Senior IBM MDM & Integration Developer (Java / Kafka)

Stafford Gray; Town of Lansing (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Stafford Gray is seeking a senior developer to own and support a mission-critical master person index platform for a public-sector health and human services client. The platform runs on IBM InfoSphere MDM Standard Edition and integrates with enterprise apps via Kafka.

As technical lead, you will maintain the existing implementation, guide analysts and integration teams, keep production running, and own the full SDLC from requirements to documentation.

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 and enhance IBM MDM Standard Edition implementation, including data models, entities, transactions, batch processing, and configuration.
• Develop and support Kafka producers/consumers and troubleshoot flow between Kafka, WildFly, and MDM.
• Deploy and support WildFly applications on Linux, cloud, OpenShift and Kubernetes.
• Write and optimize SQL for Oracle and SQL Server with DBAs.
• Create Bash and PowerShell automation; maintain CRON jobs.
• Manage certificates on Windows/Linux and coordinate with server teams.
• Own full SDLC: requirements, specs, test plans, UAT, changes, and documentation.
• Monitor environments, resolve tickets, and produce monthly platform reports.

Skills

IBM InfoSphere MDM

Apache Kafka

Java/J2EE

Linux/Unix

Kubernetes

OpenShift

CI/CD

SQL

REST/SOAP

Bash/PowerShell

Tools

WildFly

Oracle

SQL Server

Azure DevOps

Azure

AWS

ELK

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