Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Optum, part of UnitedHealth Group, delivers technology-enabled care and health services that help millions of people live healthier lives. The IIB and MQ Platform Engineer will design, develop, deploy, and support enterprise integration and messaging infrastructure using IBM App Connect Enterprise, IBM MQ, application development, monitoring, automation, and cloud-native technologies. The role also focuses on troubleshooting production issues, improving security and observability, and leveraging AI-assisted tools for operational efficiency.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, and deploy integration services using IBM App Connect Enterprise (ACE)
- Provide support during testing phases and troubleshoot IBM Integration Bus (IIB) issues with upstream and downstream teams
- Develop and maintain Grafana and Splunk dashboards for telemetry, operational analysis, and status reporting
- Build applications to support MQ system management and enhance productivity using Python, Java, React, Go, Docker, and GitHub Actions
- Implement proactive monitoring solutions that alert symptoms rather than outages, leveraging GitHub Actions, Ansible, Prometheus, Grafana, and Splunk
- Remediate security vulnerabilities identified in healthcare platform scans across applications built with Python, Java, Go, React, and JavaScript
- Demonstrate strong expertise in GitHub Actions and HCC Kubernetes
- Understand IBM MQ configurations, including local, remote, and cluster queues, processes, channels, SSL/TLS, ciphers, and firewall settings
- Configure and maintain REST APIs and MQ API setups to support application connectivity from cloud and on-premises environments
- Support infrastructure and PLM initiatives, including DB2 and MySQL databases
- Diagnoses and troubleshoot complex production issues beyond the scope of application teams, ensuring timely resolution and system stability; experienced in on-call support for critical incidents
- Leverage enterprise-approved AI tools to streamline daily engineering workflows, automate routine operational tasks, and drive continuous process improvement
- Evaluate emerging technical trends and AI-assisted productivity tools to inform solution design, incident triage, and technical innovation
Skills
- 5+ years of software engineering or systems engineering experience managing enterprise messaging and integration infrastructure
- 5+ years of expertise in designing and implementing IBM Integration Bus (IIB) and IBM App Connect Enterprise (ACE) message flows using various nodes and formats, including XML, JSON, SOAP, and Kafka
- 3+ years of application development experience with Java and Spring Boot frameworks
- 3+ years of hands-on development experience with Python and React
- 3+ years of practical experience with Ansible, Docker, GitHub, GitHub Actions, Kubernetes
- 2+ years of proficiency in implementing authentication and authorization for Python and Java applications using PingFederate SSO, OIDC, LDAP, and managing secrets with CyberArk and HashiCorp Vault
- 2+ years of extensive experience with IBM MQ, including configuration and management of local, remote, and cluster queues, processes, channels, SSL/TLS, ciphers, and firewall settings
- 1+ years of experience with Grafana, Splunk, Prometheus, MySQL, and DB2
- 1+ years of understanding security protocols such as OAuth, JWT tokens, and SSL certificates
- 1+ years of familiarity with mainframe concepts, including COBOL copybooks and CICS
- 1+ years of experience utilizing enterprise-approved AI tools or AI-assisted development applications to augment daily productivity and technical workflows
- Knowledgeable in firewall rules and API Gateway concepts
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline, or equivalent hands-on industry experience
- Proven experience administering and supporting IBM MQ and IBM App Connect Enterprise (ACE) in High-Performance Computing (HPC) environments and/or IBM MQ Appliance deployments
- Strong expertise in deploying, configuring, and managing containerized messaging solutions using Kubernetes
- Experience designing, developing, and implementing RESTful APIs to enable secure and scalable application integration
- Demonstrated ability to leverage AI-assisted tools and technologies to enhance incident management, automate scripting tasks, and improve technical documentation
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with a proven track record of working effectively across globally distributed engineering teams spanning multiple time zones
Benefits
- Flexibility to work remotely from anywhere within the U.S., subject to the Telecommuter Policy.
- Comprehensive benefits package, subject to eligibility requirements.
- Incentive and recognition programs, subject to eligibility requirements.
- Equity stock purchase, subject to eligibility requirements.
- 401k contribution, subject to eligibility requirements.
- Career development opportunities
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