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IBM Integration Bus (IIB) Developer- Role - Hybrid - Banking

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IBM Integration Bus (IIB) Developer - Tier 1 Bank - 6 month contract - Hybrid

IIB / IBM / ACE / MQ / MIDDLEWARE / BANKING

Role - IBM Integration Bus (IIB) Developer

Duration - 6 months

Location - Remote / Canary Wharf, London - 3 days per week in the office in Canary Wharf, London.

Rate - £415 per day (Inside IR35)

Key Experience -

The IBM Integration Bus (IIB) developer will be responsible for development of new (as well as maintenance of existing) message flows, DFDL message models and other interface processes, which form part of the Bank's application internal and external interfaces.
Production support of existing interface processes, including troubleshooting and investigation of any issues relating to these processes.
Obtaining a high-level of understanding of relevant Middleware applications.
Obtaining a high-level of understanding of all projects being undertaken.
Responsible for designing and developing message flows and message models as part of the Bank's Interface Team.
Responsible for troubleshooting issues and assisting with code reviews to ensure optimal solutions are being delivered.
Responsible for new development, ongoing maintenance, and Production support of all the Bank's application, both internal and external interfaces.
Responsible for developing and maintaining interfaces between the Bank's applications, which are pivotal to the Bank's operations in both Europe and North America. The ideal candidate will have some experience in IBM ACE/IIB.
Work with various application team members and developers from other teams to perform their development work and they will be responsible for maintenance and support of the existing interface processes including investigation of issues and production support for the Bank's operations.Skills -

Solid experience with IBM Integration Bus v9 or higher(Preferably ACE 12), IBM MQ v8.0 or higher, MQFTE v7.0 or higher
Experience working with API Connect/Azure API Management & Apache Kafka
Experience in developing Message Sets and Message Definitions using XML, MRM and TDS formats.
Experience in developing message flows using Compute Nodes, SOAP Nodes, HTTP Nodes, Routing Nodes, Mapping Nodes, Java Compute Nodes, File Nodes (Input, Output, Read & Write) and Database Nodes.
Experience in Programming Languages: Korn Shell scripts, PERL, Java, Ant, SQL, ESQL.
Experience in working with Operating systems such as UNIX (AIX), Linux, Windows.
Experience in working with Databases such as Oracle 10G, 11i, PL/SQL, Stored Procedures.

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