Senior IBM MDM & Integration Developer (Java / Kafka)

The Stafford Gray Group; Lansing (MI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Stafford Gray Group seeks a senior developer to own and support a mission-critical master person index platform for a public-sector health and human services client. You’ll lead the technical direction, maintain an IBM InfoSphere MDM Standard Edition implementation, and coordinate with analysts and teams integrating with the platform.

The role covers deploying and tuning IBM MDM, Kafka-based data flows, WildFly applications, and Linux/OpenShift/Kubernetes environments.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software development supporting enterprise-scale systems.
• Hands-on experience with IBM InfoSphere MDM v14.x Standard Edition (Virtual MDM).
• Hands-on experience with Apache Kafka.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, troubleshoot, and enhance an IBM MDM Standard Edition implementation.
• Develop and support Kafka producers, consumers, and topics; troubleshoot flows with Kafka, WildFly, and MDM.
• Deploy, configure, and support WildFly applications in Linux, cloud, and OpenShift/Kubernetes environments.
• Write and optimize SQL in Oracle and SQL Server, collaborating with DBAs.
• Build Bash and PowerShell automation; maintain CRON-scheduled batch jobs.
• Create and deploy certificates on Windows and Linux; coordinate with server and network teams.
• Own the full SDLC: requirements, specs, test plans, UAT support, changes, and docs.
• Monitor production/non-production environments; resolve tickets; produce monthly platform reports.

Skills

Java/J2EE

InfoSphere MDM

SQL

Linux/Unix

REST/SOAP

Certificate management

Tools

Kafka

WildFly

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Oracle

SQL Server

PowerShell

Bash

Azure DevOps

ELK

Flowable

Zookeeper

Job description

Stafford Gray is looking for a senior developer to own and support a mission-critical master person index platform for a public-sector client in the health and human services space. The platform is built on IBM InfoSphere MDM Standard Edition (Virtual MDM). It feeds identity data to several major enterprise applications through Kafka-based integrations. You’ll be the technical lead for the platform: maintaining and enhancing an existing vendor-built implementation, guiding the analysts and teams who integrate with it, and keeping production running.

What you’ll do

• Maintain, troubleshoot, and enhance an IBM MDM Standard Edition implementation, including data models, entities, transactions, batch processing, and configuration.
• Develop and support Kafka producers, consumers, and topics, and troubleshoot message flow between Kafka, WildFly, and MDM.
• Deploy, configure, and support WildFly applications in Linux, cloud, and OpenShift/Kubernetes environments.
• Write and optimize SQL in Oracle and SQL Server, working closely with DBAs.
• Build Bash and PowerShell automation and maintain CRON-scheduled batch jobs.
• Create and deploy certificates on Windows and Linux, and coordinate with server and network teams on maintenance and issue resolution.
• Own the full SDLC: requirements, functional and technical specs, test plans, UAT support, change requests, and system documentation.
• Monitor production and non-production environments, resolve tickets, and produce monthly platform reports.

Required

• 8+ years of software development supporting enterprise-scale systems
• Strong hands-on experience with IBM InfoSphere MDM v14.x Standard Edition (Virtual MDM)
• Hands-on experience with Apache Kafka

Preferred

• Healthcare or health and human services experience
• 8+ years of Java/J2EE, including JSP and REST/SOAP services
• 5+ years of Linux/Unix experience, including shell scripting, log analysis, and CRON
• WildFly application server experience
• Kafka on Strimzi, including Zookeeper and KRaft concepts
• Oracle and SQL Server query optimization
• CI/CD with Azure DevOps or similar tools
• OpenShift, Kubernetes, AWS, or Azure
• ELK/Elastic Stack for log monitoring
• Flowable development
• The ability to independently own a complex system with minimal outside support