, development, implementation, and maintenance.
• Ability to analyze and solve data integrity, security, configuration, and recovery issues.
• Experience with application monitoring and support.
• 10+ years of experience in the development of internet / intranet application integrations.

Preferred Skills & Certifications :

• Experience implementing and supporting custom DataPower frameworks.
• Experience configuring and monitoring system logging and audit repositories (e.g., Amazon Opensearch Service).
• Extensive knowledge of DataPower Security Protocols and authentication services.
• Experience configuring and deploying DataPower patterns and services.
• Knowledge of GO-PKI Security Infrastructure.
• Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards.
• Experience conducting system monitoring and performance and data integrity in accordance with ITIL standards.
• Experience with Oracle Solaris, RedHat Linux, and UNIX operations.
• Experience with IBM API Connect.
• Experience implementing and supporting XML / XSLT technologies and non-XML artifacts.

Special Considerations :

• Hybrid work model : 3 days onsite, 2 days remote.