Integration Architect IBM App Connect Enterprise (ACE) Location: Remote
Posted 7 days ago by 1765522320
Negotiable
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Remote
USA
Summary: The Integration Architect role focuses on designing, implementing, and governing enterprise integration solutions using IBM App Connect Enterprise (ACE). The candidate will lead integration architecture efforts, establish best practices, and ensure high-performance integrations across various systems. This position requires extensive experience in integration architecture and hands-on expertise with IBM App Connect. The role is remote and emphasizes collaboration with multiple teams to align integration strategies with business objectives.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and define enterprise integration architecture using IBM App Connect Enterprise (ACE) and IBM App Connect.
- Develop integration patterns for real-time, event-driven, and batch processing.
- Define standards, frameworks, and best practices for integration solutions.
- Lead the design and implementation of message flows, ESQL, Java, and REST/SOAP services in ACE.
- Integrate systems using APIs, messaging (MQ/JMS), and file-based methods.
- Develop and manage API-led connectivity using ACE and related IBM tools.
- Work with IBM MQ, message queues, topics, and event-driven architectures.
- Handle message transformation, routing, validation, and error handling.
- Ensure high availability, scalability, and performance of integration solutions.
- Implement security best practices including JWT, OAuth, SSL/TLS, and message encryption.
- Define governance models for APIs and integrations.
- Ensure compliance with enterprise integration and data security standards.
- Support CI/CD pipelines for integration deployments using Jenkins, Git, etc.
- Perform environment setup, configuration, and deployment of ACE applications.
- Provide production support, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis (RCA).
- Act as a technical lead and mentor for integration developers.
- Work closely with business, application, and infrastructure teams to align integration strategy with business goals.
- Participate in design reviews and architecture discussions.
Key Skills:
- 8+ years of IT experience with strong integration architecture background.
- 5+ years of hands-on experience with IBM App Connect Enterprise (ACE) / IBM App Connect.
- Strong experience with REST, SOAP, APIs, and service-oriented architecture.
- Proficiency in ESQL, Java, and message flow development.
- Experience with IBM MQ, messaging, and event-driven architectures.
- Knowledge of CI/CD, Git, Jenkins, and DevOps practices.
- Strong troubleshooting and performance-tuning skills.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: USA
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Integration Architect IBM App Connect Enterprise (ACE)
Location: Remote
Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced Integration Architect with strong expertise in IBM App Connect Enterprise (ACE) / IBM App Connect to design, implement, and govern enterprise integration solutions. The ideal candidate will lead the integration architecture, define best practices, and drive scalable, secure, and high-performance integrations across diverse systems and platforms.
Key Responsibilities
Integration Architecture
- Design and define enterprise integration architecture using IBM App Connect Enterprise (ACE) and IBM App Connect.
- Develop integration patterns for real-time, event-driven, and batch processing.
- Define standards, frameworks, and best practices for integration solutions.
Development & Implementation
- Lead the design and implementation of message flows, ESQL, Java, and REST/SOAP services in ACE.
- Integrate systems using APIs, messaging (MQ/JMS), and file-based
- Develop and manage API-led connectivity using ACE and related IBM tools.
Middleware & Messaging
- Work with IBM MQ, message queues, topics, and event-driven architectures.
- Handle message transformation, routing, validation, and error handling.
- Ensure high availability, scalability, and performance of integration solutions.
Governance & Security
- Implement security best practices including JWT, OAuth, SSL/TLS, and message encryption.
- Define governance models for APIs and integrations.
- Ensure compliance with enterprise integration and data security standards.
DevOps & Operations
- Support CI/CD pipelines for integration deployments using Jenkins, Git, etc.
- Perform environment setup, configuration, and deployment of ACE applications.
- Provide production support, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis (RCA).
Collaboration & Leadership
- Act as a technical lead and mentor for integration developers.
- Work closely with business, application, and infrastructure teams to align integration strategy with business goals.
- Participate in design reviews and architecture discussions.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- 8+ years of IT experience with strong integration architecture background.
- 5+ years of hands-on experience with IBM App Connect Enterprise (ACE) / IBM App Connect.
- Strong experience with REST, SOAP, APIs, and service-oriented architecture.
- Proficiency in ESQL, Java, and message flow development.
- Experience with IBM MQ, messaging, and event-driven architectures.
- Knowledge of CI/CD, Git, Jenkins, and DevOps practices.
- Strong troubleshooting and performance-tuning skills.
Preferred Skills
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform).
- Knowledge of Kafka or event streaming platforms.
- Experience with IBM Integration Bus (IIB) migrations to ACE.
- Exposure to API management
- IBM ACE / App Connect certifications.