Assistant Manager – Technology, Middleware & Platforms

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Assistant Manager administering IBM API Connect, Azure, DevOps, and middleware platforms for MashreqBank in Pakistan. Supporting production incidents, API lifecycle management, security, monitoring, and upgrades.

Responsibilities:

  • Facilitate support for critical production issues
  • Provide domain expertise in system administration capabilities
  • Install, configure, deploy, administer, and monitor IBM API Connect in cloud and on-premises VMs
  • Monitor IBM API Connect environment health, API performance, and availability
  • Participate in and lead incident-resolution calls and root-cause analysis
  • Analyze logs to identify problems in IBM API Connect
  • Configure and implement backup and restoration of IBM API Connect subsystems and configuration data
  • Maintain CI/CD pipelines for building and deploying APIs
  • Manage API lifecycles across multiple API Catalogs through the API Management Portal
  • Maintain consumers by creating users, groups, roles, and security configurations
  • Modify IBM API Connect Developer Portal configuration, Drupal themes, and look-and-feel content
  • Enable third-party tools such as Elastic to capture analytics events for customer dashboards
  • Construct advanced Splunk searches and configure monitoring and failure alerts
  • Configure API Connect security using TLS Profiles and native OAuth2 mechanisms
  • Apply maintenance patches, interim releases, and upgrades
  • Deliver technical architecture information and support technical discovery sessions
  • Assist architects and team leads and respond to architecture, infrastructure, and security questions
  • Address hardware specifications, networking requirements, and storage sizing
  • Interact with IBM Technical Support and IBM Technical Sales to verify, discuss, and close issues

Requirements:

  • Minimum 5-8 years of experience in the respective application domain and support line
  • Experience installing, configuring, deploying, administering, and monitoring IBM API Connect in Cloud and On Prem VMs
  • Experience monitoring IBM API Connect environment health, performance, and API availability
  • Experience participating in and leading incident resolution calls and root cause analysis
  • Experience analyzing logs within IBM API Connect
  • Experience configuring and implementing backup and restoration of IBM API Connect subsystems and configuration data
  • Experience maintaining CI/CD pipelines for building and deploying APIs in IBM API Connect
  • Experience using API Management Portal to manage API lifecycles across multiple API Catalogs
  • Experience with consumer maintenance, including creating users, groups, roles, and security configurations
  • Experience modifying IBM API Connect Developer Portal configuration, Drupal themes, and content
  • Experience enabling third-party tools such as Elastic for analytics events and customer dashboards
  • Splunk expertise, including advanced search query construction, monitoring, and alerting setup
  • Experience configuring IBM API Connect security using TLS Profiles and native OAuth2 mechanisms
  • Experience applying product maintenance patches, interim releases, and upgrades
  • Experience delivering technical architecture information and supporting technical discovery sessions
  • Knowledge of hardware specifications, networking requirements, and storage sizing for IBM API Connect
  • Experience interacting with IBM Technical Support and IBM Technical Sales
  • Ability to complete all phases of the software development life cycle, including analysis, design, functionality, testing, and support
  • Good analytical, communication, and people skills
  • IBM API Connect — Strong — Must
  • IBM App Connect Enterprise — Strong — Must
  • Oracle, SQL Database — Medium — Must
  • IBM MQ — Strong — Must
  • Azure Cloud — Strong — Must
  • DevOps CI/CD — Strong — Must
  • Core Java — Medium — Optional
  • Microservices — Medium — Optional
  • AIX/UNIX operating system knowledge — Strong — Optional