Senior Engineer Sterling B2B Integrator Specialist

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Zeal HR (Pty) Ltd

1. Senior Engineer - Sterling B2B Integrator Specialist

Our client is looking for a candidate for a 12 month engagement to be the technical Subject Matter Expert (SME) in

your technical domain by providing solutions and advice to business across multiple complex problem sets,

working with vendors to improve IT technical domain solutions as well as providing support to junior staff.

Requirements and Responsibilities:

• Serve as technical lead Examples: Lead B2B (IBM Sterling Integrator) primarily for developing and

deploying business process and Web services.

• Work with internal and external business teams to define, design, code, test, implement and maintain all

aspects of electronic documents to suit business needs, particularly new business opportunities or new

documents that partners request.

• Experience with large migration, integration and consolidation efforts of file transfer platforms.

• Demonstrated experience working as a subject matter expert for the B2Bi, Connect Direct and MQFTE

platforms.

• Proficient in utilizing various operating systems and the installation of B2Bi, Connect Direct and MQFTE

agent software on Windows, Linux, AIX, mainframe and Solaris.

• Build or maintain business processes within IBM Sterling B2B Integrator.

• Provide setup and support for communication of files using standard internet protocols (FTP, SFTP and

HTTP(s).

• Unix and Windows scripting capabilities a must.

• Provide on call support for all the above as required to support needs of business.

• Coordinate with enterprise design, applications, and infrastructure architects regarding automation, file

transfer, and batch scheduling technologies

• Provide ongoing oversight and continuous process improvement of ongoing system inspection

procedures.

• Incident troubleshooting/analysis oversight

• Conduct ongoing oversight and quality review of incident resolution -- identify those areas where a pre-

defined response is appropriate.

• Develop and document standardized troubleshooting techniques used to analyze system incidents.

• Enforce standards with respect to automation, file transfer, and batch scheduling technologies

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Zeal HR (Pty) Ltd [email protected] www.zealhr.co.za Registration No: 2016 / 370236 / 07 Directors: C. Greeff

• Interface independently with internal and external business partners to plan, coordinate, test and

implement new automation and/or file transfer operations.

• Work with production support teams to define and document workarounds to known errors.

• Conduct ongoing oversight and quality review of the execution of system functionality verification

procedures.

Preferred Qualification and Experience

• Requires a BS Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent. 

• Normally requires a minimum of seven (7) years directly related and progressively responsible experience

in EDI Technical Administration and Operations support. 

• Requires experience with implementation, operating, and performance management of Enterprise EDI

B2B systems. 

• Experience with Sterling B2B Integrator and associated file transfer products and protocols.

• Financial services experience preferred.

• Strong interpersonal and communications skills required.

• Collaborate with production support teams to identify and design continuous improvements to system

functionality verification procedures.

• Works with information security to identify and coordinate security requirements for the application life

cycle.

• Custom Developed Services – prior Java development experience is preferred. 

• Database – SQL knowledge (write/run) is mandatory.