Senior Integration ArchitectIBM ITX

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and implement integration architectures that leverage APIs, microservices, and enterprise service buses (ESB).
• Collaborate with crossfunctional 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 endtoend integration flows across heterogeneous systems
    • Expertise in SOA, ESB, APIled integration, and eventdriven 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., 270271, 837, 835, 278, 999TA1)
      • Handson 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 cloudnative 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, PIIPHI protections
            • Experience with encryption, authentication, authorization, audit trails, and secure file transfers (SFTP, HTTPS)

            • 7. Solution Architecture

              • Ability to create highlevel and lowlevel 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