Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

Design and implement integration architectures that leverage APIs, microservices, and enterprise service buses (ESB). Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand integration requirements and translate them into technical solutions. Develop and maintain integration frameworks and standards that promote best practices and facilitate efficient integration across the organization. Evaluate and recommend integration tools, technologies, and platforms to enhance integration capabilities and performance. Provide technical leadership and guidance to development teams on integration practices, patterns, and tools. Conduct system assessments to identify integration challenges and opportunities for improvement. Stay updated with industry trends and emerging technologies related to integration solutions. Ensure the security and compliance of integration solutions, adhering to data governance policies.

Requirements

Core Technical Skills

1. IBM ITX (Transformation Extender) Expertise

Design, develop, and debug

ITX maps

(formerly WebSphere TX, Mercator) Use of

Type Trees

,

Maps

, and

Schemas

Strong experience with

DataStage TX

,

Launcher

,

Command Server

, and

Adapters

2. Integration Architecture

Design end-to-end

integration flows

across heterogeneous systems Expertise in

SOA

,

ESB

,

API-led integration

, and

event-driven architecture

Knowledge of

middleware tools

(e.g., IBM Integration Bus / ACE, MuleSoft, Dell Boomi, etc.)

3. MMIS Domain Knowledge

Understanding of

Medicaid modules

(e.g., Eligibility, Claims, Provider, MCOs) Familiarity with

HIPAA X12 transactions

(e.g., 270/271, 837, 835, 278, 999/TA1) Hands-on experience with

EDI

standards, validation, and translation

4. Cloud & Infrastructure

Knowledge of

cloud platforms

(AWS, Azure, IBM Cloud) for hosting integration components Containerization concepts (e.g.,

Docker, Kubernetes

) if ITX is deployed in cloud-native environments

5. Data Management & Mapping

Proficiency in handling

complex data transformations

, validations, and mapping between different formats (e.g., XML, JSON, X12, flat files) Experience with

data lineage and impact analysis

6. Security & Compliance

Strong understanding of

HIPAA

,

PII/PHI

protections Experience with

encryption

,

authentication

,

authorization

,

audit trails

, and

secure file transfers

(SFTP, HTTPS)

7. Solution Architecture

Ability to create

high-level and low-level design artifacts

Define

integration patterns

,

data flow diagrams

,

error handling

, and

recovery strategies

8. Performance Optimization

Experience tuning ITX performance (e.g., memory, throughput, map execution time) Familiarity with

scalability and high availability

design patterns

Benefits

Contract


Remote