Remote, but may be required on site for meetings. local candidates preffered. Complete Description
Years of Relevant Experience:
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• 10+ years of relevant IT experience with
specialization in middleware platforms (e.g., Axway or equivalent)
• Knowledge of mainframe batch job
structures, JCL, job triggers, and scheduling concepts
• Experience with SFTP configuration, folder
provisioning, secure key/credential management, and troubleshooting
• Strong understanding of interface design,
file format requirements, and data exchange dependencies
• Excellent documentation skills and the
ability to track complex migration tasks end to end
• Ability to interact effectively with
external vendors, business partners, and senior-level stakeholders
• Knowledge of Viso, Azure, ALM Octane for
creating requirement artifacts.
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Preferred Education:
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Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Computer
Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering or a related technical
discipline
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Job Description:
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Overview:
Client is seeking experience Consultant with strong skills in requirements analysis,
stakeholder coordination, documentation, and process alignment related to
interface and file transfer modernization efforts.
Engagement:
Contract (Time & Materials).
Classification: BA5 (More than 10 years of relevant technical experience).
Key Responsibilities:
1. Partner Outreach & Coordination
• Identify and lead outreach to third-party
interface partners to support migration activities off the mainframe
platform.
• Initiate contact, schedule discussions,
confirm availability for testing, and maintain ongoing communication
throughout the transition.
2. Interface & File Transfer Inventory
& Documentation
• Develop and maintain a complete inventory
of all interfaces, file transfers, and stakeholders impacted by the
migration.
• Utilize prior project documentation,
templates, and standards provided by JFS to ensure clarity and completeness.
3. Technical Planning & Cross Team
Collaboration
• Coordinate closely with mainframe (JCL)
teams, Axway/middleware specialists, and distributed platform engineers.
• Align technical planning with partner
requirements, ensuring file formats, triggers, and batch execution windows
meet operational expectations.
4. Schedule Management & Delivery
Tracking
• Manage the migration schedule, adapting
plans based on vendor responsiveness and internal resource constraints.
• Drive timely execution across multiple
teams.
5. SFTP Environment Setup & Testing
• Oversee testing cycles based on partner
capabilities, ensuring successful authentication, file delivery, and
processing.
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Mandatory skills
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Domain Specific Requirements:
• 10+ years of relevant IT experience with
specialization in middleware platforms (e.g., Axway or equivalent).
• Knowledge of mainframe batch job
structures, JCL, job triggers, and scheduling concepts.
• Experience with SFTP configuration, folder
provisioning, secure key/credential management, and troubleshooting.
• Strong understanding of interface design,
file format requirements, and data exchange dependencies.
• Excellent documentation skills and the
ability to track complex migration tasks end to end.
• Ability to interact effectively with
external vendors, business partners, and senior-level stakeholders.
• Knowledge of using Documentation tools - Visio, Azure & ALM Octane for creating
document artifacts.
· Ability to Analyze
and create Document Interface Control Details (ICD)
· Connection
details (DNS, ports, protocols).
· Folder
paths and naming conventions.
· Trigger
points for when files are generated or expected.
· Expected
success/failure indicators (ACKs, error codes).
Documents like the ICD are used as the
tracking mechanism for all SFTP and web service interfaces, so the BA must
know what details must be captured and validated.
Strong Documentation Skills for Complex Flows
Documenting Axway SFTP jobs requires:
· Clear
diagrams showing file sources, destinations, triggers, and schedules.
· Documentation
of error handling, partner escalations, and SLAs.
· Maintaining
accurate inventories of interfaces and file transfers.
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Certifications or Desired skills if any
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Not Required
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Nice To Have Skills
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Strong communication, stakeholder outreach,
and partner/vendor coordination skills.
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Required/Desired Skills Skill Required/Desired Amount of Experience experience with specialization in middleware platforms (e.g., Axway or equivalent). Required 10.0 Years Knowledge of mainframe batch job structures, JCL, job triggers, and scheduling concepts. Required Experience with SFTP configuration, folder provisioning, secure key/credential management, and troubleshooting. Required Strong understanding of interface design, file format requirements, and data exchange dependencies. Required Knowledge of using Documentation tools - Visio, Azure & ALM Octane for creating document artifacts. Required Ability to Analyze and create Document Interface Control Details (ICD) Required Strong Documentation Skills for Complex Flows Required